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    Safe & Sound Week Just Ended. The Hazards Have Not. First Impressions C. diff Doesn’t Care About Your Feelings Three Ways to Check If a Room Is Clean, and Three Different Answers EVS Is Part Of The Infection Prevention Team

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    Safe & Sound Week Just Ended. The Hazards Have Not.

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    • Education
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    First Impressions

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    • C.diff
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    C. diff Doesn’t Care About Your Feelings

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    • ATP Testing
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    Three Ways to Check If a Room Is Clean, and Three Different Answers

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    • Infection Prevention
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    • Terminal Cleaning
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    EVS Is Part Of The Infection Prevention Team

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    • C.diff
    • Critical Cleaning
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    C. diff Doesn’t Care About Your Feelings

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    • ATP Testing
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    • CDC
    • Critical Cleaning
    • Data Driven
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    • Quality Assurance

    Six Core Requirements for HealthCare Cleaning

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    • Continuous Improvement
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    Safe & Sound Week Just Ended. The Hazards Have Not.

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    • C.diff
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    C. diff Doesn’t Care About Your Feelings

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    • ATP Testing
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    • Infection Prevention
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    • Trust

    EVS Is Part Of The Infection Prevention Team

    • Administration
    • Development
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    Trust Is More Important Than Performance. Here Is Why That Is Not a Contradiction.

    John Weir April 30, 2026 0

    I just finished going through a Leadership Academy, and one of the concepts that has stayed with me is this:...

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    • Hiring

    Adult Learning Principles

    John Weir March 26, 2026 0

    A supervisor who manages performance well, but trains poorly will always be managing performance because the team will never reach...

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    • Disinfection
    • Education
    • Infection Control
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    Staff Training: The Four C’s

    John Weir March 20, 2026 0

    I have developed a full staff training on the Four C's that we will be rolling out next week. These...

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    Know Your Microbial Targets: Choosing the Right Disinfectant for the Pathogen

    John Weir March 14, 2026 0

    Part 2 of the Choosing the Right Disinfectant Series By John Michael Weir | Environmental Services Professional In the first...

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    • Ideas
    • Infection Control

    Choosing the Right Disinfectant: A Guide for EVS Professionals

    John Weir March 3, 2026 1

    By John Michael Weir Selecting the right disinfectant is one of the most consequential decisions an EVS professional makes, and...

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    • Critical Cleaning
    • Infection Control
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    Terminal Cleaning of the Operating Room

    John Weir January 5, 2026 0

    When you think of the word "clean," you might picture a sparkling kitchen counter. But in a hospital operating room,...

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    • Training

    Operating Room Terminal Cleaning

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    • Critical Cleaning
    • Disinfection
    • Infection Control
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    Confronting the Ghost in the Room: Why Candida auris Demands Aggressive Disinfection

    John Weir January 4, 2026 0

    In my 27 years of experience in Healthcare Environmental Services (ES), few pathogens have proven as mysterious or as resilient...

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    6 Microbial Secrets That Will Change How You See the World

    John Weir January 3, 2026 0

    Introduction: The Invisible Universe This article pulls back the curtain on this hidden world. We will uncover the story of...

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    More Than a Menace: The Secret Histories of the World’s Toughest Germs

    John Weir November 23, 2025 0

    What is the first thing you notice when you enter a hotel or hospital room? I believe, most people register...

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    • Ideas

    The Hidden Benefits of Choosing Local Distributors for Cleaning Supplies

    John Weir October 8, 2025 0

    A Comprehensive Comparison In a world increasingly dominated by online shopping, the convenience of ordering cleaning supplies from a big...

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    Warning about Phenolics and Babies

    John Weir May 26, 2025 0

    Why we don't use phenolics around babies

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