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Health Care Environmental Services Professionals – Find Resources to Meet Career Core Competencies

The Environmental Services (EVS) Competency Resource Search Catalog provides EVS professionals at all job levels with resources to build or enhance their skills and grow their careers as they work to reduce the spread of infection in the health care setting.

The search tool is based on AHE’s Core Competencies for Health Care Environmental Services Professionals and was developed by a group of EVS subject matter experts.

While the information provided is accurate as of June 2024, resources and details may change rapidly. We encourage you to investigate your local health departments and larger institutions, such as the CDC, who have many resources available beyond those included here. Using the tool, EVS professionals can select the type of competency area (e.g., environmental sanitation) and resource characteristics (e.g., free, online only) and see a list of resources that meet these categories.

EVS Competency Resource Search Tool

Search Fields:

Role

  • Technician: The EVS technician is responsible for executing the daily tasks to establish and maintain a safe, hygienic, pleasing care environment. The EVS technician will have contact with patients, visitors, and clinical and non-clinical staff and is an essential contributor to cleaning, disinfection, infection prevention and the patient experience.
  • Supervisor: The EVS supervisor supervises an area of responsibility for the EVS department (team members, shifts, or specific care areas). This position is responsible for daily oversight of regulatory standards, financial stewardship of department operations and collaboration with other management and supervisory team members to support the department in its daily functions.
  • Manager: The EVS manager provides leadership, direction and management oversight for continuous improvement of the EVS operating model within the facility. They provide staff leadership, make business decisions, and manage the day-to-day operations of the EVS department.
  • Director: The director provides leadership, direction, and management oversight for continuous improvement of the EVS operating model within the facility. They lead all operational coordination for EVS for one or multiple sites. They provide staff leadership, make business decisions, and support the hospital’s vision to be best facility for patient care, safety, service, and value. They manage the day-to-day operations of the EVS department.

Filters

  1. EVS Competency Area - category names of major tasks associated with the four job levels of EVS professionals.
  2. Resource - an organization or group that offers a specific set of information and/or training relevant to the EVS core competencies.
  3. Cost - the fees, if any, charged by the resource to access the information or training
  4. Time Required - the estimated length of time required to review the information or complete the training offered.
  5. Type - is this a training course, informational resource or both?
  6. Modality - is the information or training available online? Some training courses may be virtual, in-person or both.

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations apply to AHE’s Core Competencies for Health Care Environmental Services Professionals and are specific to this tool for indicating the job level and the competency domain.

Roles and Competency:

  • TECH – Technician
  • MGR – Manager
  • SUP – Supervisor
  • DIR – Director

EVS Competency Areas

  • ADM – Administration
  • C&D – Cleaning & Disinfection
  • COMM – Communications
  • CAG – Compliance/Advisory Guidance
  • CSV – Customer Service
  • EPR – Emergency Preparedness
  • ES – Environmental Sanitation
  • FIN – Financial Stewardship
  • IP – Infection Prevention
  • LIN – Linen Handling
  • PDC – Planning, Design, & Construction
  • SAF – Safety
  • TXT – Textile Management
  • WH – Waste Handling
  • WM – Waste Management

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Project Firstline | CDC's National Training Collaborative for Healthcare Infection Prevention & Control

The Project Firstline program is a national training collaborative led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in partnership with the American Hospital Association and the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET), an AHA 501(c)(3) nonprofit subsidiary.

Project Firstline is a national collaborative led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide infection control training and education to frontline healthcare workers and public health personnel. AHA is proud to partner with Project Firstline, supported by Cooperative Agreement [CDC-RFA-CK20-2003]. CDC is an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this resource do not necessarily represent the policies of CDC or HHS and should not be considered an endorsement by the Federal Government.