• 8:00am-5:00pm  VA Meeting*

Sunday, September 20
 * For employees of these respective organizations only.

• 8:00am-5:00pm  VA Meeting*
   
• 2:00pm-7:00pm  Registration
   
• 2:00pm-7:00pm  Cyber Center, Sponsored by KIMBERLY-CLARK PROFESSIONAL, ASHES Corporate Champion and Platinum Sponsor
   
• 2:30pm-4:30pm  CHESP Review Session (Pre-registration required) Note: Registering for the Review Session is not an Examination application.
   
• 5:00pm-6:00pm  New Member & First-Time Time Attendee Orientation Reception Sponsored by ENCOMPASS GROUP, ASHES Silver Sponsor
   
• 6:00pm-9:00pm  ASHES Welcome Reception (All attendees and exhibitors welcome. Ticket or badge required) Sponsored by THE CLOROX COMPANY, ASHES Corporate Champion and Diamond Sponsor

• 7:00am-7:45am  Brewed Awakenings, Continental Breakfast
   
• 7:00am-4:00pm  Registration
   
• 7:00am-4:00pm  Cyber Center, Sponsored by KIMBERLY-CLARK PROFESSIONAL, ASHES Corporate Champion and Platinum Sponsor
   
• 8:00am-10:00am  The Annual Conference Begins Now! ASHES Opening and Keynote Presentation
   
• 10:15am-11:30am  Annual Meeting Learning Labs Kick-Off (Choose one)
   
  • The Fundamentals for a Successful Patient Transport Department (Part 1)
     
  • Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence
     
  • Pharmaceutical Waste As Universal Waste
     
  • SUPER DIRECTOR: Effectively & Efficiently Expanding Your Leadership Skill-Set
     
  • Environmental Services: What's New from CDC Guidelines
     
• 1:15pm-2:30pm  Learning Labs (Choose one)
   
• • Healthcare Waste - Regulatory Challenges
     
  • The Fundamentals for a Successful Patient Transport Department (Part 2)
     
  • Secrets of Productivity
     
  • Making the Decision to Outsource Linen and Laundry Service
     
  • Pharmaceutical Waste As Universal Waste
     
• 2:30pm-5:30pm  ASHES Healthcare Marketplace & Opening Reception, Sponsored by STERIS CORPORATION, ASHES Platinum Sponsor
   
• 5:30pm - On  Free time - This is a great time to enjoy Reno!

• 7:00am-7:45am  Brewed Awakenings, Continental Breakfast
   
• 7:00am-4:00pm  Registration
   
• 7:00am-4:00pm  Cyber Center, Sponsored by KIMBERLY-CLARK PROFESSIONAL, ASHES Corporate Champion and Platinum Sponsor
   
• 7:45am-9:00am  ASHES General Session: The Joint Commission's Environment of Care Update 2009
   
• 9:15am-1:00pm  ASHES Healthcare Marketplace
   
• 1:00pm-3:00pm  Focus Group - 1st Session (By invitation only)
   
• 1:30pm-2:45pm  Learning Labs (Choose one)
   
  • Risk Assessment: Controlling the True Cost of Safety
     
  • The Joint Commission's Emergency Management Requirements for 2009
     
  • UPS 797 - Specialty Cleaning
     
  • Expanding Levels of Your Comfort Zone
     
  • Working Toward Zero Infections
     
  • Patient Spaces as Capital Assets
     
• 2:45pm - 3:15pm  Sunshine Break, Sponsored by STERICYCLE, ASHES Gold Sponsor
   
• 2:45pm - 3:45pm  Sodexo Breakouts*
   
• 3:15pm-4:30pm  Learning Labs (Choose one)
   
  • High Performance Floor Care: Its All in the Details
     
  • Post Consumption Materials Management for Hospital Economic and Environmental Sustainability
     
  • EVS & Patient Transport - Working Towards an Accelerated Performance
     
  • Understanding the Process for Approving Antimicrobial Pesticides Bacteria and Viruses are Pests, Oh My!!!
     
  • Healthcare Construction and Infection Prevention
     
  • Patient Spaces as Capital Assets
     
• 3:30pm-5:30pm  Focus Group - 2nd Session (By invitation only)
   
• 4:00pm - 5:00pm  Sodexo Closing*
   
• 4:40pm - 5:30pm  Power Sessions
   
• 5:30pm - 6:00pm  ASHES Business Meeting
   
• 6:15pm - On  Free time - This is a great time for vendors/exhibitors to entertain customers and enjoy Reno!

• 7:45am-8:45am  Brewed Awakenings, Continental Breakfast
   
• 7:00am-4:00pm  Registration
   
• 7:00am- 4:00pm  Cyber Center, Sponsored by KIMBERLY-CLARK PROFESSIONAL, ASHES Corporate Champion and Platinum Sponsor
   
• 7:45am-8:45am  CHESP Recognition Breakfast (RSVP) Sponsored by ADM INTERNATIONAL, ASHES Silver Sponsor
   
• 9:00am-10:15am  ASHES General Session: Turning Your Employees Into Evangelists
   
• 10:30am-11:45am  Learning Labs (Choose one)
   
  • How to Influence Your Staffing Levels in a Fiscally Conservative Environment
     
  • Managing Difficult Employees Using Self Coaching Skills
     
  • Making the Case for Technology Investment
     
  • It IS Easy to be Green in the OR! (Handout)
     
  • Managing Contracts Made Easy!
     
• 11:45am-1:00pm  Lunch on your own
   
• 1:15pm-2:30pm  ASHES General Session: Establishing a Positive Work Environment
   
• 1:15pm-4:00pm  DOT Certificate Program (Advanced Session)
   
• 2:45pm-4:00pm  Learning Labs Continue (Choose one)
   
  • Managing Multiple Campuses and Offsite Facilities
     
  • E.S. In the Long Term Care Setting
     
  • From Now to Wow! Using Customer Information to Improve Patient Experiences
     
  • One Size Does Not Fit All: The Custom Fit for Greening Up Your Operations
     
  • Bugs in the System: What You Really Need to Know About Bed Bugs and Healthcare
     
• 6:30pm- 7:00pm  President's Reception and Scholarship Raffle
   
• 7:00pm-11:00pm  ASHES Annual Awards Dinner, Comedy Show Followed by Live DJ 

• 7:00am-8:00am  Brewed Awakenings, Coffee
   
• 8:00am - 9:15am  Learning Labs (Choose 1 of 4)
   
  • Textile Innovations for Healthcare Laundries (Handout)
     
  • Infection Control Overview 
     
  • Implementing a Sustainability Program in Environmental Services: Overcome the Challenges
     
  • The Business case for Environmental Services: Make the Case, Write the Plan
     
  • MRSA - Occurance, Persistence, and Disinfection of Fomites
    Presented by The Clorox Company
     
• 9:30am -10:45am  ASHES Closing Session:  How "Evidence-Based" Business Practices Create High Performance
   
• 12:00pm - 5:00pm  U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) Meeting *

• 8:00am - 1:00pm  U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) Meeting *