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September 10 – 16
Now is the time to start thinking and planning for the celebration of National Healthcare Environmental Services Week. Each year we use this opportunity to show appreciation and recognition for the extraordinary teamwork required to care for the complex healthcare environment. When deciding how you will celebrate, remember that royalties from the official provider go towards our complimentary educational programming, development of new Signature programs each year and significant discounts on member pricing on all AHE services.

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!

The Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE) announced today that Diversey is the fourth ever environmental services industry leader to be presented with AHE’s prestigious Innovation Award.

The Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE) of the American Hospital Association (AHA) is proud to announce its past President Thomas (Tony) Fitzgerald was sworn in as the Director of the VA Palo Alto Health System (VAPAHCS).

Colby C. Morris CHESP, Health Facilities Management
How to develop a sustainable continuing education program for environmental services departments.

Seth Willer, American Laundry News
What’s one of the most tedious tasks for employees in your laundry and linen service operation?

Infection Control Today
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded more than $200 million through the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) cooperative agreement to help states, cities, counties, and territories prevent, detect, respond to, and control the growing threats posed by emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.

Brian Zimmerman, Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality
Current strategies implemented to debunk misconceptions regarding the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in public health campaigns can unintentionally bolster unfounded misconceptions regarding the vaccine, according to a study published in PLOS One.

Kristi Rosa, Contagion Live
Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that prevalence of Zika virus in the Americas has been winding down, researchers around the world are still working on learning more about the virus to prevent outbreaks and protect individuals from infection.

Amy Jen Su, Harvard Business Review
One of the most exciting and — sometimes anxiety-producing transitions in a career — comes when you move from being an individual contributor to becoming a manager.

Lolly Daskal, Inc.
It may feel as though we're in a crisis of leadership, but if you stop to look around it's not hard to find examples of CEOs, middle managers, elected officials, public servants, neighborhood watch organizers, team captains and coaches, teachers and countless others who are doing a good job as leaders.

By Tom Mattice, CHESP

By Hank Carbone and Angela Becker

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!

CMIP, the Certificate of Mastery in Infection Prevention for Environmental Services Professionals (CMIP) is a robust certificate program that provides the requisite knowledge for a "trained" professional in infection prevention and control specific to the clinical environment of care.