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A major component of housekeeping is laundry. Contaminated laundry is any
laundry that may contain blood, OPIM, or sharps. The
standard requires that contaminated laundry be handled as little as possible with a
minimum of agitation. It must be bagged or containerized at the location where it was used
but not sorted or rinsed where it was used. Contaminated laundry must also be placed and transported in bags or containers and properly labeled. When a facility uses universal precautions in handling soiled laundry, alternative labeling or color-coding is sufficient if it permits all employees to recognize the containers as requiring compliance with universal precautions. |
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