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Environmental Services

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This page provides learning resources for anyone who trains environmental services (housekeeping) team members who will be working in long-term care (LTC).

EVS team members play a vital role in supporting Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) and interacting with residents, particularly those living with dementia. The resources developed by the Ontario CLRI reflect and support this important role.

If you have a resource to suggest for this page, please contact us at learning@the-ria.ca.

Checklists and eLearning

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Illustrated Checklists for Environmental Services Orientation

The resource is a set of checklists for cleaning and sanitizing long-term care homes while following best practices. The checklists were co-developed with an IPAC specialist, as well as EVS managers, after consultation with EVS team members.

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Resident Interaction Microlearning for Environmental Services Team Members

Learners will explore seven resident interaction scenarios team members commonly encounter and suggestions on how to respond. This short, interactive activity will take approximately 7 minutes and is open to all.

Additional EVS Resources

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Infection Prevention and Control for Environmental Cleaning in Health Care Online Learning Modules

These eLearning courses were developed by Public Health Ontario. The target audience is EVS team members and managers in all healthcare settings.

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Huddle Resource for Environmental Cleaning

This resource is targeted at environmental services leaders. It can be used during huddles or team member meetings for review or during training of new team members.

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Best Practices for Environmental Cleaning for Prevention and Control of Infections in All Health Care Settings, 3rd Edition

This document provides best practices for cleaning and disinfecting in health care physical environments. The target audience is EVS/housekeeping managers.

Related Resources

Resident Interaction for Environmental Services Team Members

Team members in long-term care, including maintenance, laundry, food service, and housekeeping teams, frequently interact with residents living with dementia or other complex, chronic health conditions. Without the right knowledge, they may not know how to properly respond to residents or unknowingly compromise resident safety. Our eLearning activity will enhance the impact of […]

Preventing Falls in Long-Term Care

The Orientation eLearning courses, created by the Ontario CLRI at the RIA, provide education for new team members during orientation, and for existing team members during their annual training. These scenario-based learning courses ensure that learners have the knowledge and skills needed to assist the people they support and are in line with […]

Preventing, Recognizing, and Reporting Abuse and Neglect in Long-Term Care

The Orientation eLearning courses, created by the Ontario CLRI at the RIA, provide education for new team members during orientation, and for existing team members during their annual training. These scenario-based learning courses ensure that learners have the knowledge and skills needed to assist the people they support and are in line with […]

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