TRSA recently responded to a study in FEMS Microbiology Letters (“Clostridium difficile Environmental Contamination within a Clinical Laundry Facility in the USA,” Oct. 14, 2016) by saying that the study’s conclusions and several articles that covered it fueled misleading impressions of hospital laundry cleanliness.
 
“The report suggests ‘that soiled clinical linens may be a source of c. difficile surface contamination’ at a laundry,” said TRSA President and CEO Joseph Ricci. “Soiled healthcare linens present some risk to laundry workers, which is why TRSA and other commercial laundry organizations work closely with infection control and prevention experts regarding ...