The Fascinating World of Pathogens
You have touched more bacteria today than you will ever know. Most of it will not hurt you. Some of...
Safety Awareness for Environmental Services Part 4 of 4
Safety Awareness in EVS, Part 4 of 4: The Systems Behind the Incident Report I went deep into safety research...
Safety Awareness for Environmental Services Part 3 of 4
Safety Awareness in EVS, Part 3 of 4: When the Danger Is a Person, Not a Task I went deep...
Safety Awareness for Environmental Services 2 of 4
Safety Awareness in EVS, Part 2 of 4: What Gets On You, Under You, Around You I went deep into...
Safety Awareness Deep Dive Part 1 of 4
Safety Awareness in EVS, Part 1 of 4: The Needle You Never Saw Coming I went deep into safety research...
Candida Auris Is Closer Than You Think
King County Washington. In January 2024, Washington State confirmed its first locally acquired cases of Candida auris there, traced to...
Safe & Sound Week Just Ended. The Hazards Have Not.
OSHA’s Safe & Sound Week ran August 10 to 16. It’s a voluntary campaign built on three things: management leadership,...
First Impressions
The First Impression: What Patients Notice When They Enter the Room Two days ago I wrote about three ways to...
C. diff Doesn’t Care About Your Feelings
Clostridioides difficile forms a spore that survives almost everything you’re using to disinfect a room. Standard hospital-grade disinfectant, the quaternary...
Three Ways to Check If a Room Is Clean, and Three Different Answers
Ask an Environmental Services (EVS) program how it knows a room is clean, and you’ll get one of three answers:...
EVS Is Part Of The Infection Prevention Team
The Overlooked Heroes in Healthcare: Why the Housekeeping Team Saves More Lives Than Anyone Realizes A surgeon gets applause. An...
