Cleaning Carts
A properly stocked cleaning cart will help prevent wasted trips to supply closets and should be equipped with any of the following items which are necessary for your work:
Healthcare Cleaning
The major difference between cleaning a medical facility and any other building is the focus on the un-seen enemy, bacteria. Environmental Service’s job is to not only provide good visible results, but to reduce the number of surface bacteria to a safe level in order to control cross infection. This is an extremely important responsibility…
Cleaning Specifications and Standards Part 2
Here I continue to list cleaning standards. We use these as a guide to understanding our responsibilities in general cleaning. This is not meant to be a complete list, rather a broad overview. Enjoy your reading:
Cleaning Specifications and Standards Part 1
Environmental Services (ES) is important to any business because the visible cleaning results create the first impression of a visitor or customer. You’ve probably heard that “the first impression is a lasting one” and there is a great deal of truth in that. Our job is to make that first impression a good one. In…
Foundation and Principles of Environmental Services
Cleaning and maintaining the built environment of a healthcare facility, or a building where healthcare services are delivered is driven largely by regulations and guidelines. These include regulations set forth by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), The Joint Commission (TJC), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), state and local agencies such…
Welcome to Healthcare Environmental Services
In Environmental Services, we are aware that first impression of our facility is very important to our clients and other staff, so we strive daily to provide a clean, safe and attractive environment. We also ensure that patient rooms are cleaned to the highest level to prevent cross contamination. The hospital, staff and patient depend…
General Cleaning Principles
I had a request for basic cleaning principles for a doctor’s office. Here is a list for any healthcare facility, and for your home as well. Scrubbing is the best way to physically remove dirt, debris and microorganisms. Cleaning is required prior to any disinfection process because dirt and debris will decrease the…
Invincible
INVINCIBLE There’s a simple way to become indestructible: have the intention to do your best at whatever you’re doing, right now. To gain the invulnerability I’m referring to, you must pass through the gate of the total vulnerability putting yourself on that line demands. Not BE the best… DO your best. Attempting to be the…
House Enacts Historic Healthcare Reform Bill
March 21, 2010 — The great healthcare reform battle of 2009 and 2010, for the most part, is over. Congressional Democrats today finally passed their bill. The only thing it needs now is the signature of President Barack Obama to become the law of the land. In a 219 to 212 vote, the House approved…
IEHA Membership Recruitment Video
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…
Time Flies!
Time sure goes by fast. Sorry to have been away so long. I’ve been staying very busy, writing 83 performance evaluations, finishing my totally updated training manual, and learning as much as I can to be a great hospital safety officer. I’m going to be posting some questions I’ve been asked recently, and give you…
Physical Environment Reminders
Storage on the floor must be neat and orderly. No storage within 18 inches of the ceiling, except on shelves against the wall as long as sprinklers are not obstructed. No evidence of smoking. All exit signs are illuminated. No storage of flammables or anything except cleaning items under sinks. No door stops are allowed….
Leap Over Killer Phrases
If I asked how many of you have seen a killer phrases poster … or even have one hanging in your office … I’m sure I’d see hands going up all over the world. What I seldom see are the replacements for the killer phrases … the things we can say instead of those old…
It’s Like Walking Across A Muddy Field
How to get rid of backlogs There are basically two types of task which we are faced with during a typical day. First there is the type of task which either gets done or doesn’t get done. You either renew the car insurance or you don’t. You either paint the bedroom or you don’t. You…
Change Begins With Choice
Change Begins With Choice by Jim Rohn Any day we wish; we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish; we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish; we can start a new activity. Any day we wish; we can start the process…