Hospitals should be safe havens for healing, not breeding grounds for infection. Yet, one in 25 patients—that’s 1.7 million – contract hospital associated infections (HAIs) every year in the U.S.

The Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI) is a national campaign to drive environmental health and sustainability across the entire healthcare industry. The Initiative is not only focused on saving ...

Madigan Army Medical Center's efforts to stay green earned it the honor of being named as a part of the Practice Greenhealth Circle of Excellence on May 19. This award is given to healthcare ...

When a patient’s wife lost her wedding ring at WellS Hospital, Justin Phillips, environmental services technician at WellS Hospital, sprang into action.

Montgomery, Ala.-based Jackson Hospital has named Medline as its primary supplier for environmental services products. The partnership builds on their existing relationship, as Medline has been ...

This is where HR can help, primarily by lifting the profile of cleaning staff with other hospital employees. "Building that bridge between administration and infection preventionists and environmental ...

One Degree, Double the Impact: Unlike most programs that separate these critical fields, RIT’s ESHS degree uniquely combines environmental sustainability with environmental and occupational health and ...

A cluster of brain tumors among nurses working on the same floor at a Massachusetts hospital is raising eyebrows after an investigation found “no environmental risks” at the facility. As of April 1, ...