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...
Critical Cleaning
Candida Auris Is Closer Than You Think
King County Washington. In January 2024, Washington State confirmed its first locally acquired cases of Candida auris there, traced to...
C. diff Doesn’t Care About Your Feelings
Clostridioides difficile forms a spore that survives almost everything you’re using to disinfect a room. Standard hospital-grade disinfectant, the quaternary...
The Certification Nobody Talks About
Most hospital leaders cannot tell you where EVS fits in the chain of infection. The answer is the environmental reservoir....
Dishing the Dirt
Originally written in 2009. Updated for 2026. Tom Brokaw didn't mention it. It wasn't on Time magazine's list of the most significant...
Terminal Cleaning of the Operating Room
When you think of the word "clean," you might picture a sparkling kitchen counter. But in a hospital operating room,...
Confronting the Ghost in the Room: Why Candida auris Demands Aggressive Disinfection
In my 27 years of experience in Healthcare Environmental Services (ES), few pathogens have proven as mysterious or as resilient...
Understanding Biofilm in Healthcare Cleaning
Understanding Biofilm in Healthcare Cleaning Biofilm is a common but often overlooked challenge in healthcare settings, where it can increase...
