Transfer linen to Use Area
Keep the clean and folded linens off the floor. Do not jam a stack of linens into the room attendant carts or onto shelves (may tear or wrinkle them).
Linens are usually transferred to their use area via carts. Carts should be cleaned at least once daily and more often if necessary. Transferring linen just before use and covering carts can help prevent recoiling. It is a good idea to use separate carts for soiled and clean linens to avoid accidental soiling
Keep 2 to 3 par of linens on hand. Having to strip rooms to collect soiled linens to begin washing is a waste of labor and prevents the linens from resting. Take inventory every couple months and replace linens as needed to maintain par.
Use
Use spring loaded cart inserts to keep the linens within reach of the workers. Keep the inserts and the carts cleaned regularly (especially the bottoms). If possible, have carts designated for dirty linens and separate carts for clean linen.
Keep an adequate supply of rags in the laundry and on the room attendant carts, so workers will not be tempted to use good linens where they may be ruined. Cleaning rags should always be sorted from guest linens and washed separately.
Keep the floor of the laundry swept to discourage ants from being attracted to pieces of food dropped from the linens during sorting.
• Appropriate lorry reserved exclusively for delivery of clean laundry.
• For transport vehicles, an internal disinfection procedure should be adopted.
• Respect the immobilization intervals.
• Prepare clean laundry deliveries in covered trolleys or closed cabinets.
• Deliver trolleys or cabinets directly to the department/ward.
• Laundry must be wrapped appropriately for the risks and transported
in closed vehicles used exclusively for this purpose..
• If the clean and dirty laundry flows meet, it is necessary to use
an airtight wrapping for the clean and the dirty linen.
• A cleaning and disinfection plan must be put together in order to define
how the surfaces of vehicles and equipment used for transporting
and delivering clean laundry are to be maintained (lorry cab and body,
trolleys or cabinets, covers…)