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 ...

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 ...

Workers at a leading commercial laundry firm that cleans sheets for some of New York City’s biggest hospitals say every day on the job places them at greater risk of covid-19 infection. Industry CEOs ...

Starting this month, Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health is offering five targeted micro-credentials for professionals working in long-term care, infection control, and public health.