Standards
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HLAC Accreditation Standards
HLAC is pleased to announce that we have begun the initial phases of updating the HLAC 2023 Accreditation Standards, and we are seeking your valuable input.
As part of our commitment to continuous improvement and excellence in healthcare laundry practices, we invite the public—especially those working in or with laundries—to provide honest and open feedback on the current standards. We are particularly interested in:
- Suggestions for new standards to consider adopting
- Recommendations for language updates or clarifications
- Any other insights that could help us enhance the standards to better support patient safety and laundry quality
Your feedback is essential to ensure that the HLAC standards remain relevant, rigorous, and reflective of best practices in the industry.
Public feedback is now open and will close on September 1st, 2025.
The 2023 HLAC Accreditation Standards have been released and went into effect as of January 1, 2023.
The HLAC Accreditation Standards continue to heighten awareness and increase understanding of the infection prevention and safety culture in the laundry personnel for healthcare textiles where programs, policies, procedures, and practices are common concepts and language.
The elements of laundry processing are specific operations involving procedures, facilities, administrative activities, equipment, personnel, quality monitoring, and advanced technologies as appropriate.
HLAC has now accredited around 180 laundries and continues to make progress in raising the bar for healthcare laundries, greatly benefiting patient safety in the process. HLAC looks forward to another great year of partnership with remarkable laundries and their teams!
