View All Results
106 results
-
Advance Your EVS Career with a New Certificate in Healthcare Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection
Environmental service (EVS) professionals play a crucial role in infection prevention and control by eliminating the environment as a source of infection. Continuing education helps EVS leaders bring their “A-game”...
-
Building a Sustainable Cleaning Operation Part 1: The Products You Need
Today, people expect that facilities and cleaning operations use products that are eco-conscious. In one survey, 83% of office workers said they would like to see their company use environmentally...
-
A Cleaning Manager’s Guide to the Norovirus Outbreak
Norovirus is a highly contagious virus that often causes outbreaks during the winter months, and this year has been no exception. From August 1, 2022, to February 12, 2023, NoroSTAT,...
-
Versatile Cleaners: A Swiss Army Knife Approach to Improve Cleaning Operations
As an outdoor enthusiast, one item I rarely go without on my adventures is my Swiss Army Knife. This trusty little pocketknife has come in handy and gotten me out...
-
Busting Myths About Bleach
Bleach is often the go-to disinfectant because it has a proven history of effectiveness against a broad range of bacteria, bacterial spores, viruses, and fungi. In fact, the Centers for...
-
Building a Sustainable Cleaning Operation Part II: The Processes to Follow
In my previous blog, I covered the products to use in a sustainable cleaning practice. Having the right products is important, but it is also important to use products in...
-
Putting an Old Belief Out to Pasture: Is a TB Claim Really Required for Healthcare Disinfectants?
Is it true that healthcare disinfectants must have a tuberculocidal (TB) claim? It’s an age-old belief held by many infection preventionists (IP) that healthcare disinfectants must have a TB claim....
-
Revving Up Health & Safety in Schools Through Deep Cleaning
Routine and deep cleaning are part of the overall health and safety of a facility and the people who enter it. In this blog, we will focus on deep cleaning...
-
Why C. diff Still Demands Our Attention: Highlights from SHEA Spring Conference 2023
The battle against Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, is still underway. The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Spring Conference 2023 showcased groundbreaking updates on how to diagnose, manage,...
-
Building a Sustainable Cleaning Operation Part III: The People Doing the Cleaning
Employee Success, Growth, and Benefits are Part of Sustainability Primarily, we think of sustainability as only impacting the natural environment. But the natural environment is just one of three pillars...