Daphne Allen, Packaging Digest
Recycling programs in hospitals are reportedly expanding, but given the amount of waste produced each day, there’s definitely opportunity for improvement.

Julie Brown, Facility Care
Security is among the most important considerations in the planning and improvement of any healthcare facility.

Jamie Morgan, Health Facilities Management
Facility managers are leaning on technology more to cut down on paper and increase efficiency.

Jeff Lagasse, Healthcare IT News
Reviews of healthcare providers on social media sites like Yelp are filling gaps in traditional ratings programs driven by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey, a new study in Health Affairs claims.

Scott Kashman, Hospital Impact
Have you ever invited people over to your home?

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
User Notice – a written notice provided to inform users of a condition or risk that may exist with a NIOSH-certified product.

Jeffrey R. Ellis, PhD, MBA, Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality
According to the latest figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there were over two million incidences of hospital acquired infections and twenty-three thousand fatalities from these during 2014.

Shannon Barnet, Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality
Many hospitals post hand hygiene reminders outside patient rooms or above sinks, but a new study published in the American Journal of Infection Control suggests hospitals can boost compliance by displaying hand hygiene messages on screen savers as well.

Andreas Klotz, EHS Today
No matter what the industry, chances are that your company has employees who make a living using their hands.

Lisa Schnirring, CIDRAP
A 1-day summit to help state and local health officials fine-tune their Zika response plans drew more than 300 people to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta and came with strong pleas for Congress to approve emergency funding to support the efforts.

Infection Control Today
According to this week’s FluView report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), flu activity continues to decrease, but is still elevated overall nationally in the United States. Influenza-like-illness (ILI) may have peaked nationally for this season and be winding down, but there are still 29 states reporting widespread activity at this time.

Mike McCormick, WYFF Greenville
Spartanburg Medical Center's new germ-fighting tool looks like it came from a sci-fi movie set.

Martin Zwilling, Forbes
Almost every employee or team member can remember that one special boss in their career who was the role model of a leader, always commanded respect, and was able to get the most voluntarily from everyone all the time.

David Dye, Huffington Post
If you’re a frontline leader or middle level manager, I want to address what I believe to be one of the most important aspects of your workplace leadership - and yet, most leadership experts won’t share this with you.

Release Date: Tuesday May 24, 2016 at 1:00 PM CST (LIVE Webinar)
Cost: Complimentary for Members; Non-members $59.00
During this webinar, participants will be exposed to the core elements of hand hygiene best practices for both the healthcare provider and support team as well as strategies to engage patients in the hand hygiene program.
Speaker: Dr. Hudson Garrett Jr., PhD, MSN, MPH, FNP, CSRN, PLNC, VA-BC, Industry Liaison, Board of Directors, Association for the Healthcare Environment

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

This new and intensive 20-hour certificate program will provide Environmental Services leaders and professionals with the requisite knowledge to meet the CMS requirements for a "trained" professional in infection prevention and control specific to the clinical environment of care.

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:
Infection Prevention Certificate of Mastery Preconference Program for Environmental Services Leaders Preconference Workshop
CHEST Preconference Workshop
Micro Sessions
Healthcare Marketplace

If interested in contributing to EXPLORE by authoring a best-practices article, email Russell Underwood, EXPLORE editor, for more information. The magazine covers all aspects relevant to health care environmental services professionals.

A founding member of AHE, James Wolfbrandt was always available to mentor and lead his colleagues and would often seek out opportunities to help others learn from his successes and failures. Applicants to this award must follow in Mr. Wolfbrandt’s footsteps and be actively involved in mentoring as well as educating and guiding colleagues, peers or staff members in the profession.

Interviews with Gary L. Dolan, Pam Toppel, J. Hudson Garrett, Jr., Lea Beach, Lisa Ford, Doug Rothermel, and Brad M. Winnie

Creating a Career Portfolio; Empowering Employees