Boosting healthcare facility cleaning best practices

Cleaning professionals have a number of training opportunities and educational resources available


Healthcare housekeeping professionals have a number of training opportunities and educational resources available to boost cleaning best practices, according to an article on the FacilityCare website.

Some of the available tools include:

CDC: Options for Evaluating Environmental Cleaning 

The site helps hospitals establish monitoring programs as well as reporting processes that fit their needs. 

The Center for Health Design: “The Perception of Cleanliness” Toolbox  

The recently published Perception of Cleanliness toolbox contains blogs and interviews with experts on topics from training staff to reducing use of harmful chemicals to the way that patients view facility cleanliness.

Read the article.

 

 



February 19, 2016


Topic Area: Environmental Services


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