title: Raising the bar. High-performance cleaning enhances housekeeping quality and productivity.
abstract: Under pressure to contain or cut costs, health facilities often see the environmental services budget as an opportunity to save money. When the ES budget gets reduced, you are left with less money for supplies, equipment and labor. This wouldn't be so bad if you could reduce the space you clean or cut back on service levels, but that is seldom the case.
authors.affiliation: Cleaning Consultant Services, Seattle, Wash., USA.
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Griffin
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006797:Housekeeping, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D008330:Management Audit; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D014481:United States