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Building a better EVS program

Make smarter choices about hospital cleaning products. The white paper Building a Sustainable EVS Program for Hospitals helps healthcare leaders compare reusable and single-use options while balancing infection prevention, sustainability, operational efficiency and total lifecycle cost.

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EVS sustainability matters

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    The full impact

    Cleaning products shape how consistently EVS teams perform, how patients and families perceive cleanliness and how much water, energy, chemical and labor daily operations require.

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    The trade-offs between reusable and single-use

    Reusable systems depend on laundering, while single-use products add waste and storage needs. Each carries trade-offs across infection prevention, workflow and sustainability.

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    Questions to consider

    Five guiding questions to weigh infection prevention risk, workflow considerations, lifecycle cost, environmental impact and patient and staff experience before making any cleaning product switch.

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    Build an action plan

    Follow an eight-phase plan from evaluation to rollout: build a team, set a baseline, pilot in priority areas such as the OR and ICU, then track results with dashboard metrics.

Download the full EVS sustainability guide for hospital cleaning products

Building a Sustainable EVS Program for Hospitals is a practical resource for healthcare leaders making decisions about hospital cleaning products. It brings together third-party lab findings, published research and Sodexo's environmental impact data from existing Protecta by Sodexo sites to support a balanced evaluation of reusable and single-use options. 

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Cover of a healthcare environmental services report on sustainable hospital cleaning programs, highlighting infection prevention, single-use cleaning products, sustainability goals, and lifecycle cost evaluation.

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