Giving Recognition
A quick tip regarding recognition.
A new study has concluded the U.S. hospitals are beginning to embrace Lean and Six Sigma business management strategies to cut costs and boost productivity, despite there currently being little evidence as of yet that these strategies are effective. Lean management focuses on removing waste from companies and processes, while delivering added value to customers….
1. If you really want to do something, write it down. I have proven this several times. 2. Don’t listen to negative people who think something can’t be done. 3. While you don’t listen to the negative people, try to help them see the positive in life. 4. Budgets are more important each year. See…
Following the ‘Six Aims’ By Tina L. Cermignano, CHESP There has been a lot of media attention about the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) report “To Err is Human,” especially over outbreaks of community-based Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). However, we should concentrate on the second report from the IOM, “Crossing the Quality Chasm,” which provides a…
One of the organizations I am a member of, and actually the first that I joined, is the International Executive Housekeeping Association or IEHA. Since 1930, the International Executive Housekeepers Association (IEHA) has been a non-profit organization committed to raising professionalism in the cleaning industry and providing a cleaner, safer, healthier environment. IEHA members are…
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…
One of the four characteristics of a hazardous waste is “reactivity”. The other three are ignitability, toxicity and corrosivity and these three characteristics are pretty easy to define by measuring the flash point, concentration and pH respectively. Reactivity is a bit harder (less objective) to determine. The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has…