4electrolux mini guide
Hygienic laundry
Laundry is found throughout a hospital or care home: uniforms, bed linen, catering articles, surgical dress, cleaning items (i.e. mops), patient clothing, etc. Laundry plays an essential role in patient comfort whilst protecting employees in their place of work.
Laundry is a potential carrier of healthcare acquired infections.
It is therefore vital to control its flow. Special measures must be taken to ensure hygiene levels are maintained. The laundry items themselves must not pose a threat to health and remain innocuous at every stage of their storage, use and handling.
The key to this is to implement as strict process for all linen to be processed, whether it is potentially poses a threat to health or not.