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2018 Environmental Services Departments of the Year
This year's winners detail the strategies that keep them shining in the spotlight
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Environmental Services
Environmental services
Toolkit provides sustainability help for ES departments
New AHE resource helps to put green initiatives into practice
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Environmental services
Running a green environmental services department
Tactics to increase environmental sustainability, improve patient care and boost efficiencies
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Infection prevention
Hospital updates cleaning checklist to include overlooked items
Rural hospital's environmental services team has updated its 175-item checklist after smaller items fail inspection
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Environmental Services
Influencing EPA’s testing decisions
How to stay updated on regulatory changes and play a role in their outcome
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Environmental Services
EPA disinfectant-testing guidelines
New and updated rules for products used by hospital environmental services
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Infection prevention
Primer helps to set stage for outpatient infection prevention
Infection preventionists spend two years creating policies to bring 100-plus facilities into compliance
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Enviromental Services
Identifying and eradicating biofilm
Steps to eliminate an age-old hazard from the health care environment
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Environmental Services
Surgical cleaning certification program wins Omni award
AHE certification gains ground in the health care field, recognized for its innovative education
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Environmental Services
Study addresses barriers to using UV disinfection
Duke researchers give tips to successfully implement UV disinfection systems in hospitals
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