In addition to documenting the cleaning of its general areas, Lakeland (Fla.) Surgical & Diagnostic Center also ensures cleaning of its ORs and procedure rooms are properly documented. The ASC ...

Hospitals should be safe havens for healing. Yet every year, one in 25 patients contracts at least one healthcare-associated infection (HAI) while in the hospital. Of these 1.7 million HAI cases, ...

Each time someone is discharged from one of the eight St. Luke’s Health hospitals in the Houston area, a housekeeper has about 45 minutes to clean and disinfect the room so it can be ready for the ...

MIDDLETOWN — Not many places can boast a multilingual cleaning staff, but Lorrie Tuttle was tired of seeing hospital patients frustrated by a communication gap. “I went to do a daily patient room ...