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Certificate of Mastery in Product Selection (CMPS)

Propose change with confidence and build a solid plan backed by research when making decisions about the products and services for your facility.

As part of strategic leadership, this 2-day micro-credentialing program will help you analyze, evaluate, justify and influence purchasing decisions while keeping key stakeholders in mind. After completing this hands-on program, EVS leaders will drive value for their organizations by impacting clinical and financial outcomes.

Learning Outcomes

Product Analysis & Research

This program will give you the tools to review the facility profile to identify opportunities for reinforcement or correction for high-priority organisms, research how pathogen’s characteristics and disinfectant products and technologies influence the evaluation and purchasing decision-making process and perform cost-benefit analysis and identify performance monitoring tools.

Justification & Presentation

AHE's CPMS program helps you identify techniques of being seen as credible and having a “Seat at the table” for decision-making, hold critical conversations and deliver presentations to key stakeholders backed by research checked against rigor and free of bias and present evaluations and results after the implementation.

 

Intended Audience

  • Environmental services directors and managers
  • Environmental services supervisors and leads
  • Health care facility managers responsible for EVS teams

Program Highlights

  • Ensure the “best value” purchasing decisions that impact quality care and cost
  • Support the implementation of fluid and uniform departmental processes
  • Facilitate team-driven methodical evaluation of product, process or technology within your facility
  • Drive change while influencing the purchasing decision-making for EVS teams

AHA CECs

Earn up to 14 CECs
2-day in-person program: 14 CECs
Additional 4 CECs upon submission and acceptance of the final project within 90 days.

Credit hours can be used towards the renewal of the CHESP, CHEST and CSCT credential.

Program Pricing

Member: $899 | Non-member: $1099

  • Please send your cancellation request in writing to ahe@aha.org at least 10 days prior to the program start date.

    Your refund will be subject to a $200 cancellation fee. No refund or credit will be issued for cancellations for inquiries within 10 business days.

  • Can’t send your team off-site to get the training they need? Let us bring expert trainers to your organization! If you have 15 or more participants, complete the Private Training Request form and host a private training at your facility.

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