Matt Poe, American Laundry News
A dozen ideas to help curb linen loss at healthcare facilities.

Richard Best, Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare
Organizations across all industries are required to follow the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations in order to support a safe and healthful workplace.

Stephen Ashkin, facilitiesnet.com
We have often heard that sustainability is a journey, not a destination.

Ron Shinkman, Fierce Healthcare
Continuous remote monitoring of inpatients from their beds could save the healthcare sector $15 billion a year, according to a new study published in the journal Critical Care Medicine.

Amy Eagle, Health Facilities Management
Physical environment improvements can lead to better patient experiences and HCAHPS scores.

Anuja Vaidya, Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality
An approach borrowed from the military helped improve hand hygiene compliance at a healthcare facility, according to a study in the Journal of Patient Safety.

Infection Control Today
Coatings or paints are materials applied to different surfaces basically for decorative and protective purposes, yet today the market for these materials is being subjected to increasingly tougher specifications.

Kelly M. Pyrek, Infection Control Today
Evidence-based practice is being implemented through a variety of patient-safety tools, but perhaps checklists and bundles remain one of the best ways to drive down infection rates and boost compliance among healthcare personnel that leads to better patient outcomes.

Genevieve Rajewski, Tufts Now
As Rio de Janeiro welcomes athletes to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, concerns about the Zika virus continue to grow.

Bill Taylor, Harvard Business Review
We all want to be part of a great success story.

Vanessa LoVerme Akhtar, Forbes
With the growing millennial workforce, it’s important for employers to recognize their employees’ desire for leadership development and for the opportunities to hone these skills.

Make yourself indispensable and advance your career! Plan your education for 2016. Visit AHE’s brand-new 2016 ENGAGE site to learn more about educational courses, podcasts, webinars, and events.

We need YOU! AHE is gathering input from environmental services departments across the country to identify baseline staffing productivity standards. The results of this data gathering will be used in building staffing models and providing metrics for environmental services directors. You can be a key player in identifying and establishing these important staffing criteria for our industry.

The AHE Seal of Review and Recognition Program is designed to be a comprehensive review and formalized recognition process aimed at assisting healthcare professionals in selecting training and in-service programs that promote quality, safety and the most favorable outcomes for the healthcare environment and its related disciplines.

EXCHANGE 2016 will be held on September 25-28, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA. This year, EXCHANGE attendees can look forward to:
• Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) Pre-Conference Workshop
• Certificate of Mastery in Infection Prevention for Environmental Services (CMIP) Pre-Conference Workshop
• Infection Prevention, Environmental Cleaning, Leadership, Sustainability, Outbreaks and other sessions
• Extended Sessions
• Healthcare Marketplace

Celebrate your team during Environmental Services Week, September 11-17, 2016.

AHE has started this initiative to encourage professionals in the field to begin, or continue to refer to the departments and the personnel caring for the healthcare environment as environmental services professionals rather than as housekeepers, janitors and custodians. The staff and management teams responsible for maintaining the clinical environment of care require different skills and competencies from those needed in the commercial cleaning and general maintenance industry and it's time we address this critical distinction.

Please help us redefine healthcare environmental services!

The Association for the Healthcare Environment’s diverse membership includes environmental services professionals from many different backgrounds, including international members. Here, we feature three perspectives on the global scope of environmental services and what AHE has to offer for members in any country

The Value of Training; an interview with Patrick Covington, T-CHEST