The Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE), of the American Hospital Association, has announced the recipient of the 2019 AHE Heart of Health Care Award.

This award was developed to recognize and honor outstanding frontline environmental services technicians who are making a difference in support of safety initiatives, and reduction and prevention of the spread of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

This year's recipient of the AHE Heart of Health Care Award is Stephan Vick from Northside Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

AHE would like to thank Kimberly-Clark Professional for sponsoring the 2019 AHE Heart of Health Care Award.

All awards will be presented at Exchange 2019 August 21-24 in San Antonio, Texas.