Healthcare Laundry
- Processes over 12,000,000 pounds of linen per year in a state-of-the-art Lavatec Continuous Batch Washer.
- Services 7 (seven) hospitals and 9 (nine) nursing homes within a 90 mile radius of Binghamton, NY.
- Employs 61 people in the healthcare laundry. Partners with Country Valley Industries and Hilltop Industries to provide an additional 65+ jobs for individuals with disabilities.
- Dedicated to being a Drug Free Workplace.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 8, 2007
BATES TROY HEALTHCARE LINEN SERVICES RECEIVES HIGHEST INDUSTRY ACCREDITATION Binghamton, NY - Bates Troy Healthcare Linen Services has received
accreditation-the industry's highest rating on quality and safety-from the
Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC).
HLAC is a non-profit organization that inspects and accredits laundries processing healthcare textiles for hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities. HLAC's mission is to publish high standards for processing healthcare textiles in laundries, and to provide an accreditation process that recognizes those laundries that meet these high standards. The decision to become accredited is completely voluntary. Bates Troy currently services seven (7) hospitals and nine (9) nursing homes processing over 12,000,000 (twelve million) pounds of laundry per year. The inspection of Bates Troy's Laurel Avenue plant was conducted by Sonny Wyatt, CHESP, RLLD*, of South Carolina, who submitted a written report to the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council office. Not only did Bates Troy, Inc received a score of 100% of the "shall" statements on the inspection check list, and a score of 100% on the government-mandated "must" statements but Mr. Wyatt did not find any material discrepancies in Bates-Troy operations, according to Chris Isely, Executive Director, of HLAC. Mr. Isley went on to say, "This is rare, and is a testament to the careful preparations Bates-Troy made for this inspection. Mr. Wyatt wrote to me "They had an outstanding operation and their documentation was the best I have seen." Even among the 26 other accredited facilities nation-wide, Bates Troy excelled. Only one other laundry in New York State has received accreditation from HLAC. "Becoming accredited makes us a better company. And its gives our customers peace of mind to know their supplier is meeting the highest standards in processing healthcare textiles," says Tom Singe, Bates Troy General Manager. "The customers that we serve-predominately hospitals and nursing homes -are used to dealing with agencies, vendors and people who have accreditation," Singe says. "It's the right thing to do if you are in the business of processing and providing healthcare textiles. The primary benefit of accreditation is that an independent third party has inspected your facility and found that it meets or exceeds the highest standards for processing healthcare textiles. The HLAC accreditation process was developed with several industry groups, including: * American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) For more information on Bates Troy Healthcare Linen Service, go to www.BatesTroy.com. For more information about HLAC, go to www.hlacnet.org. *A.L. Wyatt, Jr., graduate of Eastern Kentucky University as a Registered Laundry/Linen Director, a program developed through The National Association for Institutional Linen Management (NAILM). He is also a Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Professional, (CHESP). Contacts: Randy Widrick Chris Isely |
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