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Environmental Services Resources
At Smart Facility Software, we’re always examining ways to make it easier for facilities to effectively manage environmental services. These articles are designed to help directors communicate management concepts unique to EVS with hospital administration, fostering a greater understanding and more productive relationship.

Looking Back on the Year in Environmental Services
December 5, 2022As 2022 draws to a close, we wanted to once again celebrate the amazing work of all of the EVS Teams that make up our community. Earlier this year, we reached out to EVS Departments […]
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Implementation & Beyond: Why Good EVS Software Support Matters
November 15, 2022How you manage facility cleaning data can make or break an EVS Department. That’s why it’s so important to find the right EVS software. As we mentioned in our recent webinar, the Roadmap to Understanding […]
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3 Things to Look for in your Environmental Services Software
September 19, 2022Meeting Environmental Services goals requires a plan, and a software, unique to your facility. Smart Facility Software is the original specialized software built for your unique EVS workflow. As a hospital leader, you know better […]
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Celebrating the Humans Behind EVS: Marcelino Contreras and Shay Craft
September 12, 2022This EVS Week, we’re recognizing the heroes of Hospital Environmental Services. We sat down with EVS Team Members from SFS user Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center to talk about how they took care of […]
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Celebrating the Humans Behind EVS: Tanya Thornton
September 9, 2022Environmental services staff fight on the frontlines of infection every day: while medical staff fight infections in the body, EVS techs fight infection in the building. So this EVS week, we are thrilled to celebrate […]
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Celebrating the Humans Behind EVS: Teresha Bivins and Antonio Castillo
September 7, 2022This EVS Week, we’re recognizing the heroes of Hospital Environmental Services. We sat down with two Housekeeping Head Aides from Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center and their manager to talk about what it was […]
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Behind the (Cubicle) Curtain: How to Schedule, Track, and Report Cleanings with Smart Facility Software
August 3, 2022Every year, nearly 1.7 million Americans contract hospital-acquired infections, which are transmitted primarily via high-touch surfaces. One of the most commonly touched surfaces? Cubicle curtains. Almost every single healthcare worker who comes into a patient […]
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The Importance of Software Specialization in Hospitals
July 7, 2022In an increasingly digital age, it’s tempting to look for a software that can do everything for your facility: from billing to ADT to environmental services. But a one-size-fits-all approach has limits when it comes […]
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Decision Making Made Easy
April 21, 2022Introducing the Automated Task Assignment Decision Engine As a hospital leader, you make decisions all day, every day that affect the operations of your facility. Some decisions take time and attention to make, while other […]
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An EVS Manager’s Guide to Interoperability
April 4, 2022Interoperability has become a buzzword within hospital facilities. But what does it mean for EVS Teams? Below, we discuss how interoperability between software applications can streamline bed turnover communications between clinical and EVS teams, and […]
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