Cleaning: Infection Control. Preserving Laundry Standards.
Proper Laundering Aids In Infection Prevention
More hospitals are recognizing that their laundry needs to be part of their overall infection prevention strategy. This has put an intense spotlight on the facility executive who oversees the environmental services (EVS) department, mainly because this same executive also oversees the laundering of healthcare textiles (HCTs), which is either on-premise or through outsourcing to commercial laundries.

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We’re hearing from commercial laundries that, to be considered a vendor, they’re receiving requests for documentation qualifying their credentials. Healthcare customers want formal acknowledgement from the laundry verifying that its processes are based on the highest professionally recognized standards for patient safety and infection prevention.
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