What is used for hospital linen washing?

In mid-2019, the Pokachevo municipal Hospital (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug), faced an accute issue of purchasing professional laundry equipment, since the european brand washing machine reached the end of its service life and required frequent expensive repairs. The urgency of the purchase was down to requirements of the Sanitary Regulations and Norms. Normally, laundry in hospital facilities is a mandatory procedure, and the approved laundry regime, targeting reduction of hospital infections spread, prohibits storage of dirty linen in the laundry for more than 12 hours.

According to L. N. Manankova, the Chief Medical Officer of the Pokachevo municipal Hospital, «sanitary regulations contain such strict rules that an ordinary machine is not suitable for washing in a hospital, thus they need the through-type equipment, preventing transverse of dirty and clean laundry flows». The task was complicated by the limited funds of the hospital, while they needed a new, modern and, most importantly, affordable machine to be installed.

Vyazma machine -building plant managed to deliver promptly a «barrier» type washer-extractor LB-30, fully compliant with the requirements of the medical institution and sanitary and epidemiological standards, specifically developed for the health sector. Specialists of one of the maintenance providers in the Tyumen Region installed the equipment in the laundry promptly and put it into operation.

Design of this type of machine provides for barrier creation between the «dirty» and «clean» laundry area. Thanks to two doors available, dirty laundry is loaded from the front side (the «dirty» zone), and unloaded from the opposite side (the «clean» zone), thus, the laundry flows are reliably separated, eliminating the risk of accidental infection spread.

The «barrier» type washer-extractor was launched in the Pokachevo municipal hospital recently. The staff is satisfied with the performance of this model, which is easy to operate and manage in their view.

The hospital management plans to purchase another LB-30 barrier machine this year. Then, a special partition will be installed without fail in the laundry room, so that the loading doors are on different sides of the wall. Thus, the specialists will divide the facility into the «dirty» and «clean» zones, thereby fulfilling all requirements of sanitary and epidemiological standards. In this case professional «Vyazma» equipment will ensure perfectly the impeccable cleanliness of bed linen, medical clothing and high performance of the laundry!

Vyazma machine-building plant is readily available to assist complex problems solving, providing reliable equipment at favorable prices on client-friendly terms.