Clifton, NJ -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/25/2016 -- A recent news release from the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council spoke to the inefficiency of "home" laundering surgical attire. According to the release, there is a "growing body of research that home laundering practices among healthcare workers may fail to eliminate pathogens from garments" and also mentions that "surgical site infections that may result from surgical scrubs purchased and laundered by perioperative personnel."
HLAC's News Release only serves to emphasize the point that a healthcare-accredited commercial facility is the safest option when it comes to ensuring that gowns, linens, scrubs and medical uniforms in NJ are clean and sanitary. The cost analysis of home laundering versus having the linens laundered by an accredited facility should take into account the possible costs of infection and extended troubles that can result following an incident.
The News Release is based on a report that appeared in Periop Briefing, a publication of AORN Journal. Gregory Giewicz, the president of the HLAC board spoke to the efficacy of HLAC Accreditation Standards, saying that an accredited facility "means a laundry has committed to a new level of excellence in the way it processes healthcare textiles and that a laundry has joined in the challenge to reduce healthcare-associated infections." HLAC is a nonprofit organization that inspects and accredits laundries that process healthcare textiles for medical facilities.
To learn more about the linens, scrubs, gowns and nurses uniforms in New Jersey that ImageFIRST New Jersey Provides, interested parties are encouraged to visit their website at http://newjersey.imagefirst.com/.
About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.
To hear more about ImageFIRST New Jersey and the services that they provide to healthcare facilities within the Garden State and beyond, please visit http://newjersey.imagefirst.com/.