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...
The CDC’s 6 Core Components for Cleaning
The CDC’s 6 Core Components of Environmental Cleaning: A Checklist for EVS Leaders Your disinfectant isn’t what prevents infections. Your...
Is Your EVS Program Ready?
2026 Guidance Puts Infection Prevention on Leadership. Is Your Environmental Services (EVS) Program Ready? For years, infection prevention conversations treated...
Where to Find Your Next Leader
My thoughts on promoting from within. #EnvironmentalServices #Leadership #Mentoring #Recognition #Joy
Low Budget Not Low Standards
Why Low Budget Doesn’t Mean Low Standard You don’t need a multi-million dollar capital equipment budget to lower your Hospital-Acquired...
Looks Clean is Not Clean
Looks Clean Is Not Clean A room can look spotless and still fail. I wrote yesterday about why a fixed...