Environmental Cleaning Checklist
In view of the evidence that transmission of many healthcare acquired pathogens (HAPs) is related to contamination of near-patient surfaces…
High Touch Surface Cleaning Targets
In the great work presented in Options for Evaluating Environmental Cleaning, December 2010 by Alice Guh, MD, MPH and Philip…
Healthcare Reform and Environmental Services
As part of the proposed changes to healthcare, reimbursement for hospital care and post-acute care will be bundled; patient readmission’s…
Extreme Leadership
We are currently experiencing economic situations not seen in many years. The times are extreme and uncertain. What does this…
More Regulatory Complexities–Regulated Medical Waste
There are thousands of health care facilities in the United States. I imagine there are mock surveys and actual surveys…
Do you have any idea what you want?
Do have your 2011 yearly goals written down yet? I sure hope you do. If not, while no one is…
What are you doing for life safety
What? You are housekeeping, not plant operations! Why should you care about life safety you ask? For 2011, all hospitals,…
HCAHPS Public Reporting Schedule
Wondering when your HCAHPS scores will be on the public reporting site? Here is the list for HCAHPS Public Reporting…
Service Excellence and HCAHPS
At our hospital we are in year three of a Service Excellence Initiative. Partnering with Custom Learning Systems we have…
CMS issues final value-based purchasing rule
On April 29, 2011 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final rule (42 CFR Parts 422…
Clostridium difficile Infection (C. diff, CDI, C. difficile)
What is Clostridium difficile? Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming, gram-positive anaerobic bacillus that produces two exotoxins: toxin A and toxin…
Some Qualities that Define a Good Leader
According to John L. Mason these are some of the qualities that make a good leader. . Leaders are always…