Hospital-acquired infections are a complex problem and contracted facility maintenance personnel often find themselves right in the middle of it. As with any consequential, complicated issue, plenty of blame goes around. Unfortunately, for the problem of healthcare acquired infections, there appears to be a paucity of practical solutions. This article breaks the problem of hospital infections into its two main components—one of which is a problem that must be solved by doctors and nurses—then provides outsourced environmental services personnel with clear, simple steps to do their part.