Long-term care (LTC), assisted living and rehabilitation facilities present a unique challenge to infection prevention. One reason being that residents are much more mobile than patients in a hospital, and also because there are many more common or shared spaces. Also to consider are hospital readmissions via cross infection and

Over the past couple of years, EVS workers have demonstrated what a critical role they play in maintaining a clean and germ-free health care environment. We applaud each of them and thank them during EVS week. This week, we want to highlight and lift up outstanding EVS personnel who are going

CliThe Tru-D device plays a critical role in hundreds of health care facilities, helping environmental services professionals keep the hospital as clean and germ-free as possible for both patients and staff. Sarasota Memorial Hospital uses Tru-D robots to complement the work that the EVS team does, ensuring that harmful pathogens do not linger behind

While Health First’s four hospitals are thoroughly cleaned and disinfected by Environmental Services (EVS) staff, Brevard’s community health care system wants to do even more by adding the Tru-D robot, a remote-controlled machine that disinfects rooms with UVC light for even more patient protection. “Health First has invested in this disinfection

During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and health care facilities started purchasing UVC disinfection systems for use on N-95 masks and other pandemic-specific initiatives. Now that the PPE shortage is behind us, and the world resumes some sense of normalcy, a lingering question is how are you leveraging your UVC disinfection