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LAUNDRY

Quality Control & durable, high-quality textiles
Monitoring that can withstand repeated
Routine Inspections: Inspect high temperature wash process
linen for cleanliness and Capacity Planning: Analyse
integrity before distribution current and projected linen
Performance Monitoring: usage to configure equipment
and staff requirement
Track turnaround time, appropriately. Adopt
infection rates and linen loss to automation and technology to
optimise operations your advantage.

Feedback: Encourage Flexible Operations: Design
clinical staff to report the layout, workflow, processes
issues with linen quality for to adapt to emergencies or
continuous improvement increased demand

Environmental & Continuous Improvement:
Compliance Regularly review SOPs,
Water & Energy Efficiency: infection rates and update
Choose equipment that protocols as standards evolve
allow flexible programming An ideal healthcare
and enable process control laundry is built on pillars of
to minimise resource infection control, operational
consumption efficiency, staff safety and
Waste Management: adherence to compliance. Key
Follow protocol for disposal planning elements include
of infected or contaminated strict segregation of soiled
materials as per regulatory and clean linen, disinfection,
guidelines. covered storage, staff training
and use of industrial grade
Documentation: Maintain equipment. Exclude practices
records of linen processed, that risk cross contamination,
washing cycles, detergent compromise hygiene or violate
usage and preventive safety standards. Healthcare
maintenance for traceability laundry adhering to aforesaid
and audits. principles can ensure a
reliable supply of hygienically
Best Practices & Additional clean linen supporting both
Considerations patient care and institutional
Linen Quality: Choose reputation.
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