In this blog, we explore the safest ways to clean PPE after use and explore the different bespoke processes used and how this maintains a high level of hygiene across all industries.
Understanding PPE Cleaning
New clean garments are delivered and soiled collected weekly by our service delivery drivers.
Frequent industrial PPE cleaning is crucial to ensure safety and hygiene at all times and ingrained dirt does not affect the inherent protective qualities of the garment.
We achieve this by supplying each customer and employee with the correct quantity of garments to carry out their job and making certain each wearer is issued with the correct amount of spare garments to change into.
Safe Practices for PPE Cleaning
Our bespoke wash programs are designed to clean each garment fabric in the most efficient way possible within our washer extractors, using soft water and the best quality detergents.
The use of soft water reduces the use of excess detergent, enhances the wash quality and minimises energy usage.
Our detergent supplier maintains our dosing equipment through monthly service visits to ensure the highest wash quality is maintained, all contributing to quality PPE Maintenance and providing a comprehensive report.
All garments are sub-sorted into wash type and exactly weighed prior to loading into our machines having been pre-checked, with the pockets emptied, debris removed, the garments turned the right way out and fastened safeguarding the wash load and guaranteeing the best probability of removing the heaviest staining.
PPE Maintenance Tips
Our service representatives monitor the send-in rate of each wearer to make sure wearers are using the PPE laundry service and changing their garments regularly and do not using the same garment week in and week out. Customers are notified of wearers who are not presenting garments for wash, to avoid heavy soiling to one garment. Frequent cleaning prevents one garment from being heavily soiled and prevents the garment having a poor presentation leading to premature replacement with protective qualities removed and looking tired.
All of our garments are quality checked for repairs or heavy soiling during checking-in and a second time when the item is folded and ready for packing. At this point, if garments are damaged beyond repair, they are tagged on the system and the customer is notified suggesting the garment is to be replaced.
Storage tips for maintaining cleanliness and integrity of PPE:
All of our garments are packed out into clean coloured hamper bags which are industry specific.
Customers have the option to either have their PPE laundry service and workwear garments delivered in and left within hamper bags, for the customer to out sort the garments at their leisure or alternatively workwear garments can be lockered away into dedicated workwear lockers. With each wearer having an allocated locker with key or code access.
As part of this service, our service delivery drivers neatly put these garments away into the correct lockers and remove the soiled garments from the soil bin to be taken back for PPE cleaning at our modern washing facility.
The Role of Professional PPE Laundry Services
The benefits of using a PPE laundry service increases garment lifespan, reduced garment staining, smart company image, ensures the garments are fit for purpose and wearer safety.
When choosing a reliable PPE laundry service, it is important to find a laundry that has a high standard of customer service, realistic residual values changes, reduced lead times for new garments and a highly experienced senior management team that is close to the day-to-day running of the business.
Cost versus benefits of outsourcing PPE cleaning, frees up time for your team, reduces continual purchase cost of new garments, increases garment longevity by early repairs and makes sure all wearer’s workwear PPE is fit for purpose and smart at all times.
PPE Maintenance is critical in maintaining safety and extending a garment’s lifespan, through regular wash & repair. It also helps the customer to ensure they are wearing the right garment for the specified environment.
It’s important to find a laundry that has high proven track record of achieving high customer service levels, with a hands-on team with high levels of attention to detail and that is experienced. This is something that we at Rocliff pride ourselves on.
For more information on a PPE Maintenance service call us today at: 01743 442121 or email: sales@rocliff.co.uk