What is the EvSOP Playbook?
The mission of the Environmental Services Optimization Playbook (EvSOP©) Program is multi-faceted. It provides programs designed to support reliable standardization of evidence-based practices for environmental cleaning and disinfection of healthcare, hospitality, and other industries to improve the lives and work environments of people.
The EvSOP© Playbook is provided at no cost and is an Internet-available, self-directed, multi-disciplinary program which does not endorse products by brand name, but will recommend product types based upon independent scientific testing outcomes. EvSOP© recommends the training and leadership guidelines of many forward-thinking healthcare organizations and allied organizations. EvSOP© recommendation of the expertise of such organizations is not an implied or expressed endorsement or affiliation with any organization.
The EvSOP Vision
The vision of EvSOP© is to assist in the collaborative improvement of healthcare delivery. Improvements in healthcare environmental services and infection prevention department operations, patient environments, and patient outcomes based upon the healthcare industry best practices, results from scientific research and endeavor. Implementation of environmental services and infection prevention practices, to the greatest extent possible, in other non-healthcare sectors will have a direct benefit to them. EvSOP© promotes the development of a professional mindset for continuous readiness and adaptations to meet management, staff, and customer needs and expectations.
EvSOP© will accomplish its mission and fulfill its vision by providing practical, employee-centered, and outcomes-based information and training that emanates from scientific research.
The EvSOP Purpose
The primary purpose of EvSOP© is to support reliable design (standardization of evidence-based practices) for environmental cleaning and disinfection in healthcare facilities -- in alignment with recognized and accepted industry standards -- to reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
The EvSOP Project
This project will involve testing and enhancement of a Playbook designed to serve as a guide to improvement/enhancement of EVS processes and outcomes. After an initial self-assessment to identify facility specific opportunity areas, the Playbook will be used by each of the selected hospital/study sites over the course of three to six months for each.
The Playbook is a four-step improvement plan which begins with a self-assessment, and a kick-off meeting to engage all stakeholders, followed by regular team meetings to facilitate complete implementation of the Playbook tailored according to the specific self-assessment/gap analysis at each study site/hospital. At the end of the project for study site, an exit conference will be scheduled to review progress and plan for sustaining gains. An advisory panel will provide support for the hospital/study site and provide input on the Playbook. Where permitted, press releases will be planned in collaboration with the study sites. In addition, with input from all project members, and hospital contacts, conference presentations will be developed, in addition to submission of papers to peer-reviewed journals and trade journals. The Playbook will remain before, during and after the project, open access for all in environmental services and infection prevention communities.
EvSOP Advisory Board
Aaron Jett, CMIP, T-CHEST/CSCT, CSP, VPEI, WACH; clinical solutions manager for Cintas Corporation
zeroinfectionsESOP@gmail.com
John Scherberger, BS, FAHE, T-CSCT, VPEI; principal and owner of Healthcare Risk Mitigation
jfscherberger@me.com
Paul J. Pearce, PhD; CEO of Nova Biologicals, Pearce Foundation for Scientific Endeavors
ppearce@novatx.com
EvSOP Advisory Council
Alicia Cole
mizcole2@aol.com
Allyson Luva, MSN, BSN, RN, CIC
aluva@llu.edu
Ashley Kelly, Kaiser
Ashley.R.Kelly@kp.org
Becky Walker, South Carolina Department of Health
beccarecca87@gmail.com
Bhushan Shelat, Stanford Medical Center
BShelat@stanfordhealthcare.org;
William Rutala, PhD, MPD, CIC
brutala@med.unc.edu
Buffy Lloyd-Krejci, DrPH, CIC, RN, IPC Well founder/owner
buffy@ipcwell.com
Caroline Haggerty, RN, MSN, MBA
Caroline.Haggerty@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Denise Graham, DDG & Associates
deniseagraham@gmail.com
Doe Kley, RN, CIC
doe.kley@gmail.com
Fabiola Demuth, MSN, RN, CIC, CMIP, Tennessee Department of Health
Fabiola.Demuth@tn.gov
Flash Fiegel, EVS divisional director, Common Spirit Health
Flash.Fiegel@DignityHealth.org
Hillary Feder, BS, MSA; founder/CEO, AskHillarys
hillary@askhillarys.com
Jake Poore, president, Integrated Loyalty Systems
jake.poore@wecreateloyalty.com
Jason Dunson, AdventHealth
DunsonJL@ah.org
Jeff Barna, director of support services, New York Presbyterian Hospital
jeb9264@nyp.org
Jenny Bender, CIC, infection preventionist
jenny.n.bender@gmail.com
Jim Gauthier, CIC, senior clinical advisor, Diversey
james.gauthier@diversey.com
Kay C. Carl, RN, BS, infection preventionist
kayccarl@aol.com
Keith H. St. John, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC; vice president of clinical affairs, PDI
Keith.StJohn@pdipdi.com
Kelly Griswold, regional training manager, Xanitos Inc.
Kelly M. Pyrek, editor and publisher, Healthcare Hygiene magazine and CEO of Keystone Media Inc.
kelly@healthcarehygienemagazine.com
Kim Delahanty, RN, BSN, PHN, MBA/HCM, CIC, FAPIC
Kirk Huslage, MSPH, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC
Lea Beach, T-CHEST, CHESP,,M-CSCT; EVS director, Mercy Health Janesville
lbeach@mhemail.org
Loretta Fauerbach, MS, FSHEA, CIC, Fauerbach & Associates Infection Prevention
loretta.fauerbach@icloud.com
Lori Grooms, system IP director, OSF Health
lori.a.grooms@osfhealthcare.org
Lynne Sehulster, PhD, M(ASCP), CMIP, health scientist/environmental infection prevention (Retired)
lm.sehulster@att.net
Maureen Spencer, MEd, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC
maureen_spncr@yahoo.com
Michael Ackerman, DNS, RN, FCCM, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN
ackerman.249@osu.edu
Michael Overcash, PhD; developer of national research program for life-cycle inventory and sustainability research
mrovercash@earthlink.net
Nicolas Abella, DNP, MBA, RN, CCRN; senior director of infection prevention, CHS
Nicolas_Abella@chs.net
Peter Harmon, BA; regional manager, Trinity Health
PETER.HARMON@trinity-health.org
Robert Hodnik
hodnikrm@gmail.com
Rebecca Pines
Pines.rebecca@epa.gov
Robert Rogers, Vanderbilt University Health
robert.rogers.1@vumc.org
Robert Tussey, T-CSCT, EVS system director, CSH
rtussey@stlukeshealth.org
Sara Townsend, CIC, MS-HQS; infection preventionist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Townsends1@email.chop.edu
Scott Beaton, MBA, national manager, Kaiser Permanente
scott.c.beaton@kp.org
Sue Barnes, RN, CIC, FAPIC, consultant
sueabarnes@gmail.com
Syed A. Sattar, MSc, Dip. Bact, MS, PhD, RM (CCM), FAAM; professor emeritus, University of Ottawa
syed.sattar@uottawa.ca
syed.sattar@cremco.ca
Tanya Henry, MPH, BS, DrPHc
tanya@iconicoak.com;
Tim Livesay, system vice president of EVS, CommonSpirit Health
TimLivesay@catholichealth.net
Weidong Wu
Weidong.Wu@newellco.com