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“I’m off,” I would say—somewhat unenthusiastically—to my assistant as I headed out my office door with one pen, two highlighters, a pencil, and a paper heavy clipboard, “to knock out a few room inspections.” Thankfully, that was how I used to perform area inspections. Today, I still do a number of inspections, but do so with renewed enthusiasm and better equipment—thanks, in part, to some of today’s PDA-based inspection tools. Perhaps there has never been a more important time in the environmental services/janitorial industry to perform well and i Inspecting a Different Way by Andrew Bales, C.E.H. deliver excellent quality service. Increased customer expectations coupled with environmental services managers frequently being asked to provide “more with less” have made existing quality control measures exceptionally important and the implementation of newer methods a job that we must address today. Inspections play a critical and central role in overall quality improvement, but for many, documenting inspections and utilizing the information has been a cumbersome task. Ultimately, performing detailed inspections should allow us to verify that standards are being met (acOne of the relatively newer products that helps address and alleviate some of the challenges surrounding facility inspections are small, portable, handheld computers with preloaded software installed, or PDA inspection tools. countability), as well as to help us develop new methods for making our operations more efficient. One of the relatively newer products that helps address and alleviate some of the challenges surrounding facility inspections are small, portable, handheld computers with preloaded software (continued on next page) ATTENTION ADVERTISERS! YOUR AD COULD BE To view our 2008 Media Kit, please visit: http://www.ieha.org/publications/documents/2008MediaKit.pdf Questions? Call (800) 200-6342 TODAY! July 2008/Executive Housekeeping Today 3 HERE! http://www.ieha.org/publications/documents/2008MediaKit.pdf

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Executive Housekeeping Today - July 2008 Contents Executive Corner Inspecting a Different Way Quality in the 21st Century Frugal Housekeeper How Eliminating Nuisance Animals Can Increase Quality Healthcare Goes Green Feature Article IHW Product Information The Green Scene 2008 Call to Convention 2008 Convention Information Inside the Industry Product Highlights New Members Joint IEHA/ISSA Members CEH/REH Members Advertisers' Index Calendar of Events Inside I.E.H.A. What I.E.H.A. Has Done for Me

Executive Housekeeping Today - July 2008

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