Angelica, the nation’s leading provider of linen services, has issued guidance to its customers about handling linens used for patients being tested for Ebola. Angelica advised the following, in ...

Nearly every patient who enters a hospital comes in contact with its linens: towels, sheets, patient gowns and more. And while a number of organizations have guidelines about how such linens should be ...

Hospital linen safety: From laundry to patient and back Last month it came to light that five children at Children's Hospital in New Orleans died in 2008 and 2009, from a fungal infection most likely ...

Study reveals hospital linens helped zygomycosis infections spread during outbreak Subpar laundering and storage of hospital pillow cases, bed sheets and draw sheets contributed to massive linen ...

Hospital linen used to be taken for granted, and no one raised a question. Now, with increased awareness, people are attentive and responsive to such details, leading to hospital-acquired infections.

It might be a dirty job, but hospital linen management doesn’t have to be an overly costly one. Laundry management agreements typically follow one of two models, rented inventory and owned inventory, ...