SHEA publishes best practices for healthcare textile laundering: 4 things to know

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, published a review with findings and recommendations for proper laundering and handling of healthcare fabrics and textiles.

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Here are four things to know:

1. Analyses have identified inadvertent exposure of clean healthcare textiles to environmental contamination or a process failure during laundering.

2. Recommendations include adherence to standard precautions and minimal textile agitation.

3. Also, laundered healthcare textiles must be stored in a manner to keep them dry and free from soil contamination.

4. Authors of the review also recommend further research on the development of laundry processing in addition to current operations.

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