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Congratulations to Newly Accredited Laundries!
The Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council is pleased to announce the newest accredited laundries:
Community Hospital Services,
Saginaw, MI
Gulfcoast Linen Services, Immokalee, FL
Health Systems Cooperative Laundries,
St. Paul, MN
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HLAC Standards Open for Public Comment until
July 31, 2009 The HLAC Standards are currently open for public comment. A proposed Part III has been added that includes standards for surgical pack room processing.
To view and submit a comment, go to www.hlacnet.org and
click on the Public Comment button to access the online submission form.
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The Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council is an independent organization committed to supporting the highest industry standards in processing healthcare textiles.
View or download the Standards at www.hlacnet.org.
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Dear Readers:
HLAC continues to grow and play a growing role in raising awareness about excellence in healthcare textile processing. To date, 75 laundries have now achieved accreditation (see sidebar for the newest).
Preparation for inspection involves time and resources as well as a commitment to ongoing process monitoring and improvement. Laundries who achieve accreditation are true leaders in the industry.
Congratulations to all those accredited for making the commitment to the industry as well as to every healthcare patient you and your cutomers serve.
Sincerely,
Kathy Tinker
Executive Director
Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council
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HLAC's Big Success in "The Big Easy"
HLAC's participation at this year's Clean Show held in New Orleans was a big success. The
education session was well attended and provided the audience with good information and dialogue about HLAC and the standards.
We thank the following organizations who helped us prepare and/or present the session:
Gulf Coast Laundry Services, Biloxi, MS, Richard Phelon
Healthcare Laundry Systems, Wheeling, IL, Chuck Rossmiller
Standard Textile, Cincinnati, OH, Brad Bushman
Westport Linen Services, Baton Rouge, LA, Eddie Lefeaux
The booth was very busy and we had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with laundries who were accredited, preparing, and those looking to learn more. Thank you to the following organizations who helped us work in and/or assisted in other ways to create a great-looking booth:
Crescent Laundry, Davenport, IA, Rick Kislia
Economy Linen & Towel Service, Zanesville, OH, George Dube
Gurtler Industries, South Holland, IL, Greg Gurtler
Healthcare Laundry Systems, Wheeling, IL, Chuck Rossmiller
Logan's Linens, Shelbyville, KY, Ronnie Smith
North Texas Health Care Laundry, Grand Prairie, TX, Lynn Dunning
Textile Care Services, Rochester, MN, Paul Jewison
Thank you all!
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Tom Smith from Foussard Montague Associates,
St. Paul, MN, and Kathy Tinker, HLAC. | |
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