Focus: Infection Control

Laundry operations need to balance caregiving, cleanliness, costs

Choosing equipment depends on a variety of factors


Outfitting a long term care facility laundry room with efficient equipment and strategies for safe garment handling is as much about cleanliness as it is about caregiving, according to McKnight's Long Term Care News.
 
Choosing equipment depends on a variety of factors, ranging from resident characteristics and population size to costs and machine capacity.
 
“In some facilities, basic equipment may be the best fit,” said Bill Brooks, UniMac’s North American sales manager. 
 
“In others, leveraging a higher level of technology to measure and monitor the laundry can pay dividends. 
 


September 24, 2019


Topic Area: Infection Control


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