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 ...

After news broke that five children died at Children's Hospital from a fungal infection likely passed to them through their hospital linens, one of the first questions I had was how the hospital is ...

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 ...

TUPELO – When the work day’s done in Tupelo, her family’s laundry isn’t the first thing on Judy Murphy’s mind. “Uh, no,” she said. That’s not a surprise. Dealing with piles of dirty laundry probably ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Shortcomings in hospital linen reprocessing, delivery and intake were identified as a potential route of ...

Hospital linen used to be taken for granted, and no one raised a question. Now, with increased awareness, people are attentive and responsive to such details, leading to hospital-acquired infections.

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, ...

Federal investigators were satisfied with changes made by Regions Hospital in St. Paul after fetal remains ended up in the laundry last year. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services initially ...