The biggest difference between hospital linen laundry and hotel linen laundry lies in the fact that the standard of hotel linen has no strict requirements for whether pathogenic microorganisms are attached. However, hospitals have stricter standards. Not only should the surface of the item have no stains, but the pathogenic microorganisms on the linen should also be at an extremely trace level, so as not to cause secondary infection in patients.
This means each link of the medical linen laundry has stricter requirements. To achieve these requirements, the costs will greatly increase.
In this article, we will analyze the reasons why medical linen laundry has a high cost in terms of four aspects.
Hospital Linen Laundry
Most of the hospital linens have been contaminated by the patients’ blood, body fluids, and excreta. Even on the machine cover, curtains, and other items that don’t come into contact with the patients, the bacteria and germs are not in small quantities because the pathogenic microorganisms in the hospital are many times than those in the normal environment.
As a result, adding the oxygen-containing disinfectant is necessary during the washing process, and the washing temperature should be 75 degrees Celsius. In this condition, keeping the original colors and original form will definitely increase the cost a lot.
The Selection of Laundry Equipment
To prevent the clean linen from being contaminated again, choosing an industrial tunnel washer system is the direction of the development of hospital linen laundry.
The tunnel washer itself has a perfect conjunction point, which aligns with the developing trend of the downstream industry.
● The laundry process of the tunnel washer system is the perfect combination of automation, centralization, recycling and reuse of energy resources, the reduction of sewage, and clean production. It represents the developing direction of “energy-saving, eco-friendly, and highly efficient.”
● The tunnel washer system is a natural barrier washing system. The entrance of dirty linen is over 10 meters away from the exit of clean linen. Each has its own separate passage. The washer extractor has the same door for dirty linen and the clean, which easily leads to cross-contamination.
● During the washing process, the pre-wash, main wash, rinse, and neutralization are done in different and separate chambers. There is no risk of cross-contamination.
● The washing capacity of the tunnel washer is large. The 60KG CLM 13-chamber tunnel washer can wash over 2400kg of linen per hour.
Detergents
After choosing a hygienic barrier washer, people can preset the linen washing programs, which ensure the quantity of added detergents. To achieve the best washing quality, hospitals usually do not take price as the criterion for selection. Instead, they work with relevant departments to evaluate the comprehensive washing capability of each manufacturer’s products and examine the scientific research and production capabilities of the manufacturers.
The better quality always wins. Though the price is high, it is worthwhile. Nowadays, quality is increasingly valued. Products that cut corners will inevitably compromise the quality of washing and will surely be eliminated by users.
Standards for Transportation
The laundry plant not only shoulders the work of washing hospital linen but also shoulders the task of receiving linen and delivering linen. To ensure that the clean linen is not contaminated in this link, the duties of the delivery staff should be strictly distinguished and their job should not overlap. Although this means delivery personnel spend half of their time pushing empty carts, reducing work efficiency and increasing work costs, it eliminates the chance of clean linen being re-contaminated in terms of procedure.
Conclusion
All in all, if the data on the adhesion of pathogenic microorganisms is used as the standard for cleaning hospital linen, the cost of washing hospital linen will be very high. CLM has enough ability and experience to make a reasonable overall planning and design scheme for medical linen washing plants, which can not only ensure the cleanliness of hospital linen but also reduce costs. This helps improve the intelligence level of the whole laundry plant, making the medical linen laundry plant move to less or unmanned operation.
Post time: Sep-24-2025