Healthcare Environmental Services Skills

Healthcare Environmental Services Skills; HESS; "HESS for the Mess"; is a micro credential college certificate of achievement program, designed to educate for the development of skills for the prevention and control of infections on all surfaces in a Healthcare setting. For today's healthcare environment, there's an increased need for infection control measures, and heightened outbreak, isolation cleaning levels to keep people safe.

Healthcare environmental services skills requires knowledge of infection prevention, basic microbiology, evidence-based cleaning and disinfection practice, handling multiple waste streams, floor care, linen handling and distribution, and consistency in performance. Possessing the knowledge and understanding of how and why the environment plays a role in disease transmission can and will impact the overall patient/resident experience.

Earning a HESS certification will give students the specialized training to develop the skills required to efficiently perform frontline healthcare environmental services roles and responsibilities.

Courses include Healthcare Cleaning and linen lab, Infection control, Occupational Health and Safety, Introduction to Healthcare Environmental Services, and a Practical Field Placement.

The students can expect to dedicate approximately 5 hours per week per course to finish within the scheduled 8-weeks. You can register for one course at a time or all courses at once, concluding with an arranged field placement in a healthcare setting. All HESM courses, including placement would be a total of 9 weeks to complete the HESS program.

Students will receive a Centennial College "Digital Badge" upon completion of one course and a College Certificate of Achievement for completing all courses within the HESS program. A Digital Badge can be uploaded onto an electronic resume, job search sites and/or professional networks to highlight specific accomplishments and qualifications received.

A minimum grade of 50% (D) is required in each of the practical and theoretical components to pass each course. Attendance is mandatory.

You can register online by clicking on the courses below or call 416-289-5300, press 3 to register.

***COVID-19 NOTICE: Course size may be reduced/suspended due to the current COVID situation according to Provincial regulation and Public Health direction***

 

Mandatory Courses

HESS-101     Infection Control
HESS-102     Healthcare Environmental Cleaning And Linen Methodology Lab
HESS-103     Introduction To Healthcare Environmental Services
HESS-104     Occupational Health And Safety
HESS-105     Field Placement


Note: Check with the institution regarding start/ end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to the program, section, and/or semester.