Hospital linen safety: From laundry to patient and back Last month it came to light that five children at Children's Hospital in New Orleans died in 2008 and 2009, from a fungal infection most likely ...

Nearly every patient who enters a hospital comes in contact with its linens: towels, sheets, patient gowns and more. And while a number of organizations have guidelines about how such linens should be ...

The night after Esmeralda Hernandez delivered her stillborn, premature baby in April 2013, she kept the tiny boy close by in her hospital room overnight. With family members by her side, she mourned ...

Any negligence in following cleanliness protocols in the hospital can spread various infections to patients, hospital staff and doctors as well. But that possibility can be avoided with this new ...

The father of a premature baby whose body was accidentally thrown into a hospital laundry bin and put through a boil wash, today launched an attack on the care his girlfriend received from the health ...

A family has filed a lawsuit against a Minnesota hospital after their stillborn baby was found in a dirty laundry bag sent away by the facility. The boy’s mother, Esmeralda Hernandez, and several ...

WALKER -- Hospital scrubs are hot. Those cozy, blue, breathable garments are the No. 1 theft item for a local co-op laundry firm providing all clean linens and clothes worn by medical professionals ...

Hospital linen supply and management services are facilities offered by third-party organizations to ensure proper hygiene of towels, screens, curtains, mattresses, blankets, pillow covers, bedsheets, ...

Workers at a Henderson laundry facility were startled Tuesday morning to find two 16-week-old fetuses in a shipment of linen from an area hospital. Henderson police spokeswoman Kathleen Richards said ...

The male baby was stillborn April 4 His body was taken to the morgue and wrapped in linens The sheets were mistaken for dirty laundry RED WING, Minn. — Police are trying to trace events that led to a ...

Wilmington, Delaware, United States, Oct. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Transparency Market Research Inc. - The global hospital linen supply and management services market is projected to flourish at a ...