Cleaning on Behavioral Health Units: More Than a Standard EVS Task
Cleaning in an adult behavioral health unit requires the same disciplined infection prevention practices used throughout the hospital, but it…
More Than A Clean Room
The phrase hospital-acquired infection, or HAI, describes an infection that develops during or soon after a person receives care. Some…
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Three Questions Every EVS Technician Should Be Able to Answer National Performance Goal #5: Preventing and Controlling Infection A patient…
The People You Do Not See
When you walk into a hospital, you see the doctors and nurses. You notice the monitors, the uniforms, the bright…
PE.04.01.05: Water Management
PE.04.01.05 requires organizations to have a water management program that addresses Legionella and other waterborne pathogens, and it carries four…
The Data Doesn’t Lie: How Validated Surface Cleaning Directly Drives Down HAIs
When hospital leaders see Hospital-Acquired Infections climb, the response is predictable. Leadership calls a meeting, clinical educators refresh hand hygiene…
The Physical Environment 5 of 9
PE.04.01.01: Building Safety and Facility Management PE.04.01.01, one of the standards inside the Physical Environment (PE) chapter Accreditation 360 created…
The Physical Environment 4 of 9
PE.03.01.01: Life Safety Code PE.03.01.01, one of the standards inside the Physical Environment (PE) chapter Accreditation 360 created in 2026,…
The Physical Environment Part 3 of 9
Part 3 of 9, PE.02.01.01: Hazardous Materials and Waste PE.02.01.01, part of the Physical Environment chapter Accreditation 360 created in…
The Physical Environment Update part 2 of 9
Joint Commission’s Physical Environment Standards, Part 2 of 9: PE.01.01.01: Safe, Adequate Physical Environment PE.01.01.01, one of the standards inside…
Hidden Frontline: Why Cleaning Is The First Step In Clinical Care
The Hidden Frontline: Why Cleaning is the First Step in Clinical Care Intervention: an action taken to prevent, treat, or…
The Physical Environment Update -Introduction
Joint Commission’s Physical Environment Standards, Part 1 of 9: Accreditation 360 as it relates to Environmental Services Joint Commission launched…