Medical Laundry Service
Hygiene-Certified Processing

Medical textiles — examination bed covers, patient gowns, hand towels, and clinical drapes — carry a unique contamination risk that standard commercial laundry processes aren't designed to address. Body fluids, skin cells, and pathogenic microorganisms can survive standard domestic wash temperatures, creating re-contamination risk if linens aren't processed correctly. Australian infection control guidelines (AS/NZS 4146:2000) specify that healthcare textiles should be washed at a minimum of 65°C for 10 minutes or 71°C for 3 minutes to achieve thermal disinfection. Many domestic and standard commercial laundries operate at 40-50°C — insufficient for healthcare-grade hygiene. For Canberra's medical practices, this isn't an abstract compliance issue. The ACT Health Directorate and accreditation bodies like AGPAL expect documented evidence that linen processing meets infection control standards. Using a domestic laundry service — or worse, having staff wash items at home — creates both a compliance gap and a liability risk. Professional medical laundry provides documented, temperature-verified processing that meets accreditation requirements, along with a clean chain of custody from your practice to our facility and back.