Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council

HLAC PRESENTS EDUCATIONAL SESSION AT CLEAN ’09

“Healthcare Laundry Accreditation—How and Why”
June 19, 2009 – 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Morial Convention Center, Room 348-349

FRANKFORT, IL, 4/25/09— The Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC) is pleased to present a comprehensive education session on June 19 at this year’s Clean ’09 Show held in New Orleans. Attendees will learn why the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC) was formed and how the Standards are benefiting the laundry industry and healthcare customers nationwide. The presentation will include practical tips on how to prepare for inspection as well as how to market accreditation to customers and prospects.

Keynote speakers include:

• Teresa Lake, RN, BSN, Infection Control, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
• Richard Phelon, HLAC, Inspector, Vice President, Operations, Gulf Coast Laundry Services, Biloxi, MS
• Chuck Rossmiller, CEO, Healthcare Laundry Systems (HLS), Wheeling, IL
• Kathy Tinker, Executive Director, Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council

For laundries who process healthcare textiles or are thinking of expanding into the healthcare market, this session is sure to provide the information you’re organization is seeking.

About HLAC

Founded in 2005, HLAC is an independent council that has developed a comprehensive set of standards for healthcare textile processing. It is the only organization that exclusively inspects and accredits laundries that process healthcare textiles. To learn more about the Standards, and the inspection and accreditation program, visit www.hlacnet.org, or contact Kathy Tinker, HLAC Executive Director at 708/790-1749 or kathytinker@sbcglobal.net

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