Large-Scale Laundries Maximize Hygiene
For greater cleanliness of linens, uniforms and other textiles, outsource their cleaning to an industrial-scale laundry operation. Such companies rent textile inventory as part of their laundry service or just launder hotel-owned items. Processes that foster hygiene are easier and most economical to maintain in these larger laundries.
- Soil Barrier: Large volume of work creates separate areas of plant for processing clean and soiled items, a wall between them minimizes cross-contamination risk
- Negative Air Flow: In the absence of such a wall, air can be blown by fans or ventilation systems from the clean area toward the soiled area to protect clean laundry from soiled air contamination
- Proof of Chemistry: Greater detergent volume enables use of automated delivery of chemicals to machines, tracking proof of delivery
- Optimal Wash Formulas: Large-scale machinery can consistently expose linens to higher temperatures through washing, drying and ironing, meeting or exceeding standards listed by the CDC and many state organizations, ensuring sanitization needed to produce hygienically clean linens
- Associate Safety: More floor space and excess equipment capacity enable social distancing
- Automation: Mass-production processes replace manual handling with automated material handling in sorting, washing, drying, feeding, ironing, folding and packaging. Physical touch points are minimized.
