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AHE has started this initiative to encourage professionals in the field to begin, or continue to refer to the departments and the personnel caring for the healthcare environment as environmental services professionals rather than as housekeepers, janitors and custodians. The staff and management teams responsible for maintaining the clinical environment of care require different skills and competencies from those needed in the commercial cleaning and general maintenance industry and it's time we address this critical distinction.

Please help us redefine healthcare environmental services!

Ryan Lucken, American Laundry News
Decisions you make on equipment will have a lasting impact on the efficiency of the facility well into the future.

Mickey Crowe, CleanLink
In a prior article, we started to define "stripping" which is the complete removal of any finish (think seal/wax) from a hard floor surface.

Bill Donahue, Outpatient Surgery
After they've hit the OR surfaces with liquid disinfectants and elbow grease, they wheel in the heavy-duty artillery to put the finishing touches on the terminal clean at St. Charles Bend (Ore.) Medical Center: a disinfection robot that bathes the ORs in UV light.

Heather Punke, Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality
A survey and certification memo released by CMS June 2 says hospitals and other healthcare facilities "must develop" policies to inhibit Legionella growth in water systems to prevent Legionnaires' disease cases.

Teresa Daniels, MSN, RN, CIC, Infection Control Today
To achieve reduction in healthcare-associated infections (HAI), healthcare organizations concentrate on patient-centered care.

Kelly M. Pyrek, Infection Control Today
Hand-carriage of pathogens remains one of the most significant challenges in the healthcare settings because it is so pervasive and is inextricably linked to the state of cleanliness of surfaces in the patient-care environment.

Lori Strazdas, MPH, Health Facilities Management
Today’s health care facilities need environmental infection control strategies that can address a range of threats, from the most common health care-associated infection (HAI)-causing pathogens like Clostridium difficile to emerging antibiotic-resistant bacteria and viral pathogens.

Zameena Mejia, CNBC
Although there's no "one-size-fits-all" approach to managing, research shows that when bosses are focused on being motivational leaders, their good habits trickle down to their employees.

Brian Tracy, Entrepreneur
Good leaders need to assess every situation individually and adapt their leadership style to the task at hand.

By Hank Carbone and Angela Becker

By Tom Mattice, CHESP

Make yourself indispensable and advance your career! Plan your education for 2017. Visit AHE’s 2017 ENGAGE site to learn more about educational courses, podcasts, webinars, and events. And make sure to check out AHE's EXPRESS Learning Courses. EXPRESS is a mobile learning platform that offers educational podcasts delivered by environmental services and infection prevention thought leaders. You asked for learning opportunities that require less of a time commitment and we delivered!

The AHE Seal of Review and Recognition Program is designed to be a comprehensive review and formalized recognition process aimed at assisting healthcare professionals in selecting training and in-service programs that promote quality, safety and the most favorable outcomes for the healthcare environment and its related disciplines.