When Wendy Torres graduated from high school, she knew she wanted to help people. So she went into nursing. When she graduated and couldn't secure a nursing job but needed to pay her bills, someone suggested she work at Servicon. She applied and was hired as a...
In 1985, a young Edwin Stephenson needed a job. His friend suggested he come to work at Servicon. Stephenson had no clue what commercial cleaners do, so he went with his friend one night to watch him work. The next day, Stephenson applied and got the job. His plan was...
Luis Reyes was 25, had just gotten married, and was tired of working in retail. His sister suggested he apply for a position at Servicon, where she worked. So, he did and was hired as an area manager for one of the largest aerospace facilities in Newport Beach, CA, at...
Candida auris (C. auris) is a highly infectious yeast—a type of fungus . It is drug-resistant, highly contagious, can live for weeks—if not months—on surfaces, and is often deadly. According to the CDC, more than one in three patients with an invasive C. auris...
"What are the most common healthcare-acquired infections?" is a question we are asked a lot at Servicon. The answer depends on a variety of factors, such as the environment (hospital surgery rooms vs. non-healthcare, for example) and population (healthy adults vs....
When a company says it offers total facility maintenance, what exactly does that mean? The answer isn’t as easy as one might expect since the duties can vary greatly, depending on the industry. For example, the tasks performed by a hospital environmental services...
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the goal of some commercial cleaning services providers was to have the facility look clean. If it looked clean, most people, including building owners and occupants, assumed it was clean. However, the pandemic turned the spotlight on...
On average, environmental services (EVS) technicians spend more time in patients’ rooms than doctors or nurses. Often, finding EVS technicians approachable, patients will express concerns or fears to EVS employees that they may not express to other hospital staff....
When Servicon Operations Manager, Juan Vasquez, walked by a woman sitting in a chair alone, he could tell something was wrong. She looked pale and troubled. Because he worked on the cancer treatment floor of the hospital, Juan knew that it’s likely she just finished a...
Keeping up with innovative technologies is vital for any successful commercial cleaning services provider. At Servicon, we are always on the lookout for technologies that can increase productivity, protect worker health, are more sustainable, and reduce client costs....
Industry Experts React to Updated CDC GuidelinesBy ServiconThe CDC gave us a lot to talk about when it updated its guidelines regarding cleaning and disinfecting best practices to protect against COVID-19. Declaring that the chance of catching COVID-19 from a surface...
Ever-tightening budgets are putting pressure on hospitals to improve their throughput – the time from patient admittance through discharge. It is a mistake to overlook the significant role hospital environmental services (EVS) can play in the process.
Empathy can positively impact hospital patient satisfaction and raise HCAHPS scores. Yet the significant contribution hospital environmental services (EVS) workers with empathy training can make in these areas is often overlooked.
The CDC reports healthcare acquired infections (HAIs) account for an estimated 1.7 million infections and 99,000 associated deaths each year. Statistics such as these highlight the importance of hospital environmental services (EVS) workers and their role in infection prevention.
Hospital environmental services (EVS) technicians face many challenges. Some are obvious. Others are subtler and call for a unique skill set. Here are six character traits to look for in new hires and cultivate in your current EVS healthcare team.
As a business owner looking to reopen—and stay open—you need to be sure your COVID cleaning services provider uses CDC-approved cleaning and disinfecting best practices. Proper cleaning and disinfection ensure a safe, healthy environment for your customers and staff.
Some COVID-19 cleaning services immediately sell COVID-19 disinfecting services and sanitizing options, disregarding cleaning. Let’s look at what cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting are, and why you must clean first.
A lot of misinformation surrounds using fogging/misting devices to disinfect. Some companies are employing them with disinfectants not approved for use in this equipment by the EPA and without following CDC guidelines.
Antimicrobial surface coatings are being promoted as a way to keep your facilities virus-free for up to seven days. Yet the reality is more complicated and, currently, these surfaces provide less of a solution than we might wish.
Servicon has partnered with The Infection Prevention Strategy (TIPS) to give us access to a network of top researchers, epidemiologists, and other scientists specializing in infection prevention. This partnership assures all Servicon products, equipment use, and methodologies are science-backed and the information we share has been vetted for accuracy
Read about the new laws in California that affect the janitorial companies and the clients they provide service too, such as Classification of Independent Contractors (AB 5), Specified Lactation Accommodations (SB 142), Additional Paid Family Leave (SB 83) and more
California’s AB 5 regulation changed the Labor Code and Wage Order regarding which workers or businesses can be classified as independent contractors. To establish independent contractor status, employers must satisfy these three criteria.
Servicon partnered with a leading workforce technology company to help clients better allocate resources while lowering their expenses. Discover how this technology adds value by tracking labor hours, simplifying budgeting, streamlining billing, and more.
Servicon has achieved Tier 2 of Culver City’s Sustainable Business Certification. (CCSBCP, which acknowledges business practices that reduce water and energy consumption, prevent pollution, divert landfill waste, and uphold social responsibility.