/ en Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:06:59 -0500 Mon, 08 Apr 24 16:40:27 -0500 /career-resources/certification-center/chesp <div> /* Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar */ .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; display: block; overflow: hidden; max-width: 1170px; margin: 0px auto 25px auto; } .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { position: absolute; bottom: 40px; color: #003087; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .8); width: 100%; padding: 20px 40px; font-size: 3em; box-shadow: 0 3px 8px -5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .6); } @media (max-width:991px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 2.5em; } } @media (max-width:767px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { font-size: 2em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; } } @media (max-width:530px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { position: relative; background-color: #63666A22; } } <header class="Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-04/aha-cc-chesp-banner-image-1170x250.png" alt="Banner Image"><div><h1>Certified Health Care Environmental Services Professional (CHESP)</h1></div></header></div><div class="row"> p.center_Lead { color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 21px; margin-bottom:25px; } <div class="col-md-9"><p class="center_Lead">Certified Health Care Environmental Services Professionals (CHESP) demonstrate mastery of maintaining the environment of care.</p><p class="center_Lead">Showcase your vast and verified knowledge and expertise of the health care environment, including sanitation, waste and textile management, compliance, finance and administration. This certification will help you gain professional distinction and expand employment opportunities.</p><p class="center_Lead">Learn about how to get certified or how to renew your <a href="#Certifications" title="Jump to Health Care Certifications For Professional Development">certification below</a> or visit <a href="https://www.ahe.org/designations/chesp" target="_blank" title="Visit Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE)">Association for the Health Care Environment</a> (AHE).</p></div><div class="col-md-3"><div><h4 class="text-align-center"><a href="/career-resources/certification-center" title="黑料正能量 Association Certification Center (AHA-CC)">黑料正能量 Association Certification Center (AHA-CC)</a></h4><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-08/CHESP-logo_250x250.png" alt="Certified Health Care Environmental Services Professional (CHESP) Logo"><ul><li><a href="#Resources" title="Here you will find links to forms, documents, and other relevant content"><strong>Program Resources</strong></a></li><li>P: <a href="(312) 422-3702" title="Call the Certification team">(312) 422-3702</a></li><li>E: <a href="mailto:certification@aha.org?subject=Info%20about%20the%20AHA%20Certification%20Center:%20CHESP" title="Email the Certification team">certification@aha.org</a></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="row" id="Certifications"> /* PFLmenu */ .PFLmenu { margin: 20px auto; 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margin-bottom: 20px; } h2.SessionTitle { font-weight: 700; background-color: #003087; color: #fff; padding: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 33px; } .SessionEvents { margin-bottom: 30px; } .SessionEvents br { margin-bottom: 10px; } .SessionEvents h3 { font-size: 30px; } .SessionEvents h4 { color: #9d2235; } .SessionEvents ul { list-style: none; /* Remove default bullets */ padding-left: 25px; margin-bottom: 25px; } .SessionEvents ul li { margin-bottom: 7px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 16px; } .SessionEvents ul li::before { content: " "; font-size: 1em; margin-right: 10px; display: inline-block; height: 12px; background-color: #9d2235; width: 12px; position: relative; top: 0px; } .SessionEvents ul li { padding-left: 23px; text-indent: -23px; } <div class="row SessionWrapper" id="Qualify"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Do I Qualify for Certification?</h2><div class="SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><h3 id="Researchers">Eligibility for the examination requires <span>ONE</span> of the following:</h3><ul><li>Baccalaureate degree or higher from an accredited college or university plus three (3) years of environmental services experience*in a health care setting** of which two (2) of those years must have been in a management/supervisory/administrative role.</li><li>Associate degree or equivalent from an accredited college plus four (4) years of environmental services experience* in a health care setting** of which three (3) of those years must have been in a management/supervisory/administrative role.</li><li>High school diploma or equivalent plus five (5) years of environmental services experience* in a management/supervisory/administrative role in a health care setting**.</li></ul><p><em><small>* Environmental services experience refers to work experience in operations related to environmental sanitation, waste management and textile management.</small></em></p><p><em><small>** Includes experience with a provider of environmental services or products to a health care facility (e.g., Consultants, Manufacturers, Vendors, Contract Services Providers, etc.)</small></em></p></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="row SessionWrapper" id="Logistics"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Testing Logistics</h2><div class="SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"> <img alt="medical staff with hand to head" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/spg_job_stressor_400.png"> </div>--><p>The 黑料正能量 Association Certification Center contracts with PSI to administer its certification exams.</p><p>Eligible candidates <a href="http://ams.aha.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=AHACertApply&ct1_credential=CHESP&ct2_process=CHESP_APP" title="Apply">must apply</a> to take the exam with the 黑料正能量 Association Certification Center. Once the candidate purchases their exam, they can schedule their exam with PSI through the <a href="https://ams.aha.org/eweb/dynamicpage.aspx?webkey=c2d2b8a9-0b78-4ff4-88c2-1fd4ebbd2302" title="AHA Certification Portal">AHA Certification Portal</a>. Candidates can schedule their exam with PSI at an approved <a href="https://home.psiexams.com/#/test-center?p=NGH9CHWN" title="Find an Exam Center">testing center</a> or they can schedule a <a href="https://www.psiexams.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PM-Online-Proctoring-Full-Guide.pdf" target="_blank" title="PSI | Testing Excellence: Online Proctoring Guide">live-remote proctored</a> exam with PSI.</p><p>If you need to reschedule an exam, log in to the <a href="https://ams.aha.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=AHACertApply&ct1_credential=CHESP&ct2_process=CHESP_APP" target="_blank" title="Online Certification Management Portal">Online Certification Management Portal</a>.</p><h3>Exam cost:</h3><ul><li>$275 for AHE members</li><li>$425 for non-members</li><li>Eligible veterans can have the cost of their <a href="https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/how-to-use-benefits/test-fees/" target="_blank" title="U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs| Get paid back for test fees">exam reimbursed</a></li></ul><p>Candidates that pass their exam can expect to receive their official certification from the 黑料正能量 Association Certification Center two to four weeks after their testing date. Please contact the <a href="mailto:certification@aha.org?subject=Info%20about%20the%20AHA%20Certification%20Center:%20CHESP" title="Email the Certification team">黑料正能量 Association Certification Center</a> if you have questions about a certification or need the receipt for the exam for your records.</p></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="row SessionWrapper" id="Process"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Recertification Process</h2><div class="SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><h3>Certificants can renew their certification in <span>two</span> ways:</h3><ul><li><strong>Option 1:</strong> Track and renew your CE credits by logging into your <a href="https://ams.aha.org/eweb/dynamicpage.aspx?webkey=c2d2b8a9-0b78-4ff4-88c2-1fd4ebbd2302" target="_blank" title="Certification Portal">Certification Portal</a> and <a href="/system/files/media/file/2019/05/AHA_CC-CHESP-QualifyingActivities.pdf" target="_blank" title="AHA CC CHESP Qualifying Activities">documenting 45 qualifying contact hours</a> over your three-year certification period.</li><li><strong>Option 2:</strong> Successfully pass the CHESP exam.</li></ul><p>Certificants may submit their renewal <span><strong>one year</strong></span> before the current expiration date. However, if you submit your application early, that will not change the expiration date or extend the next renewal cycle. Your 45 contact hours must fall within the three-year certification dates.</p><h3>Renewal fees:</h3><ul><li>$135 for AHE members</li><li>$225 for non-members</li></ul><p><em><small>Additional $50 if renewing in the 30 days after your expiration date.</small></em></p><p><em><small>You can submit your certification renewal up to 30 days after your expiration date with a $50 late fee. However, you cannot submit CECs you earned during this 30-day extended grace period. If you do not submit your renewal by the end of the 30-days, you will have to retake and successfully pass the exam to reinstate your credential.</small></em></p><p><em><small>The 黑料正能量 Association Certification Center may grant an extension of time to a certificant to complete the number of Continuing Education Credits (CECs) required for a recertification cycle. An extension of time shall not relieve the applicant of the responsibility for completion of the recertification requirements for the cycle in which the extension period falls. A certificant with a credential in Revoked status is NOT eligible to request an extension.</small></em></p></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div><div class="row SessionWrapper" id="Study"><h2 class="SessionTitle">Study Resources</h2><div class="SessionEvents"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><ul><li>Review the <a href="https://www.ahe.org/designations/chesp" target="_blank" title="AHE | Certified Health Care Environmental Services Professional (CHESP)">AHE resource page</a> to see a list of materials and classes offered for CHESP exam preparation.</li><li>Take the <a href="https://www.psionlinestore.com/aha/" target="_blank" title="psi Testing Excellence | AHA (黑料正能量 Association Certification Center)">SAE-Self Assessment Exam</a>, an online test that parallels the actual certification exam.</li></ul></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div> .y-hr3 div:nth-child(2){ border-top: solid 2px lightgrey; margin: 25px 0px } <div class="row y-hr3"><div class="col-md-3"> </div><div class="col-md-6"> </div><div class="col-md-3"> </div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12" id="Resources"><div class="col-md-12"><h2>Program Resources</h2></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6"><h3>Quick Links</h3><ul><li><a href="http://www.ahe.org/" target="_blank">AHE</a></li><li><a href="/system/files/media/file/2019/05/AHA_CC-CHESP-Handbook.pdf" target="_blank" title="AHA CC CHESP Handbook">Candidate Handbook</a></li><li><a href="https://ams.aha.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?site=aha&WebCode=runreports&RedirectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fams.aha.org%2Feweb%2FReports%2FReportStart.aspx%3FReportKey%3Dc61e4e61-dc4e-4cc3-a20c-790963bebfd3%26cpg_code%3Dchesp%26new_certs%3Dno&_ga=2.180516007.1619578656.1508702991-352981974.1508351712" target="_blank" title="Credential Verification">Credential Verification</a></li><li><a href="https://ams.aha.org/eweb/dynamicpage.aspx?webkey=c2d2b8a9-0b78-4ff4-88c2-1fd4ebbd2302" target="_blank" title="Certification Portal">Certification Portal</a></li></ul></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6"><h3>Forms</h3><ul><li><a href="/system/files/media/file/2023/11/AHA-CC-W9.pdf" target="_blank" title="View the W9">W9</a></li><li><a href="/system/files/media/file/2023/02/AHA_CC-Pin-Cert-form.pdf" target="_blank" title="View the Certificate/Pin Order Form">Certificate/Pin Order Form</a></li><li><a href="/system/files/media/file/2024/05/AHA_CC-Logo-form.pdf" target="_blank" title="View the Logo Order Form">Logo Order Form</a></li></ul></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-12"><h3>Health Care Certifications</h3><ul><li><a href="/career-resources/certification-center#PatientSafety" title="Patient Safety Professionals">Patient Safety Professionals</a></li><li><a href="/career-resources/certification-center#EnvironmentalServices" title="Environmental Services Professionals">Environmental Services Professionals</a></li><li><a href="/career-resources/certification-center#Facilities" title="Facilities Professionals">Facilities Professionals</a></li><li><a href="/career-resources/certification-center#Construction" title="Construction">Construction</a></li><li><a href="/career-resources/certification-center#SupplyChain" title="Supply Chain">Supply Chain</a></li></ul></div></div></div> Mon, 08 Apr 2024 16:40:27 -0500 Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Professional (CHESP) /career-resources/certification-center <div> /* Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar */ .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; display: block; overflow: hidden; max-width: 1170px; margin: 0px auto 25px auto; } .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { position: absolute; bottom: 40px; color: #003087; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .8); width: 100%; padding: 20px 40px; font-size: 3em; box-shadow: 0 3px 8px -5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .6); } @media (max-width:991px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 2.5em; } } @media (max-width:767px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { font-size: 2em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; } } @media (max-width:530px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { position: relative; background-color: #63666A22; } } <header class="Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019-01/Certification_Center_Banner_1.jpg" alt="Banner Image"><div><h1>黑料正能量 Association Certification Center (AHA-CC)</h1></div></header></div><div class="row"> p.center_Lead { color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 21px; margin-bottom:25px; } <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-8"><p class="center_Lead">The 黑料正能量 Association Certification Center (AHA-CC) designs and administers certification programs to recognize mastery of well-defined bodies of knowledge within health care management disciplines.</p><div class="sp_CTA1"> /*@media (min-width:768px){ .sp_CTA1_holder{ top:-45px } }*/ @media (max-width:768px){ .sp_CTA1_holder{ top:-1px; 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} } /* .ctaArticleTilesWrapper .ctaArticleTilesItem:hover { border-right: solid 0px rgba(85, 85, 85, 0.33); border-bottom: solid 0px rgba(85, 85, 85, 0.33); border-right: solid 2px #5fa1d0; border-bottom: solid 2px #5fa1d0; border-top: solid 2px #5fa1d0; border-left: solid 2px #5fa1d0; }*/ .ctaArticleTilesWrapper .ctaArticleTilesItem span{ font-weight: 700; color: #d50032; } .ctaArticleTilesWrapper .ctaArticleTilesItem p{ } /* Filtered Section -- ctaArticleTilesWrapper -- ctaArticleTilesItem // */ } .ctaArticleTilesItem ul { list-style: none; /* Remove default bullets */ padding-left: 50px; margin-bottom: 25px; clear: both; } .ctaArticleTilesItem ul li { margin-bottom: 7px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 16px; } .ctaArticleTilesItem ul li::before { content: " "; font-size: 1em; margin-right: 10px; display: inline-block; height: 12px; background-color: #9d2235; width: 12px; position: relative; top: 0px; } .ctaArticleTilesItem ul li { padding-left: 23px; text-indent: -23px; } <div class="col-md-12 spacer"><h2 id="HCCertifications">Health Care Certifications for Professional Development</h2><p>Both clinical and non-clinical staff greatly impact the safety and quality of care patients receive. Earning a certification from the 黑料正能量 Association demonstrates to patients, health care organizations, and the public, that the health care professional has met national performance standards specific to their role.</p></div><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="ctaArticleTiles rowEqual_768"><div class="ctaArticleTilesWrapper" id="PatientSafety"><div class="ctaArticleTilesItem"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019-01/Risk_150x150.png" alt="Icon"><h3>Risk Management Professionals</h3><p>Risk management covers multiple areas of expertise, that鈥檚 why risk professionals have their own specific certification. This certification covers finance, patient safety, health care operations and claims and litigation.</p><div class="ctaArticleTilesItemInternal"><h4><a href="/career-resources/certification-center/cphrm" title="Learn more about: Certified Professional in Health Care Risk Management">Certified Professional in Health Care Risk Management (CPHRM)</a></h4><p>Professionals who earn the CPHRM credential have demonstrated their expertise in minimizing risk in a health care setting through proven knowledge of clinical and patient safety programs, risk financing, and compliance with federal regulations.</p></div></div></div><div class="ctaArticleTilesWrapper" id="EnvironmentalServices"><div class="ctaArticleTilesItem"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019-01/EnvironmentalServices_150x150.png" alt="Icon"><h3>Environmental Services Professionals</h3><p>Non-clinical staff play a big part in ensuring the safety and quality of care patients receive while in a health care facility. Competent environmental services and infection prevention professionals help ensure facilities are clean, comfortable and free of pathogens.</p><div class="ctaArticleTilesItemInternal"><h4><a href="/career-resources/certification-center/chesp" title="Learn more about: Certified Health Care Environmental Services Professional">Certified Health Care Environmental Services Professional (CHESP)</a></h4><p>These professionals have demonstrated advanced knowledge of maintaining the environment of care. They possess knowledge of the physical environment including design, construction, sanitation, waste and textile management.</p></div></div></div><div class="ctaArticleTilesWrapper" id="Construction"><div class="ctaArticleTilesItem"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019-01/Construction_150x150.png" alt="Icon"><h3>Construction</h3><p>Health care facilities are specialized and complex structures. Dedicated health care engineers, designers and architects are tasked with ensuring life-saving systems work smoothly and efficiently.</p><div class="ctaArticleTilesItemInternal"><h4><a href="/career-resources/certification-center/chc" title="Learm more about: Certified Health Care Constructor (CHC)">Certified Health Care Constructor (CHC)</a></h4><p>These professionals have a detailed understanding of completing construction and renovation projects in a nuanced health care setting.</p></div></div></div><div class="ctaArticleTilesWrapper" id="SupplyChain"><div class="ctaArticleTilesItem"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019-01/SupplyChain_150x150.png" alt="Icon"><h3>Supply Chain</h3><p>The complex field of health care supply chain is charged with ensuring vital medication and medical devices reach the right place as efficiently as possible.</p><div class="ctaArticleTilesItemInternal"><h4><a href="/career-resources/certification-center/cmrp" title="Learn more about: Certified Materials & Resources Professional">Certified Materials & Resources Professional (CMRP)</a></h4><p>These professionals carry the mark of supply chain excellence with proven knowledge of effectively managing the quality and affordability of patient care.</p></div></div></div><div class="ctaArticleTilesWrapper" id="Facilities"><div class="ctaArticleTilesItem"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019-01/FacilityManagement_150x150.png" alt="Icon"><h3>Facilities Professionals</h3><p>Non-clinical staff still play a big part in ensuring the safety and quality of care patients receive while in a health care facility. Competent facility managers and infection prevention professionals help ensure facilities are up to code and free of pathogens.</p><div class="row"><div class="col-sm-6"><div class="ctaArticleTilesItemInternal"><h4><a href="/career-resources/certification-center/chfm" title="Learn more about: Certified Health Care Facility Manager">Certified Health Care Facility Manager (CHFM)</a></h4><p>These professionals have proven expertise in optimizing the health care physical environment to keep patients safe and building operations running efficiently.</p></div></div><div class="col-sm-6"><div class="ctaArticleTilesItemInternal"><h4><a href="/career-resources/certification-center/mech" title="Learn more about: Mechanic Evaluation and Certification for Health Care">Mechanic Evaluation and Certification for Health Care (MECH)</a></h4><p>These health care mechanics document their skills and gain professional recognition for their valuable work in the health care environment.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> /* Main */ @media (min-width:768px) { .sp_CTA2_holder { position: relative; background-color: #b9d9ed; height: auto; min-height: 520px; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; margin:50px 0; } .sp_CTA2_holder .sp_CTA2_img { position: absolute; top: 50%; left: 50%; min-width: 100%; min-height: 100%; width: auto; height: auto; z-index: 0; -ms-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%); -moz-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%); -webkit-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%); transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%); } .sp_CTA2_holder .sp_CTA2_img img { max-width: 585px; height: 550px/*Fake Height */ } .sp_CTA2_holder .sp_CTA2_overlay { position: absolute; top: 10%; left: 35%; width: auto; height: auto; min-width: 60%; min-height: 80%; background-color: white; opacity: .95; z-index: 1; /*border: solid 2px red*/ } .sp_CTA2_holder .sp_CTA2_body { position: absolute; top: 10%; left: 35%; width: 25%; height: auto; min-width: 60%; min-height: 80%; z-index: 2; padding: 25px; /*border: solid 1px green*/ } } /* Tablet */ @media (min-width:991px) and (max-width:1200px) { .sp_CTA2_holder .sp_CTA2_overlay { min-height: 85%; left: 25%; min-width: 70%; } .sp_CTA2_holder .sp_CTA2_body { min-width: 60%; left: 25%; min-width: 70%; } } /* ipad */ @media (min-width:768px) and (max-width:991px) { .sp_CTA2_holder .sp_CTA2_overlay { top: 5%; min-height: 85%; left: 15%; min-width: 80%; } .sp_CTA2_holder .sp_CTA2_body { top: 5%; min-width: 80%; left: 15%; } } /* Phone */ @media (max-width:767px) { .sp_CTA2_holder { padding-bottom: 25px; } .sp_CTA2_holder img { width: 100% } .sp_CTA2_holder .sp_CTA2_body { padding: 15px } .sp_CTA2_holder .btn { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 275px; display: block } } /* Look*/ .sp_CTA2_holder .sp_CTA2_body h4 { margin: 0px; color: #555; font-size: .7em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 3px; } .sp_CTA2_holder .sp_CTA2_body h2 { color: #002855; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 30px; margin: 10px 0 5px 0 } .sp_CTA2_holder .btn { margin-top: 20px } <div class="sp_CTA2_holder"><div class="sp_CTA2_img"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-04/aha-cc-remote-proctoring_585x550.png" alt="Person working at a computer"></div><div class="sp_CTA2_overlay"> </div><div class="sp_CTA2_body"><h2 id="Proctoring">Live-Remote Proctoring Available</h2><p>The vendor the 黑料正能量 Certification Center uses for its testing now offers a live-remote proctoring option. 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Be recognized as an executive in your health care community.</li></ul></div></div> <div class="ctaArticleTilesItem"> <a href="xxxxxxxxxxxx" title="xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-02/Sustainability-Executive-Toolkit-777x600.jpg" alt="Icon"></a> <h2><a href="xxxxxxxxxxxx" target="_blank" title="xxxxxxxxxxxxxx">xxxxxxxxxxx</a></h2> <p>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</p> <ul> <li><strong>xxxxxxxxxxxxx</strong> xxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx</li> </ul> </div> </div> --></div></div></div> Fri, 22 Mar 2024 11:19:47 -0500 Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Professional (CHESP) /news/blog/2023-05-25-supporting-critical-work-evs-frontline-professionals <p>Clean, sterile environments are essential to hospitals鈥� lifesaving work, and environmental services professionals are essential to creating those environments. In an era of high workforce turnover and concerns about infection control, it鈥檚 more important than ever for health care leaders to support their EVS teams. The AHA and its Association for the Health Care Environment professional member group offers several resources to help leaders support their EVS teams, including the important <a href="https://www.ahe.org/ahe-exchange-conference?&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=exchange-conference&utm_content=aha-today" target="_blank">AHE Exchange Conference</a> July 31-Aug. 2 in Dallas. This event helps EVS professionals stay on top of the newest best practices and prepare for what's coming next.</p> <p>The AHA has long recognized that EVS professionals provide an invaluable service to health care settings. They perform high-quality disinfection that ensures patients are comfortable, safe, and satisfied when they are the most vulnerable.</p> <p>EVS professionals also provide the essential tools to combat pathogens. They ensure that hospitals and other health care settings can successfully break the chains of infection and stop an outbreak. The pandemic highlighted a continued need for investment in this critical field and how EVS workers at the frontlines were essential in mitigating the spread of COVID-19. EVS professionals are often highly trained and collaborate with various medical staff, personnel and stakeholders.</p> <p>The EVS field is continually evolving. Infection prevention includes an ever-expanding array of new and innovative technologies and methods. EVS professionals must leverage emerging disinfection knowledge with advances in medical awareness, including microbiology and disease transmission. As the EVS field progresses, collaboration and educational and professional development are essential facets of effective pathogen management.</p> <p>AHE strives to support EVS professionals by offering rich and engaging forums for them to thrive, connect and build. In addition, AHE provides comprehensive and top-notch knowledge-sharing programs and courses. Events like the upcoming <a href="https://www.ahe.org/ahe-exchange-conference?&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=exchange-conference&utm_content=aha-today" target="_blank">AHE Exchange</a> in Dallas are critical in helping EVS professionals continue to advance, grow and succeed. Jen Porter, Senior Vice President of Field Engagement, echoes these sentiments:<br />   <br /> 鈥淓nvironmental services is a mission-critical function of health care facilities, and our EVS professionals are valued and integral team members who contribute in great measure to patients鈥� health, well-being, and overall patient care experiences. The AHE Exchange provides a forum for EVS professionals to network with colleagues, share best practices and strategically explore future solutions to ensure safe and clean environments and advance patient safety and quality.鈥�</p> <p>The AHE Exchange allows professionals to align goals, expand networks and share up-to-date information. It also provides a comfortable environment to increase skills, establish relationships with vendors across the health care sector, and much-needed resources for newer EVS professionals and those seeking to elevate their career prospects.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.ahe.org/ahe-exchange-conference?&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=exchange-conference&utm_content=aha-today" target="_blank">Exchange 2023</a> is a testament to the collaborative spirit of the health care field. In addition, this conference helps EVS professionals to continue navigating challenges and overcoming issues while saving lives and promoting safety.</p> <p>The AHA makes it simple for professionals to attend with clear and concise online information, including travel details, discounts and justification toolkits. AHA members enjoy the perks of membership with discounted conference rates and access to many resources provided by AHE. Find out how you can support your EVS professionals with events like the AHE Exchange or AHE membership by visiting AHE.org.</p> Thu, 25 May 2023 15:26:47 -0500 Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Professional (CHESP)