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Whats the Best Procedures Or Products To Ensure That The Clothing Is Disinfected In A Hospital Setting |
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Written by Rich Fitzmorris
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Friday, 02 September 2005 21:56 |
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Question: I'm the Infection Control Nurse in a psychiatric hospital. We have a contract with an outside facility to clean our linen, but patient clothing is handled in-house. There are washers and dryers on each unit to launder patient clothing. I'm concerned that the water temperature may not always be hot enough. We use powdered detergent and also have the powdered non-chlorine bleach available to use. We have purchased clothing such as sweats and scrubs for patients who may need extra clothing while hospitalized.
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Hospital Laundry - Kitchen Towels Catching on Fire - What Would Cause This? |
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Written by Rich Fitzmorris
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Friday, 02 September 2005 21:49 |
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Question: I manage a hospital Laundry that has been challenged with cleaning the kitchen towels. Recently we had a fire in the kitchen and the rags that were processed that morning seemed to spontaneously combust into a fire. This is not the first incident of the rags/mops in the kitchen doing this. Any thoughts on what causes this?
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Hospital Linen - How should it be handled? |
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Written by Rich Fitzmorris
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Thursday, 02 September 2004 19:36 |
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Question: Our facility stores clean linen in our linen exchange room. Linen is transported through the hospital on covered carts and transferred to the linen carts in each area. These carts are covered, but if they are in a dedicated linen room we do not enforce keeping the cover down at all times. Is this correct or not?
Our linen exchange room has open shelving. Curtains have been installed to cover the shelving. Since it is a dedicated linen room, do the shelves have to be covered (We do not have positive air flow in this room)?
Our housekeeping department mops the floors and dusts the shelves weekly. Is this adequate? Should the shelves be disinfected on a regular basis? What would be considered standard practice in this area?
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Wash Formula for Hospital Laundry? |
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Written by Rich Fitzmorris
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Monday, 02 September 2002 20:26 |
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Question: What is the recommended wash formula for Hospital Laundry considering blood and medicine stains?
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Preventing Pilling and Linting On Operating Room Towels |
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Written by Rich Fitzmorris
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Thursday, 02 December 1999 22:25 |
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Question: How Do You Prevent Pilling and Linting On Operating Room Towels?
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