By Healthcare Facilities Today

Denman Linen Service has received accreditation—the industry’s highest rating on quality and safety—from the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC).

HLAC is a non-profit organization that inspects and accredits laundries processing healthcare textiles for hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities.

HLAC’s mission is to publish high standards for processing healthcare textiles in laundries, and to provide an accreditation process that recognizes those laundries that meet these high standards. The decision to become accredited is completely voluntary.

“It is important that the customers that we serve—predominately hospitals—work with agencies, vendors and people who have earned accreditation,” Gregg Teel, Director says. “Achieving accreditation was the right thing for us to do since we are in the business of processing and providing healthcare textiles.”

The primary benefit of accreditation is that an independent third party has inspected your facility and found that it meets or exceeds the highest standards for processing healthcare textiles. A laundry cannot inspect and accredit itself, and its customers generally do not have the time or expertise to do so.

The HLAC accreditation process was developed with several industry groups, including:

• American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES)

• American Reusable Textiles Association (ARTA)

• Association for Linen Management (ALM)

• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)

• International Association for Healthcare Textile Management (IAHTM)

• Textile Rental Services Association of America (TRSA)

For more information on Denman Linen Service, contact us at info@denserv.com. For more information about HLAC, go to www.hlacnet.org.