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Sept. 17-20, 2017 • Rosen Shingle Creek • Orlando, FL

September 10 – 16
Now is the time to start thinking and planning for the celebration of National Healthcare Environmental Services Week. Each year we use this opportunity to show appreciation and recognition for the extraordinary teamwork required to care for the complex healthcare environment. When deciding how you will celebrate, remember that royalties from the official provider go towards our complimentary educational programming, development of new Signature programs each year and significant discounts on member pricing on all AHE services.

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!

Mackenzie Garrity, Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality
Despite their best efforts, infection and prevention leaders can struggle to keep facilities, especially in ASCs, due to limited resources available to implement a standardized environmental cleaning program.

Healthcare laundries face a multitude of issues that impact both patient health and their own business.

Mickey Crowe, CleanLink
In my research on this subject I have found that achieving zero defects in custodial is an attitude and a never-ending journey of striving, learning and striving some more.

Brian Zimmerman, Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality
The percentage of HCAHPS survey respondents who assign their hospitals top scores steadily increased from 2013 to 2017, according to a new report from Boston-based patient experience solutions provider Press Ganey.

Infection Control Today
A new way of producing the seasonal flu vaccine could speed up the process and provide better protection against infection.

Chris Dall, CIDRAP
In June 2016, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a clinical alert about an emerging multidrug-resistant fungus causing serious and frequently deadly invasive infections in healthcare settings around the world.

Infection Control Today
When an infectious airborne illness strikes, some hospitals use negative pressure rooms to isolate and treat patients.

Douglas Clark, Life Science Daily
An organized effort is underway to educate clinicians about the importance of stethoscope hygiene as a means of preventing patient infection.

Elizabeth Laiza King, Huffington Post
Leaders are usually sources of inspiration and motivation.

Drew Calvert, CNBC
When it comes to success in leadership, there has never been just one playbook.

By Hank Carbone and Angela Becker

By Tom Mattice, CHESP

Make yourself indispensable and advance your career! Plan your education for 2017. Visit AHE’s 2017 ENGAGE site to learn more about educational courses, podcasts, webinars, and events. And make sure to check out AHE's EXPRESS Learning Courses. EXPRESS is a mobile learning platform that offers educational podcasts delivered by environmental services and infection prevention thought leaders. You asked for learning opportunities that require less of a time commitment and we delivered!

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.