The Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council
 
 


2-6-13 - New Board of Directors Elected
• New 2011 HLAC Standards Released (PDF)
• New HLAC Executive Director (PDF)
• HLAC Accredits 100th Laundry (PDF)
• June 2011 HLAC Releases Standards for 2011 (PDF)
• January 2011 HLAC Announces Departure of Executive Director (PDF)
• November 2010 HLAC Announces 2011 Board of Directors (DOC) (PDF)
• 11-29-10 - HLAC Releases 2011 Board of Directors (DOC) (PDF)
• 8-16-10 - HLAC Releases 2011 Board Nominations (DOC) (PDF)
• 6-8-10 - HLAC Accredits 100th Laundry (HTML) (PDF)
• 1-7-10 - HLAC Announces 2010 Board of Directors (HTML) (PDF)
• 9-23-09 - Nominations for HLAC Board to open October 1, 2009 (HTML) (PDF)
• 4-25-09 HLAC Presents Educational Session at Clean '09 (HTML) (PDF)
• 4-15-09 HLAC Opens Public Comment on Accreditation Standards (HTML) (PDF)
• 1-16-09 HLAC Forms Advisory Committee (HTML) (PDF)
• 1-6-09 HLAC Announces 2009 Board of Directors (HTML) (PDF)
10-14-08 HLAC Names Kathy Tinker as Executive Director
8-28-08 HLAC Accredits 50th Laundry
2-13-08 Sodexo Signs Up 12 Laundries for HLAC Accreditation
1-16-08 Crothall Signs Up 12 Laundries for HLAC Accreditation
12-27-07 HLAC Announces 2008 Board of Directors



 
 
 


"HLAC Announces New White Paper"

The Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council is offering a free white paper, "Moment of Truth: Proper Airflow Critical to Healthcare Laundries." Now more than ever, healthcare laundries must ensure their facilities are properly designed and engineered to minimize environmental contamination of clean textiles before they are delivered back to healthcare customers. Proper airflow is a primary consideration for any healthcare laundry that seeks to perform at the highest level possible for its healthcare clients. The white paper discusses current indoor airflow standards, examines factors that can disturb proper airflow, and provides resources that can help a laundry effectively monitor and maintain an indoor climate that supports excellence in healthcare textile processing.

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In-Depth Special Report Examines Healthcare Textiles

Infection Control Today (ICT) magazine has issuedan in-depth report, Trends in Infection Prevention and Control: Healthcare Textiles: Laundry Science and Infection Prevention. This 27-page report closely examines healthcare textiles and laundry from many aspects, including infection prevention, microbiology, industrial hygiene, healthcare economics, and more.

HLAC was tapped as a leading expert on the topic and excerpts from the 2006HLAC Standard are incorporated into the report. Download this comprehensive report from ICT.
January 2010

American Laundry News
“Know Your Scores: Measure Quality from Laundry to OR”
August 2009

Facility Care Magazine: Ask the Experts
How can the laundry help reduce the risk of infection?
March 2009

Healthcare Purchasing News
Hospital Textiles Key to Efficiency and Infection Prevention