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Cleaning Verification Methods Compared: Visual vs ATP vs Fluorescent
Walk into a freshly turned patient room, and it may look spotless. But looks can kill. A surface can shine and still...
How Inspection Software Reveals 5 Red Flags with your team
A near perfect cleaning inspection score is not always good news. Sometimes it hides a rushed or pencil whipped...
Making powerful Cleaning Inspection Software Is Half the Job; providing exceptional support is the other half.
Cleaning inspection software is a critical part of any hospital’s QA effort, but...
7 Cleaning Inspection KPIs Every Hospital EVS Director Must Track in 2026
Performing QA inspections is a critical step in ensuring that a hospital is clean and...
Complete Hospital Cleaning Inspection Checklist to Pass EVS Audits in 2026
By Stephen Walsh, founder of Walsh Integrated. Your EVS team cleans hundreds of rooms a day. Then a surveyor walks in...
Why Clipboard Cleaning Audits Fail Joint Commission Surveys (and What Replaces Them)
Your EVS team cleans well. The clipboard just can't prove it. When a Joint Commission surveyor walks the floor and...
Why switch from Paper and Excel to Professional Hospital Inspection Software
A practical implementation guide for EVS, quality, and support services leaders Moving from paper and spreadsheets to...
Why Generic Inspection Software Fails In Hospitals
Hospitals Are Different Generic inspection software can replace your inspection clipboard, but hospitals operate in a...
How Walsh Annual Reviews Drive Real Results for Our Clients
At Walsh, we believe quality assurance is more than just software—it’s a partnership. Our annual review process gives...
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...