Health Canal
Hospital room designs make a significant difference to the likelihood of bugs being spread through person-to-person contact between medics and patients, according to University of Leeds research.

David Weldon, Healthcare Finance
Security spending geared towards better locks, security staff, and more cameras, but most important spending on risk assessment and staff training.

Cleanlink
Have you ever cleaned up a stain only to have it reappear the next day? If your answer is "yes," then you didn’t remove it all the way.

Dyann Hamilton, Healthcare Facilities Today
With a constant drive for operational efficiencies and reduction of costs under an outcome-based health care environment, there are increasing pressures to ensure that sustainability initiatives are not only cost effective and provide a return on investment, but socially and environmentally responsible.

Ilene MacDonald, FierceHealthcare
The Ebola epidemic in 2014 and the recent measles outbreak serve as a reminder that the United States is vulnerable to public health threats occurring in other parts of the world.

Zack Budryk, FierceHealthcare
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a new rule requiring manufacturers of over-the-counter antiseptic products used in health care settings to provide further documentation of their safety and effectiveness.

Theresa Boehl, American Laundry News
Whether it’s obvious or not, opportunities are beginning to blossom after the long dry spell experienced by the U.S. economy.

PR Newswire
SCA, the producer of the Tork brand of Away-from-Home professional hygiene products, announces the launch of a new extremely low-lint wiper for technical cleaning tasks involving sensitive surfaces.

Matthew Stock, Reuters via Business Insider
A self-cleaning paint that can withstand contact with substances such as oil, even after being scratched or scuffed with sandpaper, has been developed by British and Chinese researchers.

Infection Control Today
Two national surveys recently completed by opinion and research firm Fabrizio Ward found an overwhelming segment of both the public and health care decision-makers agree professional textile services for lab coats, scrubs, gowns, and other garments are cleaner and more hygienic.

Shannon Barnet, Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality
Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus. The bacterial condition may not be a household name per se, but among those in the health care community, the drug-resistant infection is one of the major proverbial dragons to be slain.

Shannon Barnet, Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality
Improving hand hygiene compliance is an ongoing battle hospitals face, and there is major room for improvement in hospital reception areas, which may be overlooked, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) issued the following statement in response to release of a proposed rule by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) relative to health care antiseptic products.

Infection Control Today
Noroviruses, a group of viruses responsible for more than half of global gastroenteritis cases, can spread by air up to several meters from an infected person according to a new study by Université Laval researchers.

Gina Folk, Entrepreneur
Many people view the terms "boss" and "leader" as interchangeable – but they are vastly different.

The Muse via Forbes
Want to expand your reach as a leader? Deloitte partner Jennifer Knickerbocker has a tip for you: Become a more confident public speaker.

Emma Seppälä, Harvard Business Review
There’s an age-old question out there: Is it better to be a "nice" leader to get your staff to like you? Or to be tough as nails to inspire respect and hard work?

Geoffrey James, Inc. via TIME
There are more than a million business books in print, and thousands more published every year. But what if, for some reason, you were only allowed to read nine books about managing people?

Thursday, May 14
Panelists will discuss a plug and play strategy and toolkit to use during outbreaks.

Register early for EXCHANGE 2015. New this year includes a Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician Workshop, Express Labs, and exciting pre-conference events. Open registration is available until July 31, 2015.

Take part in one of AHE's Train the Trainer workshops and return to your facility prepared to train your environmental services staff to become Certified Healthcare Environmental Service Technicians, CHEST... and start making significant contributions to the patient experience of care, the facility, the profession, and the community!

Suzanne Delbanco, Health Affairs Blog
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) set ambitious goals for increasing the proportion of Medicare payments designed to improve the value of care patients receive.

Brooks Hays, UPI
Emergency care physicians say the ER is busier under Obamacare – the opposite of what many policy makers predicted. It's the first year doctors have noticed a discernible difference since the law was passed.