Heather Punke, Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic was able to reduce Clostridium difficile infection rates by 30 percent by adding pulsed xenon ultraviolet light disinfection robots to the patient room cleaning process.

Infection Control Today
Here's a review of ICT's top news, features, and slide shows relating to environmental hygiene in 2015.

Gloria Gonzalez, Business Insurance
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched a website aimed at addressing ongoing safety and health challenges in the health care sector while it also plans to ramp up hospital inspections.

Bob Kehoe, Health Facilities Management
Combating antibiotic resistance requires a comprehensive plan involving those within and outside of your organization.

Health Canal
A first-of-its-kind collaborative project between QUT and Logan Hospital designed to reduce health care associated infection has won national acclaim at the Australian Council of Healthcare Standards (ACHS) National Conference.

Infection Control Today
In 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continued to work in the U.S. and globally to end infectious disease threats.

Anthony Sannazzaro, Infection Control Today
Hospitals today are increasingly being challenged by rising patient infection rates, especially from "superbugs" such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

Max Green, Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality
An aggressive environmental swabbing technique for testing commonly touched surfaces and objects in intensive care unit settings may be a more effective method to rapidly identify which superbugs are present and pose a risk to patient safety, according to an American Journal of Infection Control study.

Victor Lipman, Forbes
They’re not the classic high-octane leadership qualities we most often hear about: charisma, authority, the ability to inspire, and so on.

Alison Beard, Harvard Business Review
Each year, HBR asks 10 stars in fields outside business — whether it’s politics, sports, the arts, or competitive chess — to offer wisdom on topics of interest to our readers. Here are the highlights from the class of 2015.

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Plan your education for 2016. Visit AHE’s brand-new 2016 ENGAGE site to learn more about educational courses, podcasts, webinars, and events.

January 11 – February 21
This preparatory course is designed for professionals preparing for the comprehensive and challenging CHESP Certification Exam.

Cost: AHE Members: FREE; Non-Members: $179.00

It’s no accident that AHE is celebrating the 30th conference anniversary in Pittsburgh – a city known for its bridges and steel is the perfect place to forge pathways for the future and make connections that will last. Visit the new EXCHANGE 2016 website today to learn more.

If interested in contributing to EXPLORE by authoring a best-practices article, email Heather Williams, EXPLORE editor, for more information. The magazine covers all aspects relevant to health care environmental services professionals.

Gail Fraine, RN, MMHC, BSN, CIC, EXPLORE magazine
As director of infection prevention at Ascension Health St. Thomas Midtown in Nashville, I describe the relationship between our team of infection preventionists (IPs) and environmental services as minimizing risk and increasing safety when it comes to preventing disease transmission.

Q&A with Terri Nelson, RN, MA, EXPLORE magazine
We asked Terri Nelson, RN, MA, value analysis manager with Mayo Clinic, a few questions about selecting the best health care textile products.