Houston, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/21/2015 -- OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, recently published a special report regarding standards in the healthcare laundry industry and the violations of these standards. OSHA works to ensure the safety of both the employees handling laundry as well as the patients, and monitors deficiencies or violations regarding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) guidelines. This work is extremely important as employees who handle garments and linens soiled with blood, for example, are at risk of contracting infectious diseases.
With the revelation of recent violations of the CDC guidelines, OSHA has provided further advice and reminders on maintaining a safe working environment for healthcare laundry employees. Among the highlighted issues is the importance of safe, leakage-free packaging of laundry that's marked correctly to reflect its biohazardous status. It's a crucial, yet occasionally overlooked, aspect of healthcare laundry safety. As one of the leading providers of high-quality healthcare laundry services, ImageFIRST Houston is well aware of this concern, and it's why they offer a comprehensive approach to contaminated laundry that not only meets, but exceeds, the OSHA requirements. For example, the company's Triple BioShield Protection is a three-step infection prevention system that includes both a protective coating safeguard as well as a plastic barrier on all handled items.
ImageFIRST Houston also offers their Customer Advocate service, where a customer is assigned a personal advocate who supports every aspect of the facility's laundry needs or concerns. This allows the facility to have a safe, OSHA-compliant healthcare laundry environment that advocates a positive atmosphere in the hospital. Anyone interested in ImageFIRST Houston's comprehensive approach to healthcare laundry services can visit the company website or contact them directly by calling 800-932-7472.
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%.
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