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...
Environmental Services
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...
Safety Awareness for Environmental Services Part 3 of 4
Safety Awareness in EVS, Part 3 of 4: When the Danger Is a Person, Not a Task I went deep...
First Impressions
The First Impression: What Patients Notice When They Enter the Room Two days ago I wrote about three ways to...
Looks Clean is Not Clean
Looks Clean Is Not Clean A room can look spotless and still fail. I wrote yesterday about why a fixed...
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...
Most EVS Leaders Are Flying Blind. Here Is What Changes When You Stop.
Walk into many Environmental Services departments in this country and ask the director what their average room clean time is....
Know Your Microbial Targets: Choosing the Right Disinfectant for the Pathogen
Part 2 of the Choosing the Right Disinfectant Series By John Michael Weir | Environmental Services Professional In the first...
Housekeeping in Washington State Behavioral Health Facilities: A Historical and Safety-Oriented Perspective
Western Washington Hospital 1850s–1880s – County Care and Institutional Origins In the mid-19th century, mental health care in Washington Territory...
Healthcare Environmental Services Career
Pursuing a Career in Healthcare Environmental Services: A Critical and Rewarding Path The healthcare industry is a dynamic, ever-growing field...
Healthcare Cleaning Success
When was the last time you were at your doctors office, or (and I hope not) at a hospital,...
