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Healthcare Strategic Workshop for BSCs: Expanding Your Business Into the Healthcare Market

October 27, 2026

Monday, November 16 · 9:00 am–12:00 pm · Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas

Healthcare is one of the most stable, high-growth markets for building service contractors (BSCs). But it is not commercial cleaning with a different address. Healthcare cleaning is a specialized discipline, with its own standards, risks, and expectations, and the work directly affects patient safety.

Whether you are exploring the healthcare market or ready to scale an existing healthcare business, this hands-on workshop puts you to work alongside industry experts to build a strategy you can use right away.

Walk Out with a Plan

This is not a lecture. Participants will:

  • Assess your readiness with a process to determine what it would take to enter the healthcare market or grow your current business.
  • Understand infection prevention training requirements for healthcare and evaluate your team’s training needs.
  • Learn what goes into a winning proposal so you can compete credibly for healthcare contracts.
  • Create your healthcare strategy outline to move your organization forward with confidence.

Learn from the Experts

Speakers

  • Rich Feczko – President, Elevate Innovation Group; Chair-Elect, ISSA Healthcare Advisory Council
  • Barbara Strain, MA, CVAHP – Independent Healthcare Value Consultant; Chair, ISSA Healthcare Advisory Council
  • Nancy Schlossberg, BSN, RN, CGRN, CER – Former Program Director, Digestive Health Services, John Muir Health
  • Iris Verdi – Founder and Principal Advisor, Verdi Strategic Advisors

Moderator: Linda Lybert, Executive Director, Healthcare Surfaces Institute, a division of ISSA

Reserve your seat ISSA Members: $399 · Nonmembers: $499 Register for ISSA Show North America 2026, then add the Healthcare Strategic Workshop during the Add-Ons step. Learn more and register.

If healthcare is part of your growth plan, this is the workshop to attend. Come ready to work, and leave with a strategy.

  • About the Author

    Linda Lybert

    Founder and Executive Director of the Healthcare Surfaces Institute (HSI),

    ISSA Healthcare.

    Linda Lybert is the Founder and Executive Director of the Healthcare Surfaces Institute (HSI), a division of ISSA, where she also leads the ISSA Healthcare Division. With more than 27 years in healthcare, Linda is a nationally recognized expert in infection prevention with a specialized focus on the role surfaces play in transmitting healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). She brings together clinicians, manufacturers, scientists, and regulators to advance safer, cleaner healthcare environments.

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