TRSA is supporting members with information for their communications to healthcare customers and is directly informing healthcare professionals regarding the absence of evidence that linens contributed to the 2015 and 2016 deaths of five immune-compromised patients at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).
 
Documents posted on www.hygienicallyclean.org of value to launderers include TRSA’s statement on the matter, which notes that state and federal health officials cleared linens despite a report for UPMC circulated to media outlets by a plaintiffs’ lawyer who is suing UPMC and Paris Cos., DuBois, PA, on charges of causing the fatal infections ...