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Background
Environmental Health Service employees (EVS) sanitize healthcare facilities and are critical to preventing infection, but are under‐resourced during the COVID‐19 pandemic and at risk of burnout.
Objective
Understand demands on EVS’ work and strain on resources during COVID‐19.
Design
Qualitative descriptive study conducted in winter 2020–2021.
Setting
One quaternary care academic...