Amendment 0003 - Laundry Facility Presentation.pdf

Textile Care Processing Facility

FACILITY MANAGEMENT

SERVICE

Laundry Mission

TO PROVIDE THE BEST QUALIT Y L INEN

SERVICE FOR OUR VETER ANS AND FAMILIES

WHILE ENSURING THE SAFET Y OF

EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS.

VHA Directive 1850.03 Textile Management

Maintain a Textile Management program which includes the procurement, repair, replacement and distribution of textiles and uniforms worn by designated VA medical facility employees.

VHA Directive 1850.03 Textile Management

The program must provide security controls to ensure an uninterrupted and ample supply of clean textiles to support patient care programs.

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. §§ 5901-5903; 38

U.S.C. § 7301(b).

Service Workload

The Textile Care Processing

Facility processes an average of 7,000 LBS of linen daily.

For FY24 processed

2,632,692 LBS of soiled linen.

Seven days a week operation in place to provide linen distribution to all using units, with a second shift to pick up soiled linen to all areas.

Service Workload

Linen Services to CBOC’s

MOPC

POPC

GCBOC

Linen distribution to 89 areas of the Medical

Center

Mental Health Domiciliary

(MHD)

Fun Fact

From FY 13 to FY 24 processed

◦ 30,235,456 LBS

Linen Workflow

Linen Cycle

Textile Care Processing

Soiled Linen Collection

Sorting

Washing

Drying

Ironing

Hand Fold

Distribution

Joint Commission

The receiving area for contaminated textiles is clearly separated from clean laundry areas and is maintained at negative pressure compared with the clean areas of the laundry in accordance with FGI construction standards.

Barrier Wall

Barrier Wall

Performance Measures

Performance Measures

Quality Assurance

Association for Linen

Management (ALM)

Test Piece Monitoring

Program.

Provides an objective means of monitoring and evaluating the wash formulas and the final product.

ALM utilizes an independent third-party laboratory to assess the process.

Quality Assurance

❝Although contaminated textiles and fabrics in healthcare facilities can be a source of substantial numbers of pathogenic microorganisms, reports of healthcare associated diseases linked to contaminated fabrics are so few in number that the overall risk of disease transmission during the laundry process likely is negligible...use of current control measures should be continued to minimize the contribution of contaminated laundry to the incidence of healthcare associated infections.

Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/pdf/guidelines/environmental-guidelines.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/pdf/guidelines/environmental-guidelines.pdf

Support During Emergencies

Employment

Ceiling for 33.5 regular employees

(FTEE)

Currently 16

FTEE’s are veterans

Provide support to the Compensated

Work Therapy

(CWT) program