TAT
Chemicals
Clinical Performance and Safety
EVS Standards
100

The term for tracking time from when a room becomes dirty until it is cleaned.

What is Turnaround Time (TAT)?

100

The chemical used in conjunction with microfiber rags to clean patient rooms.

What is Oxycide?

100

The 3rd party company the tracks patient surveys.

What is Press Ganey?

100

Number of steps are required to clean a patient room.

What is 10 Steps?

200

The time from when a room is requested to be cleaned until a teammate arrives to clean.

What is response time?

200

The chemical used in conjunction with microfiber mops to clean floors.

What is Stride?

200

Wet floor signs are used to prevent these hazards.

What are slips, trips, and falls?

200

Time is takes to do a normal discharge clean.

What is 45 minutes?

300

The time is takes for a teammate to disinfect a room.

What is cleaning time?

300

This chemical is used to clean in OR environments.

What is Virex?

300

The process to keep your self free from germs.

What is Hand Hygiene?

300

The device used in conjunction with terminal cleaning in C-Diff and CRE discharge cleans.

What is Tru-D?

400

The program used to measure the room turnaround time.

What is EPIC?

400

The correct ratio of Stride to microfiber mops.

What is one gallon to 24 microfiber mops?

400

HCAHPS scores that EVS is responsible for.

What are the Cleanliness and Quietness Scores?

400

The method used to validate room cleanliness.

What is ATP swabbing?

500

The time from when a room is assigned until the teammate arrives to clean.

What is transit time?

500

The correct ratio of Oxycide to microfiber rags.

What is Two 32 ounce bottles to 24 microfiber rags?

500

US goverment division who tracks HCAHPS.

What is CMS?

500

The communication used for speaking with patients.

What is WEST/GREAT?

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