Medical Laundry Services

Laundry ServiceLaundry service is responsible for providing an adequate, clean and constant supply of linen to all users. The basic tasks include: sorting, washing, extracting, drying, ironing, folding, mending and delivery. A reliable laundry service is of utmost importance to the hospital. In today's medical care facilities, patients expect linen to be changed daily. An adequate supply of clean linen is sufficient for the comfort and safety of the patient thus becomes essential.The term 'hospital linen' includes all textiles used in the hospital including mattress, pillow covers, blankets, bed sheets, towels, screens, curtains, doctors coats, theatre cloth and table cloths. Cotton is the most preferred and frequently used material. The hospital receives all these materials from different areas like Operation Theatre, wards, outpatient departments and office areas. The OT linen materials need special care since it has to be washed & sterilized carefully. Facilities and space requirementsThe laundry should be located in an area that has ample daylight and natural ventilation. Ideally, it should be an isolated building connected or adjacent to the water and power plant.Space for heavy equipments like washing machine, squeezer etc.Provision for supply of water and power.Storage place for cleaning agents.Space is also needed for sorting the soiled linenFacilities to manually wash doctor's uniform and clean other soiled linen.Clothes lined to dry in the sun.Lines of cards to dry clothes in the sun.Place for sewing, and mending area.                    Place for ironingDesk to have registers and filesSpace in every ward for storing clean linen.