Health Systems Cooperative Laundries (HSCL), St. Paul, MN, a co-op owned by the Twin Cities’ major healthcare companies that provides laundry services to every metro hospital, recently detailed how it has updated its operations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

APPEARA, Norfolk, NE, President, Owner and General Manager Bob Dudley recently welcomed a member of the family’s fifth generation to the company’s staff.

TRSA’s Certified Professional Laundry Manager (CPLM) training program will be available as the latest self-study professional-development offering by TRSA. Starting May 4, laundry managers from around the world should take advantage of this opportunity to enhance managerial proficiency and gain immediate and long-term returns through the skills learned in this self-contained program. Available for purchase through the TRSA store, the self-study training materials are offered in either digital or hard copy format.

In a recently announced collaboration, University Hospitals in Cleveland has agreed to acquire 25,000 copper-infused face masks for use in its system to help alleviate a critical shortage of surgical masks needed to protect patients and staff from infection by the COVID-19 virus, according to a news release.

TRSA recently aired its second in a series of COVID-19 Weekly Industry Update webinars, with a broad-based focus on industry efforts to reopen plants and revive businesses with an emphasis on resources available to help ensure a smooth transition back to growth.

As companies finalize plans to reopen plants in the coming weeks, a group of industry suppliers have offered tips on startup procedures aimed at bringing plants back online quickly and safely with quality processing. Several supplier companies (and one individual industry veteran) contributed to the first installment of this two-part article.

One trend that’s emerging amid the COVID-19 crisis is a renewed emphasis on cleanliness and the need for the uniforms of first responders to undergo professional processing in order to minimize the risk of exposing colleagues, family members or the public at large to the virus.

An agreement has been reached to pass legislation to add money into the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a small-business loan program established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The agreement passed the U.S. House on April 23, following the Senate’s approval on April 21. President Donald J. Trump (R) signed the bill into law on April 24.

An agreement has been reached to pass legislation to add money into the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a small-business loan program established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The agreement passed the U.S. Senate during a Tuesday afternoon session, with the House on track to follow Thursday, though lawmakers in that chamber need to return to Washington for a recorded vote. President Donald J. Trump (R) tweeted support for the measure in advance of the legislation’s initial release and said he would sign it.

TRSA apprised its members on the association’s latest responses to the COVID-19 crisis during an all-purpose webinar series launched on April 16. The webinars, dubbed the TRSA Weekly Industry Update, offered nearly 80 online attendees an overview of activities that the association is pursuing. Among these were legislative advocacy, survey research and a professional networking/information-sharing initiative aimed at helping companies recover from the worst economic downturn since the 1930s.