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Posts Tagged: CDC

  • ALM & AHLA Release Monkeypox Best Practices

    ALM & AHLA Release Monkeypox Best Practices

    The growing concern over the increased spread of Monkeypox in the United States provides an opportunity to address best practices for hotel textile processing and handling. With a focus on protecting workers and providing a safe and comfortable environment for the travel public, the Association for Linen Management (ALM) and the American Hotel & Lodging

  • The COVID-19 Pandemic

    The COVID-19 Pandemic

    The widespread pandemic caused by COVID-19 is impacting each and every one of us daily. For the latest on this fluid, evolving situation, the CDC is regularly updating information including the total number of cases reported, fatalities and disease locations:  Here. But you can do your part in slowing transmission of this global disease: Wash

  • The Coronavirus

    The Coronavirus

    With the rise and spread of the Coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Health Organization (WHO) are closely monitoring the outbreak which was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Provence, China.  Although there are thousands of confirmed cases in China, additional cases have been identified in a growing number

  • Prevention to Keep Healthcare Infections at Bay – Part 2

    Prevention to Keep Healthcare Infections at Bay – Part 2

    Last week Laundry Ledger published Part I of “Prevention to Keep Healthcare Infections at Bay” which will explored training and environmental service recognition and color coding textiles.  You can read it here.   High performance, reusable products The CDC and OSHA have published information in support of using microfiber products in healthcare facilities. Such products benefit

  • Controlling Ebola in Hospitals

    Controlling Ebola in Hospitals

    Interim Guidance for Environmental Infection Control in Hospitals for Ebola Virus
    On August 1, 2014, CDC released guidance titled,”Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Hospitalized Patients with Known or Suspected Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in U.S. Hospitals.”