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• Hand hygiene should be performed before handling clean linen and after handling dirty linen. (Grade B) • All linen should be color coded according to the type of linen and clearly labelled. (Grade B) • Water soluble bags should be used for infectious linen. (Grade B) • Washing cycles should include a disinfection cycle. (Grade B)
The Joint Commission provides accreditation standards for staging hospital waste, but there are no federal lifting safety standards for linen bags. We evaluated hospital laundry bag lifting using the Revised National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Lifting Equation.
When handling used or soiled linen, Health Care Workers (HCW) must wear aprons; gloves must be used if there is a risk of exposure to body fluids. Hands should be cleaned with disinfectant gel before handling clean linen, and soap and water and disinfectant gel after disposal of used linen.
• Laundry staff should not open water soluble bags, the bag should be placed directly in the washing machine. • After handling used, soiled, fouled or infected linen and removing gloves, hands must be washed thoroughly. • Where possible, a laundry skip should be used for the segregation of linen and transportation to the laundry area.
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25 Μαρ 2022 · This article provides an overview of how microorganisms that cause health care–associated infections can survive and thrive on hospital linen and related equipment; discusses the linen laundering, transport, and storage processes and best practices; and discusses antimicrobial interventions—including a silver-ion laundering additive that ...
