Business View Magazine | March 2020

122 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE MARCH 2020 the most difficult organisms to kill. It is possible that spore formers might become a benchmark indicator for the state of being “hygienic.” Conclusion In 2020, it’s a matter of choice. With its standards and innovations like PMTK, HLAC- accredited laundries have available to them a way to cover all the bases and to achieve both improved quality and expansion of reusable textile offerings. This includes critical reusable OR textiles that can help facilities realize the benefits of AORN’s sustainability initiative for the operating room products. These responsible, professional laundries are usually “pro-active” participants in infection prevention improvement efforts. They’re seen as leading the way. The others? They are just sitting at the table “reacting” to issues and concerns, and they remain at higher risk for laundry-related HAIs. More importantly, they will not be fully prepared to participate in infection prevention initiatives to realize the opportunities for improving laundry and textile services products/processes over time. HLAC is an independent credentialing body that inspects and accredits laundries processing textiles for hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities according to its standards, which are based on federal regulations and guidelines as well as industry best practices for infection prevention in linen processing.