Office Cleaning Training Video
Some of the basic steps of office cleaning are presented here…
For any healthcare administrator to discount quality results – with documented evidence – and revert to justification based on square footage borders on the unconscionable and very possibly unethical. To ignore your results and measures and revert to staffing levels and budget levels based only on square feet of floor surface will certainly have a…
Not everyone wants to be a leader, but I think it is safe to say everyone wants a leader. And not just any leader, but someone who inspires, who creates, who energizes. What if you want to be a leader, and you don’t know how. No problem, just hang around a leader you want to…
Questions often asked at facilities are” “Is this a waste?” and “Is the waste a hazardous waste?” The answer depends on the issue of point of generation (POG). A material becomes a waste when the owner or operator decides that it cannot be used for its original intended purpose. A good example would be a can…
As part of the proposed changes to healthcare, reimbursement for hospital care and post-acute care will be bundled; patient readmission’s will be at a lower rate in some cases; hospital reimbursement and performance will be directly linked; and physician self-referral will be more closely regulated. Out of those four important items, environmental services has a…
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…
Lose the weight. I’m not talking about physical weight but dead weight from your department. Deal with staff who negatively affect the department. They “weigh” on time, energy and morale and are preventing the team from achieving excellence. Exercise your role and lead by example. Now that you can move about freely because you cut…