Survey housekeeping vendors before requesting bids. Part 1.
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This is the second article in a two-part series on selecting a vendor for housekeeping services. The first article, which appeared in the February issue of HMM, offered suggestions for preliminary identification and evaluation of vendors, as well as developing requests for proposals.
Forward thinking housekeeping and laundry directors realize that variable staffing offers a strategy for consistently achieving maximum productivity. This article defines variable staffing, explains why it is applicable to hospital housekeeping and laundry functions, and identifies and discusses the key elements that must be dealt with to implement a variable staffing system.