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More Than 40 Laundries Sign Up For Accrediatation By HLAC

EVANSTON, IL, —Just nine months since opening for business, more than 40 healthcare laundries have signed up for accreditation from the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC). To date, 11 laundries have received accreditation and another 30 are in the process of preparing for the inspection that will qualify them for accreditation.

HLAC’s mission is to publish high standards for laundering healthcare textiles, and to provide an inspection and accreditation process that recognizes those laundries that meet these high standards. The decision to become accredited is completely voluntary.

Keeping Pace With Alberta’s Oily Laundry

Every morning the workers of Good Fish Lake Development Limited Partnership (Good Fish Lake), a commercial laundry in the Canadian province of Alberta, drive three hours into the boreal forest surrounding the town of Fort McMurray to pick up oil workers’ sheets, towels and tar-drenched industrial coveralls. The soiled linens are packed into a semi-truck and transported back to Good Fish Lake, where the laundry is cleaned.

Liftin Linen

Ergonomically correct laundry department operations
A few years ago, the institutional laundry and linen management industry was expecting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to require that ergonomic-related injuries be reported in a separate column on the OSHA form 300 log.

It's A Pre-Wash

Why would someone take advantage of Standard Textile’s new pre-laundering program, Room Ready For You™? Mike Clanton, director of laundry services at Gaylord Entertainment’s Opryland hotel in Nashville, Tennessee says, “It’s the convenience.”

Standard Textile's program offers customers towels that are pre-washed, pre-shrunk and ready to use -- straight out of the box.

The New Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council

EVANSTON, Ill. – The Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC) is a non-profit organization recently formed for the purpose of inspecting and accrediting laundries processing healthcare textiles for hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities.

Quick Rinse - News From Around The World

Fire in Jail Laundry

DURHAM, N.C. — A fire in the laundry room at a County Jail in Durham damaged goods but required no evacuation. The fire, which originated in a dryer, damaged hundreds of uniforms. In addition to the lost goods, the jail’s laundry sustained water and smoke damage. The fire was extinguished by the sprinkler system that had been activated.