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Environmental Services
The Infection Control Today® environmental services (EVS) page recognizes the team responsible for sanitation and cleaning within the health care system. EVS personnel are an integral component of infection prevention in the hospital, working closely together with the health care staff to ensure patient safety and hygiene standards. ICT® keeps a close eye on developments in the environmental services industry and reports on any peer-reviewed literature. This page also features video interviews with EVS and the professionals who interact with them.
Let Airflow Show Pathogens the Door (or Window or Vent)
June 18, 2021
An integrated air management system requires proper engineering and not a pile-up approach of unproven products. One concern is that decision makers will fall into the nearsighted trap of selecting piecemeal products that require frequent maintenance.
Weekly Rounds with Infection Control Today: Vaccine Mandates, Importance of Airflow
June 18, 2021
Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending June 18.
Slowly but Surely, Infection Prevention Moves Beyond COVID-19
June 03, 2021
Jody Feigel, RN, MSN: “A few years ago, nobody wanted to hear from infection prevention. Now, everybody wants to hear from infection prevention.”
Continuous Acting Disinfectant Appears to Work Better on Surfaces
June 01, 2021
One of the reasons that S aureus and C diff present such a disinfection challenge is that they are encased in a biofilms such as yeast, protozoa, bacteria, fungi, and algae.
Another Possible Disinfecting Use for UV Light Found
May 05, 2021
Ultraviolet-C light makes benzalkonium chloride, which is found in many disinfectants, safer to use.
More to Surface Disinfection Than Meets the Eye
May 03, 2021
Between the trifecta of departments responsible for infection prevention—EVS, nursing and infection prevention—it’s every individual’s responsibility to ensure surface cleaning and disinfecting are done quickly and effectively.
Social Distancing Indoors: One Size Does Not Fit All
April 26, 2021
MIT professors argue that many variables should be included when determining just how much social distancing is needed in different indoor settings.
When It Comes To COVID-19 Surface Cleaning, Less Is Better
April 20, 2021
The risk of COVID-19 surface transmission is low, says the CDC, and is especially low outdoors.
Looking to Fit Ultraviolet Disinfection into Hospital Systems
April 16, 2021
Ultraviolet light should be used in concert with traditional cleaning and disinfection procedures utilized by environmental services teams, study’s author maintains.
Hot Water Might Disinfect Sinks Better Than Chlorine
April 15, 2021
Emilie Bédard, PhD: “We worked in collaboration with infection prevention, environmental services…. We had a multi-disciplinary team to make sure that we would look at all aspects of this approach.”