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At the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) annual conference, laundries certified under the Textile Rental Services of America Hygienically Clean Healthcare program provided nearly 200 copies of a training video guiding caregivers in improving soiled linen handling performance.
Provided on a flash drive: the 13-minute video (The Six Cs: Handling Soiled Linen in a Healthcare Environment), a quiz to immediately assess viewers’ grasp of the video’s lessons and posters to reinforce these year-round. Distributed since 2016, the video has been hailed for its value in aiding compliance with OSHA universal precautions regarding items saturated with blood, bodily fluids, harmful residue from treatments and other potentially infectious material.
The flash drive is available to all healthcare providers at no cost. It also contains the Hygienically Clean standard and other guidance documents for infection preventionists related to linen and uniforms. Among these documents: Handling Clean Linen in a Healthcare Environment, an 8-page guide to safeguarding through effective transportation, storage and distribution.
The flash drive can be ordered at www.trsa.org/soiledlinen.
TRAINING VIDEO: Amanda Thorson and Christina Jurgenson of Carris Healthcare Centre, Willmar, MN with the HCH flash drive
