HLAC Marks 19 Years of Excellence: Advancing Healthcare Laundry Accreditation
HLAC Marks 19 Years of Excellence: Advancing Healthcare Laundry ...
17/04/2024
Proper Air Flow Critical To Healthcare Laundries
When it comes to quantifying how important proper air flow is to the operation of a healthcare laundry, the numbers speak for themselves.
When it comes to quantifying how important proper air flow is to the operation of a healthcare laundry, the numbers speak for themselves. Twenty-five percent of laundries inspected by the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC) in 2009 were faced with having to go back and take a closer look at their facility‘s air flow before being accredited by HLAC. Though air flow was not the only contributing reason organizations did not initially pass an inspection, it was statistically significant.1
For HLAC, this confirms that proper airflow in a facility can pose one of the biggest challenges to healthcare laundries dependent on the type of improvement needed. Nevertheless, HLAC‘s efforts to promote proper airflow in healthcare laundry plants heightens industry awareness of its importance and raises the bar for excellence in operations. For laundries, it‘s an opportunity to correct or improve their processes to ensure healthcare clients receive the highest-quality textile product possible.
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Microbiologic Sampling of Healthcare Linens
HLAC offers third-party certification of laundry facilities’ linen processes which includes facilities to implement routine microbiological and yeast/mold testing on its products.
01/07/2023
Navigating the Intersection Where Healthcare Laundry and Infection Prevention Meet
The healthcare textile is the one common factor of every patient experience in their hospital or long-term facility encounter. Every patient’s skin will touch a sheet, towel, bed pad, washcloth, bedspread, or blanket. Not every patient will have physical contact with a physician, nurse or other clinician.
13/04/2023
HLAC Names New Executive Director
PLAINFIELD, IL – April 14, 2022 – The Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC) has named Kristen (Krissy) Thayer Executive Director, effective April 18. Thayer will replace longtime Executive Director Regina Baras, who has served in the role for almost 11 years and who is voluntarily stepping down.
01/04/2022