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Welcome to the Environmental Services Optimization Playbook (EvSOP©)—a free, open-access, science-backed initiative transforming how we clean, disinfect, and protect the spaces where people heal, stay, and thrive. EvSOP© isn’t just a playbook. It’s a movement. Designed for healthcare, hospitality, and beyond, this self-directed, multidisciplinary program empowers teams to standardize environmental cleaning and disinfection practices using proven, evidence-based strategies. No brand endorsements. No fluff. Just real-world outcomes driven by independent scientific testing and industry best practices.

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Announcing the Hands-On Hygiene Skills Fair

If you’re attending the 2026 AHE Exchange in New Orleans, we invite you
to attend this innovative competency-driven skills fair open to environmental services and infection preventionists who want to elevate their knowledge and practice

Short, Sweet, Teach and Repeat 2.0: Leveling Up the EVS Skills Fair with Gamified Precision
August 18, 2026, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Hyatt Regency NOLA, Strand 12
Using the Short, Sweet, Teach and Repeat teaching methodology, this break-out session at AHE introduces gamified stations on cart set-up, invisible contaminant detection, wiping and mopping precision, and strict IFU compliance for mattress cleaning and inspection as an example.
Walk away with templates, leaderboards, and proven strategies to turn mandatory training into a high-energy competition that drives lasting behavior change. Perfect for intermediate-to-advanced EVS leaders ready to exceed accreditation expectations and ingrain the AHE core competencies for lasting effectiveness.

Test your skills

The Hands-On Hygiene Skills Fair is a structured environment for testing your environmental hygiene-related practices.

Learn from the best

The Hands-On Hygiene Skills Fair is facilitated by best-in-class experts from the EVS and IPC worlds.

Learn with colleagues

The Hands-On Hygiene Skills Fair is a group event, where EVS colleagues can interact with other stakeholders from their organization.

Ongoing Learning

The Hands-On Hygiene Skills Fair is just the first step in a more comprehensive education and training program.

The learning continues online after the Hands-On Hygiene Skills Fair
Earn up to 8 continuing education units by taking the series of self-paced,
online-based educational modules available Here on the EvSOP website in late August.

These modules expand on the science and standards attendees learned during the skills fair in New Orleans.

Register for the Hands-On Hygiene Skills Fair at AHE Aug, 18, 2026:

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EvSOP provides a wide range of services to the infection prevention and control and environmental services community:

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EvSOP is Part of the 2025 ICPIC conference in Geneva, Switzerland

EvSOP will be part of the 8th International Conference on Prevention & Infection Control (ICPIC), taking place in Geneva, Switzerland September 16-19, 2025. ICPIC provides a unique forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience in the prevention of healthcare-associated infection and control of antimicrobial resistance around the world.

EvSOP is presenting four scientific posters on a variety of pertinent topics related to environmental hygiene. We invite you to take a sneak peek at this material, and if you’re in attendance in Geneva, we invite you to stop by during the poster sessions!

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