Encompass LLC, McDonough, Ga. has announced the retirement of Ken Tyler, vice president of government operations. Tyler led and developed Encompass government programs since 2004. He will continue to consult during a transition period. Tyler was recently awarded the VA Lifetime Achievement Award for his part in modernizing and building 73 laundry facilities supporting VA …
Healthcare laundry and linen provider Hospital Central Services (HCSC) has earned the Hygienically Clean Healthcare certification for its Baltimore plant, reflecting their commitment to best management practices (BMPs) in laundering as verified by on-site inspection and their capability to produce hygienically clean textiles as quantified by ongoing microbial testing. The Hygienically Clean Healthcare certification confirms …
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A new resource is available from the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC) called the HLAC Laundry Process Monitoring Toolkit™. It validates the effectiveness of a laundry’s processes by measuring the number of microorganisms found in a laundry on hard surfaces, in the air, on linen, in the water and on employee hands. Final phase testing of …
Pellerin Milnor Corporation has announced the retirement of Applications Engineering Manager Mike Diedling. Diedling began his career in the laundry industry as an Industrial Engineer for Morgan Services, where he worked on increasing the efficiency and productivity of their plants. He then joined the Milnor family in 1978 as an Industrial Engineer in the Laundry Engineering Department. …
Kannegiesser ETECH announced that Kelly Outram has been promoted to the position of Regional Sales Manager for the Western United States sales region. Outram has spent the last 32 years supporting sales efforts in the laundry industry, the previous 8 years with Kannegiesser ETECH in the southeast region. He brings his experience of innovative linen processing …
Note: This is one of a four-article series originally published in Infection Control Today and sponsored by the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC). Reprinted with permission of HLAC. Links to all articles can be found below. By Gregory Gicewicz, John Scherberger and Lynne Sehulster, PhD An effective healthcare laundry solution, like having hospital textiles processed …
Penn Emblem celebrated Breast Cancer Awareness Month with an internal Dress Down Fundraiser. Employees had the option to pay each day to dress in casual attire. Penn Emblem Employees were able to raise $1,360.00 throughout the month which Penn matched, bringing the donation total to $2,720.00. All the money was donated to the Fox Chase …
UMF Corporation has teamed with Logan’s Healthcare Linen Systems to deliver PerfectCLEAN microfiber products and training to almost 20 hospitals and surgical centers in the Midwest, according to a news release. In addition to offering PerfectCLEAN color-coded products, UMF Corporation partners with Logan’s to deliver its Hygiene Specialist® Training program, which introduces environmental services (ES) …
A note from B&C: We have been receiving questions about our service school. As you know we had to cancel the October service school due to Hurricane Michael. We are still dealing with the effects of the hurricane so we have not been able to reschedule yet. Even though our facility fared well and is …
