A recent news release from the Association for Linen Management (ALM) portrayed a “U.S. testing program” (a thinly veiled reference to TRSA’s Hygienically Clean Healthcare certification) as relying only on regular microbiological testing of clean textiles to determine whether laundry practices place them at risk for contributing to hospital-acquired infections. This statement mischaracterizes the program. In fact, the Hygienically Clean standard contains rigorous protocols for quality assurance (QA), requiring inspection for initial certification and re-inspection to maintain it.
 
ALM failed to clearly identify Hygienically Clean and note its QA protocols in the association’s Jan. 19 release, which ...