Nashville, TN -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/09/2015 -- The cleaning and handling of linens, robes and garments in the healthcare environment tend to raise questions amongst medical professionals about whether the laundry processes are effective in preventing the spread of infection. To put the minds of healthcare professionals at ease, the leading provider of medical laundry services, ImageFIRST Tennessee aims to explain in detail their infection prevention strategies. The company puts specific processes in place to ensure that their laundry is fully disinfected in compliance with healthcare standards and regulations. Delivering healthcare facilities with top quality medical laundry services is their core goal, so as to provide for each patient's wellbeing.
While experts say that the outbreaks of diseases caused by laundered healthcare textiles are extremely rare, with only 12 accounts having been reported globally in 43 years, a failure in the process of laundering or exposure to environmental contamination are still two possible causes of infection. According to research, the oxidative laundry additives used to sanitize and disinfect healthcare textiles in modern cleaning processes meets the standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. ImageFIRST Tennessee goes above and beyond those standards, ensuring that their products are more than sanitized using their Triple BioShield Protection system. In addition, these laundry specialists make sure their garments are sealed with plastic after being cleaned to prevent contamination from occurring; sheets and towels are packaged in quantities of 5 or 10, while gowns are packed individually to initiate further prevention.
Although patient-to-patient transmission of infection is not linked to the industry process standards of laundering healthcare textiles, work-related spread of infection has involved the failure to use equipment properly as well as the mishandling of soiled textiles. To avoid such possible outcomes, the company has robust quality assurance processes, up to 99.999% bacteria-free sanitation, and all their products sent on an ongoing basis to a third party for independent lab testing to confirm that their healthcare textiles meet infection prevention standards.
Healthcare facilities can depend on the ImageFIRST Tennessee laundry specialists to provide them with topnotch customer service and quality products. For more information on the infection prevention practices adhered to by ImageFIRST Tennessee, please visit their website.
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%.
For more information about ImageFIRST Tennessee, the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://tennessee.imagefirst.com/