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September 22, 2010
Clean Uniforms Can Help Hospitals ‘Cure’ $30 Billion in Infection-Related Overhead, Supplier Says

WILMINGTON, Mass. — If you want to see a sickly expression on a hospital administrator’s face, point out that the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID) says hospital-acquired infections cause more than $30 billion a year in needless healthcare-industry overhead which, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, conservatively reflects 1.7 million infections and 99,000 associated deaths annually.

March 23, 2010
Don’t Launder Surgical Attire at Home, AORN Recommends

DENVER — An Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) committee recommends that surgical attire such as scrubs be laundered by the healthcare institution or by a third-party laundry facility and not at home by the healthcare worker.

The recommendation was one of 10 “Recommended Practices for Surgical Attire” introduced by the Recommended Practices Review Committee during the AORN Congress last week.

May 27, 2009
Taking Special Measures Unnecessary in Face of Increasing H1N1 Flu Reports

RICHMOND, Ky. — While healthcare management personnel grapple with their responses should the H1N1 (swine) flu impact their facilities, it’s business as usual for laundry directors and managers, according to the Association for Linen Management (ALM).

May 1, 2009
Organizations Provide Guidance on Meeting Challenge of Swine Flu Pandemic

With news of the influenza A (H1N1) infection, AKA “swine flu,” spreading faster than the illness itself, it might be easy to overlook how prepared for pandemic flu the laundry industry might be. After a public scare over the avian flu, many hospitals and other healthcare facilities are better equipped for such an outbreak than public perception might indicate.

April 2, 2008
ARTA Seminar to Focus on Surgical Textiles, Pack Rooms

DURHAM, N.C. – While the American Reusable Textile Association (ARTA) focused its inaugural seminar two years ago on processing and marketing, The Insider’s Guide II: Reusable Medical Textiles – The Role of Textiles and Successful Pack Room Operations, promises to go deeper into the details and specifics of running a successful healthcare laundry.

March 21, 2008
CDC Probes Needlesticks, Possible HIV Infections Among Laundry Workers

ATLANTA – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating as many as four more potential cases of laundry and housekeeping workers infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, as a result of needlestick injuries they suffered at work.
  

February 11, 2008
ARTA Offers Continuing Education Credits for April Seminar

DURHAM, N.C. — Operators who attend an upcoming two-day seminar on reusable medical textiles can receive up to 12 contact hours. Early-bird registration for The Insider's Guide II: Reusable Medical Textiles — The Role of Textiles and Successful Pack Room Operations ends two weeks from today.

December 26, 2007
ARTA Finalizes Speakers for Reusable Medical Textiles Seminar

DURHAM, N.C. — The American Reusable Textile Association (ARTA), in conjunction with the Textile Rental Services Association (TRSA) and North Carolina State University, has finalized the selection of speakers for its healthcare seminar this spring.

Durham’s Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club will host The Insider’s Guide II: Reusable Medical Textiles — The Role of Textiles and Successful Pack Room Operations, a hands-on, two-day seminar, on Wednesday and Thursday, April 30 and May 1.

December 12, 2007
If There's a Bar to Clear, Who Sets the Height?

As the pole vaulter sprints down the approach, straining to gain speed with every stride he takes, he sees the bar perched high atop the stanchions. He plants his pole, leaps, twists in midair and...

On a good day, if he’s feeling strong and the conditions are right, he’ll clear the bar with plenty of room to spare.

On a bad day – maybe it’s windy and raining – he’ll be off stride on his approach and fall woefully short of the mark.

November 9, 2007
Contain and Confine Still Guiding Principle of Infection Control

The infection-causing bacteria known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA, or “mer-sa” for short) has been a nemesis of infection control professionals (ICP) and healthcare laundry managers for decades. Now, it’s caught the public’s attention and is making headlines across the nation.

February 22, 2007
Laundry Director´s Resource List for Disaster and Emergency Planning

Prepared by the National Association of Institutional Linen Management (NAILM)

Jan. 18, 2007

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

    Emergency Preparedness and Response

August 10, 2006
Uniforms Can Be Source for Cross-Contamination if Not Properly Maintained

BURBANK, Calif. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that foodborne diseases cause approximately 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths in the United States each year. According to ARAMARK Uniform Services (AUS), one overlooked potential source of cross-contamination in a food plant lies in improperly cleaned uniforms and apparel.