In any professional environment in is important the uniforms be freshly laundered, to keep up a crisp, fresh appearance. In hospitals this need is doubly important. In an environment in which it is so critical to reduce cross contamination, yet at the same time so especially difficult, getting uniforms regularly laundered, professionally can be one of the simplest and easiest steps that you can take towards eliminating cross contamination as thoroughly as possible. Since this is such an incredibly easy step, it would be a shame to a less clean and therefore less safe hospital environment due to uniforms that were not laundered as well and often as they should be. Though this is all particularly true of hospitals, the same can apply to hotels. With such a high traffic of so many different customers, there will be a many chances for disease to spread on the uniforms of hotel workers.
Doctors' Coats
There are many articles of clothing that hospital workers wear that are not washed as often as they should be, and doctors' coats may be one of the biggest culprits. It is one of those items that don't seem to get as physically dirty as others, because they are not worn directly against the skin. The fact is, however, that while they may not get visibly dirty or smell, they are still coming into contact with huge amounts of germs each day from many different patients, which means that they can be both collecting these contaminants and spreading them to new patients at the same time. Because they do not necessarily show their dirt, items like doctors' coats should be regularly and professionally washed. Your patients and your staff will appreciate a safer, healthier environment.
Scrubs
Scrubs are something that most people probably do think to wash a lot more frequently than doctors' coats, because they are worn directly against the skin. However, because of the busy lifestyles inherent with those that need to wear scrubs to work, they may not always end up as sanitized as they need to be. The best way to cut out all risks that go along with uniforms that may be carrying disease is to just have a good system to get them professionally cleaned on a regular basis. When there are so many people who will need to be counted on for such an important yet easy to overlook task, it is better to cut out all the guess work and put it into the hands of one trusted company.