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Your staff’s hard work helps secure the health and safety of everyone in the hospital. As director of housekeeping, you know they also play a vital role in ensuring patient satisfaction. You make it happen by reviewing in-house cleaning practices on a regular basis. This housekeeping cleaning checklist for hospitals can serve as a template for fine-tuning your staff’s housekeeping procedures. The Complete Housekeeping Cleaning Checklist for Hospitals They’re responsible for daily cleaning throughout the building. You’re responsible for making sure your staff follows the highest standards as they work. Use these guidelines to update your hospital’s housekeeping cleaning checklist....

Are you feeling stressed and overwhelmed? These organizational tools can help you get your life organized and help you keep up with things without so much stress. I have a lot on my plate. I run a business, have a home to take care of, volunteer, have an elderly dog that needs a lot of care, and all those other things that add up. I need a lot of organizational tools to help me keep up with it all, or at least try to keep up with it. There are those two baskets of clean clothes waiting to be folded,...

We have gotten really creative with some ways to create workout space in open concept basements, segmented basements, and limited space in a basement. I am breaking down my unique ways to organize workout equipment in your basement! Plus, I am sharing how I have gotten our basement organized so I can up my workout game by using a bellicon rebounder…aka a mini trampoline!! How To Organize Workout Equipment In Your Basement With Bellicon This post is sponsored by bellicon USA. All thoughts and opinions are my own. For more, see my disclosure. Designated Spaces When you have an open-concept...

Daycare pickup used to be the best part of my day. When my girls were infants and toddlers, they’d drop everything they were doing at the sight of me and run—or bum scooch—into my arms, eager to be whisked away. Now that they’re five and three, I still get those hugs, but what follows is an endless power struggle. When I ask them to put on their coats, they start running around in circles, rolling on the carpet or emptying out and organizing the entire contents of their backpacks. On calmer days, they give long-winded monologues about the drama of their...

Interior design with a soul. A sense of place. Reflecting your desires, personality, and style. Sandra is the founder and principal designer of House of Funk, a full-service and online interior design firm with offices in NY and NJ. House of Funk creates thoughtful homes with an emphasis on clean lines and soulful touches, all rooted in tradition. Photography: Mark Weinberg