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Episode Summary
Darrel Hicks has spent more than 40 years of his life educating and spreading awareness on infection prevention and control as it relates to cleaning. Darrel resides in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife.
Highlights
- Discusses his passion for infection prevention
- Explains key differences between disinfecting and sanitizing
- Building successful education programs for hospital cleaning staff
- Addresses the high stress that’s involved for frontline hospital cleaners
- Is the U.S. prepared for the next pandemic?
Featured Guest:
J. Darrel Hicks, BA, MESRE
Owner/Principal of Safe, Clean, and Disinfected
J. Darrel Hicks, BA, MESRE, Certificate of Mastery in Infection Prevention (for Environmental Services Professionals) is the Past President of the Healthcare Surfaces Institute. He has been a proven Housekeeping/Environmental Services leader in hospitals of 110 beds to 650 beds over his 34-year career before retiring in 2015.
Hicks is the owner/principal of Safe, Clean, and Disinfected. His enterprise specializes in B2B consulting, webinar presentations, seminars, and facility consulting services related to cleaning and disinfection.
