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EVS for Hospitals – Winning the Battle Against C. Diff
Much is written about the role of hospital environmental services (EVS) in the...
Servicon Earns EPA’s Prestigious ENERGY STAR Certification & Moves Closer to Net Zero
Servicon is pleased to share some exciting news: Our facilities have received...
Quality Commercial Cleaning Services Require Top Talent
How Servicon attracts, hires, and retains the best workers in the industry It...
Focused Rounding – EVS for Hospitals’ Commitment to Quality
At Servicon, we developed Focused Rounding because we believe it is an...
Patients First Training Program
Studies show that the empathetic treatment of patients can lead to: Faster...
Servicon’s EVS for Hospitals Earns Double the Average NPS
Servicon conducts a biannual Client Survey to ensure our environmental...
Smart Facility Makes EVS for Hospitals Smarter
Servicon is constantly looking for ways to enhance and ensure the quality of...
New UV Technology Ensures the Quality of Servicon’s EVS for Hospitals
Image Source: ecolab.com The use of proper infection-prevention protocols by...
What Hospital Environmental Services Need to Know About C. Auris
Candida auris (C. auris) is a highly infectious yeast—a type of fungus. It is...
The 5 Most Common Types of Healthcare-Acquired Infections
"What are the most common healthcare-acquired infections?" is a question we...
The 4 Types of Total Facility Maintenance
When a company says it offers total facility maintenance, what exactly does...
Commercial Cleaning Services – Smart Innovations
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the goal of some commercial cleaning services...
The Importance of Empathy – Stories from the Frontline
On average, environmental services (EVS) technicians spend more time in...
Cancer & the Role of Empathy in EVS
When Servicon Operations Manager, Juan Vasquez, walked by a woman sitting in a...
Servicon Adopts 4 Industry Innovations
Keeping up with innovative technologies is vital for any successful commercial...
To Disinfect or Not to Disinfect Is Not the Question
Industry Experts React to Updated CDC GuidelinesBy ServiconThe CDC gave us a...
Hospital Environmental Services & Throughput
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.
Hospital Environmental Services, Empathy & HCAHPS
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.
Healthcare EVS – Empathy by the Numbers
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.
6 Traits of Hospital Environmental Services Technicians
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.
How to Choose a COVID-19 Cleaning Services Provider
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.
COVID-19 Cleaning Services Must Make a Clean Start
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.
Clearing the Fog About Foggers
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.