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ASHES has posted the conference hand outs prior to the conference in an effor to increase our environmental awareness. Help ASHES be a good environmental steward by printing only the session handouts you will attend. Registered attendees can view the sessions offered at the conference and print the handouts to bring along for session note-taking. Handouts will not be distributed at the conference. Remember to print handouts for sessions you will be attending.

Thank you for helpping us do our part for the environment.

Monday, October 1, 2007

8:00am-10:00am	The Annual Meeting Begins Now! Opening Keynote – 7 Policies That Create WOW!, *Sponsored by Orkin Commercial Services*
10:15am–5:15pm	ASHES Healthcare Certificate Program (Pre-registration required)
10:15am–11:30am	Learning Labs Kick-Off (Choose 1 of 6)
	Update on the Environment of Care Pertaining to Environmental Services (Session Repeats)
	Working it – With a Single Partner!
	Waste Management Challenges During and After Hospital Construction
	The Role of Environmental Services in HAI Prevention (Session Repeats)
	Optimizing Patient Throughput –Are the Benefits Still Following One Year Later
	Policy Writing Made Simple
1:00pm–3:00pm	NAHTM Strategic Planning World Café - Part 1
1:30pm–5:30pm	DOT Regulated Medical Waste HazMat Compliance Training (Pre-registration Required)
1:30pm-2:45pm	Learning Labs (Choose 1 of 5)
	Update on the Environment of Care Pertaining to Environmental Services (Session Repeats)
	Making the Patient Safety and Green Connection – A Green Cleaning Panel Discussion (No handouts for this session)
	The Role of Environmental Services in HAI Prevention (Session Repeats)
	Assuring Linen Quality – HLAC Accreditation Process (No handouts for this session)
	How to Manage EVS for Optimal Service Quality and Productivity
2:45pm-5:00pm	Career Connections Event Handout 1, Handout 2 Your Power Years: A Preview of Tomorrow's Responsibilities^TM (Handouts will be distributed by speaker on site) Resume and Coverletter Writing Interviewing Dos and Don'ts

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

9:15am-10:30am	ASHES General Session: Environmental Services: Manager vs. Leader – How Do Your Leadership Practices Compare to the Best?
10:45am-12:00pm	Learning Labs (Choose 1 of 6)
	Nailing Jello to the Wall: Guiding the Interior Design Decision-Making Process
	Now You See It; Now You Don’t – A Campaign to Stop Linen Loss
	Praise, Coach and Discipline: Giving Effective Feedback
	The Linkage Between Employee Engagement, Diversity and Satisfaction
	Writing a Business Plan for the ES Department
	Certification: Is it Right for Your Transporters? Is it Right for You?
1:30pm-5:30pm	Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) Program (Pre-registration Required)
1:30pm–2:45pm	Learning Labs (Choose 1 of 6)
	Statistical Linen Management – Using Utilization Data to Effect Change
	Working the Bugs Out
	Improving Patient and Nursing Satisfaction with Environmental Services
	What’s Bugging You!
	Unitizing Your Facility (Session Repeats)
	Patient Transportation 101…and 102, 103
3:15pm–4:30pm	Learning Labs (Choose 1 of 6)
	Standards and Scripting
	Changes in Infection Control for Healthcare Environmental Services: Are You Ready?
	Hospital Pandemic Preparedness: Anticipating Unprecedented Surge in Infectious Waste
	Beyond Timely Trips and Cleans: The Role of EVS and Transport to Quality Care, Satisfaction and Improved Patient Flow
	Unitizing Your Facility (Session Repeats)
	Orientation Competencies That Work

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

7:45am-9:00am	ASHES General Session: The ASHES Situation Room
1:15pm–2:30pm	Learning Labs (Choose 1 of 6)
	Knowledge and Skills of a Frontline Worker - What Do Your Employees Really Need to Do Their Work?
	Building Loyalty Through “Wow” Customer Service
	Partners in Grime
	Verbal Judo (Session Repeats)
	Hospital Security – A Total Security Solution (Session Repeats)
	National Patient Safety Goals for the Frontline Worker
2:45pm-4:00pm	Learning Labs (Choose 1 of 6)
	Practical Method for Integrating the Environment of Care into Regulatory Compliance
	Extreme Makeovers - Bang for the Bucks
	Medical Waste: A Landfill’s Prospective
	Hospital Security – A Total Security Solution (Session Repeats)
	Disinfectant/Sanitizer Depletion y Wiping Towels and Mops
	Verbal Judo (Session Repeats)
	Got Lift?, Handout 1, Handout 2

Thursday, October 4, 2007

8:15am–9:30am	Learning Labs (Choose 1 of 4)
	Waste Diversion and Mitigation of Climate Change
	Not Too Hot to Handle!
	EVS and IC - The Dynamic Dual
	You Have a Healing Garden – Now How to Best Maintain It?
8:15am–2:15am	NAHTM Strategic Planning World Café Part 2: Defining The Strategic Advantage of NAHTM
9:45am–11:00am	ASHES Closing Session: Principles, Pillars, and Passion: Service Excellence In Environmental Services

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