When a patient becomes sick or injured, often times their first instinct is to seek care at a healthcare system. But what happens after a patient leaves the examination room is essential to any ...

Monday, July 18, 2011 -- University Park, Pa. -- The amount of money that hospitals spend on environmental services, such as cleaning and maintenance services, is not as important for influencing ...

Hospitals should be safe havens for healing, not breeding grounds for infection. Yet, one in 25 patients—that’s 1.7 million – contract hospital associated infections (HAIs) every year in the U.S.

PDI Healthcare, an infection prevention products and solutions company, has selected Dearborn, Mich.-based Oakwood Healthcare as the winner of the Delivering the Difference contest. Delivering the ...

As hospitals across the nation celebrate Environmental Services Week, it’s time to recognize the often-overlooked contributions of the men and women who play a vital role in keeping health care ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Saratoga Hospital recently named Daniel Madden director of environmental services. He brings extensive experience managing healthcare environmental services operations, most ...

NEWTON (CBS) - Wheeling through the hallways of Newton-Wellesley Hospital, you might hear Samuel Hartley's pager beeping before you see him. That's because the environmental services team is in high ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- We know doctors and nurses are on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic, but there are workers behind the scenes that go unrecognized. UW Health says environmental services staff ...

TAMPA, Fla. — We’ve heard the stories about the bravery health care workers show on a daily basis throughout the coronavirus pandemic. But there’s a group of employees working in hospitals who are ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) -We know how highly contagious COVID-19 is, prompting many to use face masks, require hand washing, and sanitizing. At the hospital, there’s a team of professionals trained to ...

Penrose-St. Francis Health Services will outsource its environmental services operations in June to Sodexo USA Inc., but all 117 employees at Penrose Hospital and St. Francis Medical Center will keep ...