CHICAGO — UMF Corp., a manufacturer of infection prevention products, is reporting that Sterile Surgical Systems, Tumwater, Wash., has joined its PerfectCLEAN® (PC) Infection Prevention Network of specialized healthcare laundries.
George Clarke, CEO of UMF Corp., welcomed Sterile Surgical Systems, saying, “Our network continues to grow as more healthcare laundries realize the valuable competitive advantage of providing their healthcare customers a level of product, service and training that goes well beyond anything offered by larger commercial laundries.”
Gregory Gicewicz, president of Sterile Surgical Systems, says that he has already been using PerfectCLEAN in his own sterile pack room. Sterile Surgical Systems is accreditated by the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council, and Gicewicz says he can assure his company’s healthcare customers that it processes textiles to the “highest professionally recognized standards for patient safety and infection prevention.”
“We believe the PerfectCLEAN products, when properly laundered in an HLAC-accredited facility and properly used in patient environments, provides our healthcare customers with the most optimal environmental hygiene solution available and the best protection against HAIs [healthcare-associated infections],” says Gicewicz.
The PC/Network formed in 2012, and is comprised of healthcare laundries that specialize in processing linens and textiles to reduce the risk of HAIs, according to UMF.
“Commercial laundries have little or no understanding of infection prevention, but instead rent traditional cleaning products like cotton string mops and cotton bar towels, and some provide very limited offering of so-called ‘microfiber’ products,” says Clarke.
“In these contagious times, a comprehensive infection prevention program must comprise training; adoption of best practices; and a high performance system of specialized products that are color-coded for areas such as operating rooms, intensive care, isolation rooms, and the patient room,” adds Clarke. “This is precisely what the PerfectCLEAN Infection Prevention Network offers.”
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