Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-mlc7c Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-06T11:13:48.068Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Section 6: Laundry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

Although soiled linen has been identified as a source of large numbers of pathogenic microorganisms, the risk of actual disease transmission appears negligible. Rather than rigid rules and regulations, hygienic and commonsense storage and processing of clean and soiled linen are recommended. Guidelines for laundry construction and operation for health care facilities have been published.

Type
Research Article
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , April 1986 , pp. 243
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1986

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Guidelines for construction and equipment of hospital and medical facilities. Washington: Government Printing Office, July 1984. DHHS publication No. (HRS-M-HF) 84-1.Google Scholar
2.Joint Commiteee on Health Care Laundry Guidelines: Guidelines for healthcare linen service. Mallandale, FL: Textile Rental Services Association of America, 1983; TRSA publication no. 71482.Google Scholar
3.Hughes, HG: Chutes in hospitals. J Can Hosp Assn 1964;41:56–57.Google ScholarPubMed
4.Garner, JS, Simmons, BP: Guideline for isolation precautions in hospitals. Infect Control 1983;4:245–325.Google ScholarPubMed
5.Walter, WG, Schillinger, JE: Bacterial survival in laundered fabrics. Appl Microbiol 1975;29:368–373.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
6.Christian, RR, Manchester, JT, Mellor, MT: Bacteriological quality of fabrics washed at lower-than-standard temperatures in a hospital laundry facility. Appl Env Microbiol 1983;45:591–597.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
7.Blaser, MJ, Smith, PF, Cody, HJ, et al: Killing of fabric-associated bacteria in hospital laundry by low-temperature washing. J Infect Dis 1984;149:48–57.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed