Cleaning in Critical Areas, A Video Overview
Here Betco Corporation offers a video overview of how and why we clean critical areas. This is a good video for regular review.
In the great work presented in Options for Evaluating Environmental Cleaning, December 2010 by Alice Guh, MD, MPH and Philip Carling, MD, objective monitoring of environmental surfaces was studied and presented as a necessary component of training. In view of the evidence that transmission of many healthcare acquired pathogens (HAPs) is related to contamination of…
When an agency inspector comes to inspect your hazardous waste storage area, he looks for things like waste manifests, reports, labels, and plans. Why? Because it is easy to find violations in these areas – either you have filled them out properly or you have not. It is straightforward. The video below is…
A critical member of the staff at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla California talks about her job and the rewards it offers.
What is the first thing you notice when you enter a hotel or hospital room? I believe, most people register a simple impression: it is either clean and smells fresh, or it isn’t. This feeling of cleanliness gives us a sense of safety and comfort, a sign that professionals have worked tirelessly to prepare the…
5 practical reasons to get up early everyday: Productivity– Waking early gives us a head start on our goals. We have the time, the solitude, and the space to think clearly and really get absorbed in our goals. Momentum– Waking early gives us higher level of momentum. If we start the day productive, we…
There’s really no such thing as knowing too much about what you’re doing. The reason’s I joined ASHES, ASHE, The American College of Healthcare Executives, IEHA and APIC are many but all focus on one thing, staying informed. Staying informed is a daily task, and challenge, considering how quickly our world is moving. But not…