SterileAware Podcast
SterileAware Podcast
A discussion on surface contaminants with Darrell Hicks (part two)
On this episode of the Sterile Aware™ Podcast Charlie Webb CPPL speaks with Darrel Hicks about how hospital housekeeping connects directly to Patience safety. Darrel also speaks to new emerging technology for managing cross-contamination at Hospital and clinic sinks.
Guest bio:
J. Darrel Hicks, BA, MESRE, CHESP, Certificate of Mastery in Infection Prevention (for Environmental Services Professionals) began his career in the management of housekeeping services in 1981 and retired in 2014 as the former Director of Environmental services at a 500-bed, award-winning hospital in the United States.
Darrel is the owner/principal of Darrel Hicks, LLC. His enterprise specializes in B2B consulting, webinar presentations, seminars and facility consulting services related to cleaning and disinfection.
Hicks is the Past President of the Healthcare Surfaces Institute (2019-2020) www.healthcaresurfacesinstitute.org
Hicks was President of the IEHA-Uniting Facility Managers Worldwide during the term 2006-2008 and holds the title of Master Environmental Services Registered Executive (MESRE).
He is an active member of both the AHE (Association for the Healthcare Environment) where he holds the designation of CHESP (Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Professional) and CMIP (Certificate of Mastery in Infection Prevention), and APIC (the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology) professional groups.
Hicks is nationally recognized as one of the subject matter experts in infection prevention and control as it relates to cleaning. He has written and published numerous articles in professional and healthcare related journals as part of his commitment to providing a cleaner, safer, and healthier indoor environment.
In 2010, Hicks authored “Infection Prevention for Dummies”, a 43-page, pocket-size book that focuses on the role that proper cleaning and disinfection plays in saving lives and the bottom line.
E-mail: darrel@darrelhicks.com
Website: www.darrelhicks.com
LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drclean/
link to the EPA protocol: testing dry-surface biofilms.