Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council

HLAC Accredits 100th Laundry

Laundries that receive accreditation from the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council meet the industry’s highest standards for healthcare textile processing

FRANKFORT, IL, 5/24/2010 — The Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council is pleased to announce it has accredited its 100th healthcare laundry in May. “We’re proud to have reached this milestone in HLAC’s history,” says HLAC Chairperson Patti Costello. “Laundries voluntarily seeking accreditation demonstrate they understand the importance of continuous benchmarking, process improvement, patient safety, and providing hygienically clean textiles to t customers,” Costello says. “Since it began accrediting laundry organizations in 2006, the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council has seen a growing commitment to voluntary industry excellence and a much greater awareness of the unique role healthcare textile processing plays in national patient safety goals. As the demand for healthcare grows, so too will the need for qualified healthcare laundry providers who are well prepared to handle the increasing needs of its healthcare customers.”

About HLAC
Founded in 2005, HLAC is an independent council that has developed a comprehensive set of standards for healthcare textile processing. It is the only organization that exclusively inspects and accredits laundries that process healthcare textiles. To learn more about the Standards, and the inspection and accreditation program, visit www.hlacnet.org, or contact Kathy Tinker, HLAC Executive Director at 708/790-1749 or kathytinker@sbcglobal.net..

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