Angelica, the nation’s leading provider of linen services, has issued guidance to its customers about handling linens used for patients being tested for Ebola. Angelica advised the following, in ...
Nearly every patient who enters a hospital comes in contact with its linens: towels, sheets, patient gowns and more. And while a number of organizations have guidelines about how such linens should be ...
Hospital linen safety: From laundry to patient and back Last month it came to light that five children at Children's Hospital in New Orleans died in 2008 and 2009, from a fungal infection most likely ...
NEW ORLEANS — The first victim was a premature boy in the intensive care unit whose mother noticed a mysterious irritation in his groin; it grew into an open wound burrowing into the baby's abdomen.
TRSA, a global textile services trade association, has released a training video sharing six best practices for nurses, environmental services personnel and housekeepers on how to properly handle ...
It might be a dirty job, but hospital linen management doesn’t have to be an overly costly one. Laundry management agreements typically follow one of two models, rented inventory and owned inventory, ...