Clean Contaminated Laundry
If your laundry is contaminated please employ the following steps:
- spot treat contaminated areas for 15 minutes with a 10% household bleach solution
or place within a biohazard bag and autoclave
- handle laundry (bedding, etc.) as little as possible with a minimum
of shaking
- bag or containerize at the location where it was used, but do not sort
or rinse in the location of use
- place and transport laundry in bags or containers red in color, or
label with the biohazard symbol
- wet laundry presents the probability of leakage from bag or container;
use bags or containers which prevent leakage of fluids to
exterior
- immediate supervisors must ensure
that employees who have contact with contaminated laundry
wear protective gloves and other appropriate personal protective
equipment (PPE)
- DO NOT send contaminated laundry off site to a facility that
has not been approved by the Yale Purchasing Department or EHS.
Ameripride Linen
and Apparel Services is well in compliance with the OSHA Bloodborne
Pathogen Standard and is currently the recommended vendor.
Contact
Amerpride at 777-7281.
