UK
Over a quarter of care home staff in the UK do not feel their laundry is managed in a way that completely avoids contamination, according to a recent report on the sector from Electrolux Professional.
The survey covered over 160 care home professionals and Electrolux conducted this study prior to launching an in-depth report on the role of laundry hygiene in care homes across the UK and Ireland.
Infection Prevention, the white paper from Electrolux Professional, details the collective attitudes of public and private sector care workers to the management of cleanliness and hygiene in the laundry process.
As well as revealing that many laundry departments are not managed in a way that completely avoids contamination, the survey also found that nearly a third of those questioned believed that staff at their care home do not fully understand the difference between visual and hygienic cleanliness.
The results of the research have led Electrolux Professional to publish a guide to Laundry Cycle Management - an eight-step process which ensures that every element of the laundry cycle is monitored to significantly reduce the risk of contamination.
