Linens stacked in an in-house laundry. Credit: Selective focus The potential hazards and risks to nursing home residents and staff found in the facility laundry can be very real threats.

When she worked in a nursing home back in the 1990s, Patricia Howell remembers returning to residents’ bedsides after rinsing heavily soiled linens and dropping them off in the laundry room wearing ...

Multisociety guidance recommended that nursing homes employ an infection preventionist and invest in training and preparedness.

These days cross infection within the clinical environment is a hot topic. Is it not a logical assumption to make that we as professionals – who take on board all the risks associated with ...