Hospital Laundry Cleaning, Disinfection and Steam Drying

Hospitals are places where germs are concentrated. After the patients are hospitalized, they will use the clothes, bed sheets, and quilts uniformly distributed by the hospital, and the time may be as short as a few days or as long as several months. These clothes will inevitably be contaminated with blood and even germs from patients. How do hospitals clean and disinfect these clothes?

It is understood that large hospitals are generally equipped with special washing equipment to clean and disinfect clothes through high-temperature steam. In order to learn more about the washing process of the hospital, we visited the washing room of a hospital in Henan and learned about the whole process of clothes from washing to disinfection to drying.
According to the staff, washing, disinfecting, drying, ironing, and repairing all kinds of clothes are the daily work of the laundry room, and the workload is cumbersome. In order to improve the efficiency and cleanliness of laundry washing, we have introduced a steam generator to work with the laundry room. It can provide steam heat source for washing machines, dryers, ironing machines, folding machines, etc. It is an important equipment in the laundry room.
The staff went on to introduce that our laundry room usually washes hospital gowns, bed sheets, and quilts separately. A separate room will be set up for the clothes and bed sheets of infected patients, which will be disinfected first and then washed to avoid bacterial cross-infection.

In addition, we are also equipped with a steam generator specially used for high-temperature cleaning and disinfection of clothes, using high-temperature steam to clean, and another advantage is that there is no need to add detergent, use steam to heat water to a certain temperature, and then use washing equipment to clean It will automatically decompose the stains after washing, and the clothes after washing will not have the unpleasant smell of disinfectant.
The staff also told us that after the sheets and clothes are washed and dehydrated, they need to be disinfected at high temperature before they can be dried and ironed. High-temperature steam sterilization is fast and has strong penetrating power, which can achieve the purpose of rapid sterilization. In addition, the steam generated by the steam generator can be as high as 120 degrees Celsius, and can be kept in a high temperature state. In high temperature and high pressure environment for 10-15 minutes, most viruses and bacteria can be killed.
In addition to washing and sanitizing, steam is also used for drying and ironing tasks. According to the staff, our washing machine is equipped with a dedicated dryer and ironing machine, and the heat source comes from a steam generator. Compared with other drying methods, steam drying is more scientific. The water molecules in the steam keep the air in the dryer moist. After drying, the clothes will not generate static electricity and are more comfortable to wear.