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Are you using cleaning data when evaluating your staff?
Evaluating the performance of housekeepers in a hospital setting is crucial, especially because cleanliness directly...
How much can a computerized inspection system save your hospital?
Overview Hospitals are under constant pressure to improve operational efficiency while maintaining high standards of...
Perception is Reality: The Bay Pines Experiment
In March 2020, as the world was bracing itself for the unknowns of a rapidly spreading pandemic, Abdoulie "AJ" Jammeh...
How cleanliness boosts your HCAHPS and OAS CAHPS scores
Did you know that an HCAHPS survey is sent to all inpatients who are discharged from a hospital, while the OAS CAHPS...
Complying with TJC
While Joint Commission compliance is a hospital-wide effort, the Director of Quality Management, Patient Safety...
EOC Rounds: What’s Really Required by The Joint Comission?
The Joint Commission’s Environment of Care (EC) standards tell you what is expected—but not how to accomplish it. To...
Why Empowered Staff Are the Key to Consistent Cleaning Quality
🧼✨ Struggling with cleaning consistency? Short-staffed? High turnover? You’re not alone. Many hospitals are facing...
Stephen Walsh’s 4 Best Tips For a New EVS Director
Congratulations on your role as Director of Environmental Services! My organization has been working with EVS teams...
Preparing Your EVS Department for a Joint Commission Inspection
Preparing your EVS Department for a Joint Commission inspection does not need to be stressful! Given that an...
Brigham and Women’s Hospital: EVS Leading the Way
Since its formation in 1980 Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) has been an international leader in virtually every...
South Miami Hospital Maintains Cleaning Standards with Walsh QA Inspector
The Role of Environmental Services Departments South Miami Hospital has undergone tremendous growth over the...
How Hebrew SeniorLife Automated its EOC Rounds with Walsh
Hebrew SeniorLife offers comprehensive senior living and health care services at a number of locations throughout...
The Role of EVS in Saving Money and Lives
Every year in the United States, 2,000,000 patients will contract a Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI), and 99,000 of...