Health Care

CMM spoke with Marilyn Clifton about her environmental services (EVS) strategies as senior manager of support services at La Rabida Children’s Hospital in Chicago.

The various types of antimicrobial treatments include built-in antimicrobials integrated into materials and textiles during manufacturing.

Isaac Johnson, senior vice president of operations at Aramark+ Healthcare, offers his best practices for cleaning your facility’s most challenging areas.

Target germ hotspots and optimize cleaning frequencies by pinpointing high-touch and high-traffic areas most prone to harboring germs.

Surface disinfection is a crucial component of infection prevention in community and healthcare environments, ranging from acute to nonacute care settings.

CMM spoke with Kendall Jones, building service supervisor at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health), about her new career in the cleaning industry.

Maria Diaz De Leon, a Sodexo hygiene specialist at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, is the winner of UMF|PerfectCLEAN’s 15th annual National Hygiene Specialist® Excellence Award.

People with contagious illnesses who enter hospitals can transmit pathogens to surfaces, including restroom areas. Hospital environmental services teams must be diligent in cleaning and disinfecting these surfaces.

Isaac Johnson, Aramark Healthcare+ vice president of operations, explains the importance of environmental services (EVS) and housekeeping to the overall environment and care of a hospital.

An important choice that environmental services (EVS) management must make lies between the use of dilutable disinfectant products versus ready-to-use (RTU) versions.

A person’s first impression of cleanliness in a healthcare facility is typically based on the appearance of the floor. One element of a clean floor is effective cleaning and disinfecting regimens to support the infection prevention programs that healthcare facilities require.

Backup generators are essential for hospitals, as they face a critical demand for a constant and robust power supply.