Angelica Wants You to Ensure Your Medical Linen Service Has the Right Equipment to Reduce Infections

    NORCROSS, GA, July 22, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- It might shock many people to learn that despite their innocent appearance, healthcare linens can carry infectious bacteria and viruses if they are not properly sanitized. Angelica Corporation, a medical laundry service, wishes to warn patients of this risk and encourages patients to ensure that their hospital is using a linen service with the right equipment to sanitize its linens.

Healthcare organizations need to be aware of the sanitation methods their medical laundry services use when processing linens. Angelica Corporation notes that bacteria can survive as long as 90 days on inappropriately sanitized linens. The CDC recommends hospitals have their linen service wash linens with detergent and bleach in 160F water for a minimum of 25 minutes. Laundry services need to constantly monitor water temperature to ensure that it never dips below the 160 degree mark, and this kind of surveillance requires advanced equipment controls.

"It's shocking what bacteria and viruses can survive through when they are on linens," says Aly Merritt, Marketing Manager at Angelica Corporation. "Many people don't know the health risks that improperly laundered hospital linens can cause if the linen service the hospital uses doesn't have the right equipment to remove these pathogens. It's essential for patients to be informed and to encourage their hospital of choice to use properly sanitized linens."

For decades, Angelica Corporation has been leading the charge to ensure that patients are receiving the very best possible medical linens during their stay at healthcare facilities. Despite already having top-of-the-line sanitation and disinfection procedures practiced in each of its plants, Angelica Corporation tirelessly seeks out the latest technologies and techniques to ensure that its linens are free of stubborn bacteria and viruses.

Learn more about Angelica Corporation's sanitation methods and the risks that improperly sanitized medical linens can pose to patients at http://www.angelica.com.

About Angelica Corporation:
Founded in 1878 as a small uniform company, Angelica Corporation has since expanded to become a leader in the healthcare linen service industry. Specializing in products, such as bed linens, patient gowns, scrubs, towels and dust control systems, Angelica Corporation offers its clients the efficiency of more than 25 laundry plants nationwide to tend to each client's hospital linen service needs quickly and efficiently.

To learn more, visit http://www.angelica.com.

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