United States
Alsco Inc, the international linen and uniform rental company for healthcare organizations, automotive and industrial facilities around the world, recently received Hygienically Clean Healthcare certification for its facilities in: San Jose and Santa Rosa, California; North Las Vegas and St. George, Utah. These locations are among the following Alsco facilities that also have Hygienically Clean Healthcare certification: facilities in Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco, California; Washington, D.C .; Shreveport, Louisiana; Carson City, Nevada; and the facilities in Charlotte, Durham and Raleigh, North Carolina.
Hygienically Clean has been the quantified, validated standard and measure for hygienically clean textiles in North America since 2011. Achievement of this certification reflects their commitment to laundry best management practices (BMPs) as confirmed by on-site inspection and their ability to produce hygienically clean textiles as demonstrated by ongoing microbial tests based on established hygienically clean textile methods and Healthcare standards have been quantified.
Objective experts in epidemiology, infection control, nursing, and other health professions work with laundromats to ensure certification continues to enforce the highest standards for making clean textiles for healthcare.
"Congratulations to Alsco on their certifications," said Joseph Ricci, President and CEO of TRSA. "This achievement shows their commitment to infection prevention and that their laundries are taking all possible steps to prevent human disease."
Reflecting the evolution of healthcare laundry certification in the face of growing global infection control concerns, Hygienically Clean documents practices that ensure the elimination of potentially harmful microbial levels while adding a quantifiable review of continuous improvement in overall cleanliness.
For information on Hygienically Clean Certification Programs, contact Angela Freeman, Director, Certification Programs, at 703.519.0029, ext. 111, or email afreeman@trsa.org.
