USA
The Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC) reports great interest in its new HLAC Laundry Process Monitoring Tool Kit (PMTK) at two recent major US events – The Clean Show, which took place in New Orleans on 20-23 June, and APIC 2019 – Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology in Philadelphia on 12–14 June.
HLAC's new PMTK validates the effectiveness of a laundry's processes by measuring the number of microorganisms found in a laundry on hard surfaces, in the air, on linen, in the water and on employee hands, according to a news release from HLAC.
Gregory Gicewicz, who heads the committee that developed the toolkit on behalf of HLAC, said: “Clearly, HLAC accreditation is making a difference for many in the industry. Visitors, HLAC-accredited and non-accredited alike, realised the value of a resource like PMTK to maintain and safeguard their standards in the name of hygiene and infection prevention.”
