Nicholas Allis, Zhi Chen, Leah G Jones, Timothy Kohanski, Zane Suttmore, Samantha Turnquest, Joyce Appiah-Asare, Stephen Appiah-Asare, Kendell Battle, Terry Frayer, Fateen Gilkey, Sherry D Jones, Kelvin Little, Susan Murphy, Michelle Robinson, Anita Rouse, Jason Rupert, Moustapha Salawu, Zoreslava Osiv, Scott Rosas, Telisa Stewart
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Data were collected from February to May 2024.</p><p><strong>Main outcome and measures: </strong>Participants were asked to take pictures and write vignettes about what makes them feel proud of their work, how they feel connected to their clinical team, and how they feel disconnected from their clinical team.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study included 10 participants (5 males [50%]; 10 non-Hispanic Black or African American individuals [100%]; mean [range] age, 53 [38-66] years; 8 were high school graduates or had some college credit [80%]). When asked about their feeling of pride, participants expressed maintaining a clean space, having meaningful relationships, and helping others as generating a sense of pride. Participants' feelings of disconnectedness were felt by their colleagues not following the rules set in place. In addition, participants reported feeling invisible, not listened to, unappreciated, and undervalued. 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Perceptions of Clinical Connectedness Among Hospital Environmental Service Workers.
Importance: Environmental service workers (ESWs) have a critical role within the hospital infrastructure and are at the frontline of infection prevention. ESWs are highly trained in managing all forms of regulated waste, which includes biohazardous waste, and are responsible for the overall patient experience, janitorial work, and infection prevention. Without environmental services, patients have a 6 times greater risk of being infected by pathogens from patients who previously occupied their room.
Objective: To understand how ESWs felt proud, connected, and not connected to their hospital-based clinical teams.
Design, setting, and participants: This qualitative study included 10 ESWs who were members of clinical care teams at a medical university hospital in upstate New York. Data were collected from February to May 2024.
Main outcome and measures: Participants were asked to take pictures and write vignettes about what makes them feel proud of their work, how they feel connected to their clinical team, and how they feel disconnected from their clinical team.
Results: This study included 10 participants (5 males [50%]; 10 non-Hispanic Black or African American individuals [100%]; mean [range] age, 53 [38-66] years; 8 were high school graduates or had some college credit [80%]). When asked about their feeling of pride, participants expressed maintaining a clean space, having meaningful relationships, and helping others as generating a sense of pride. Participants' feelings of disconnectedness were felt by their colleagues not following the rules set in place. In addition, participants reported feeling invisible, not listened to, unappreciated, and undervalued. Participants felt connected to their clinical teams by feeling a sense of community, having valuable relationships, and being able to communicate with members of the clinical team. Additionally, participants expressed a collective desire to be acknowledged, recognized, and treated as equals on the clinical team.
Conclusions and relevance: The study found that ESWs identified feeling both connected to and disconnected from their clinical teams. Based on these results, hospital infrastructure and leadership should continue to exhaust all efforts to explore work experiences of ESWs to improve job retention, morale, satisfaction, overall clinical teamwork, and comradery.
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