Textile management | Residents' and home laundry | Flatwork On-premise laundry Laundry care in institutional care

Miele – decades of expertise in laundry care r my silk look afte Klemens Kramm, Cohaus-Vendt-Sti 'Miele takes care of my bed linen'. Hygienically clean laundry makes a decisive contribution towards the well-being of the residents of care and nursing homes. An OPL is therefore a key selling point in communicating satisfaction levels and should be one of the distinctive competencies of every institution. Textile management from A to Z Laundry care in care and nursing homes is a complex task. Great consideration should be given to operational procedures, aspects of hygiene, machines and equipment,...

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'We have always done our laundry with Miele. It's good to know we're in the best of hands!' Residents' laundry Personal laundry and outerwear often count among the few items new residents bring along with them when taken into care. Smart apparel and appearance continues to play a very important role well into old age. Neatly laundered garments often create a feelgood factor and favourite items frequently serve as a reminder of by-gone pleasures and cherished relatives. Advantages: With the solutions provided by Miele Professional and the perfect standards of laundry care achievable in a laundry...

Turn compelling selling points to your personal advantage Residents' rooms Distribute laundry Storage room Flatware Scan of outgoing items On-premise laundry Clean side Collect soiled laundry Storage room Soiled laundry Scan of incoming items On-premise laundry Contaminated side Independence •  Unaffected by fluctuation in prices and accounting errors made by third parties •  An individual handle on operating costs in laundry care Sustainability •  Reduced transportation of laundry places less strain on the environment •  Sparing use of energy, water and detergent Flexibility •  Fast laundry...

Situation • Newcomers' personal laundry is sorted (outerwear and underwear) without any further labelling. Only when soiled laundry is submitted for washing are items labelled in the on-premise laundry. • Personalised laundry bags are issued to collect and transport soiled laundry. • The types and quantities of textiles should be defined in laundry lists, usually allowing each resident around 150 items. Particularly delicate outerwear is given special labels and processed in the WetCare system. Advantages • Residents perceive textile management as a value-added service. • High brand affinity...

Infeed side of laundry Outfeed side of laundry Floors/residents' rooms Washing of residents' laundry. Finishing of residents' washed laundry. Distribution of residents' laundry. Machine capacities are planned in such a way as to allow the additional processing of other textiles such as duvets, pillows, curtains, workwear and mops. Advantages •  No unnecessary strain on environment in the form of transportation and outsourcing. •  Fast laundry care despite fluctuations in demand. •  No loss of residents' items or complicated assignment of garments to residents. •  High levels of hygiene throughout...

Textile management for flatwork and home laundry Floor/residents' rooms Towelling and bed linen changed. Washing of towelling and flatwork. Situation •  Care worker collects soiled towelling each morning. •  Bed linen and other flatwork, e.g. table cloths, are changed under normal circumstances at fixed and longer intervals. •  Towelling and flatwork comes in two separate colour-coded laundry bags. •  The soiled laundry is placed in the pallet cage. •  The loaded cage is transferred to the storage room for soiled laundry. Advantages •  Hygienic collection and transportation of soiled laundry...

Outfeed side of laundry Laundry storage room Floor/residents' rooms Finishing of washed home laundry. Home laundry is placed in intermediate storage. Home laundry used in residents' rooms. Situation •  Laundry personnel passes through to the clean side of the laundry. •  Worn laundry sorted out. •  Towelling is dried to 'Normal dry' and folded. •  Laundry for ironing is dried to suitable drying stage and then finished on Miele flatwork ironer. Advantages •  High standards of hygiene through physical segregation of clean and dirty sides of operation. •  Perfect laundry finish on entire home laundry....

Setting up a laundry with Miele in 4 easy stages 2. Economic feasibility calculations What can we do for you? •  We will visit your business. •  We will map out and document the laundry processing cycle. We will also visit your living quarters. •  We will catalogue existing laundry equipment. •  We will record current laundry processes incl. cycle times and detergent quantities. The basis of all planning is a sound economic feasibility study with a precise analysis of status quo and target situations. What do we need from you to do this? •  Ground plan drawings of building •  List of residents...

Basic tips for a hygienic laundry A 3D visualisation of on-premise laundry plans is included in the range of services provided by the planning department at Miele Professional. Infeed side of laundry Outfeed side of laundry Collection and transportation of soiled laundry •   o not store soiled laundry for any length of time; wash daily if D possible •   lways keep soiled laundry separate from the clean laundry A •   ort soiled laundry according to fabric type, size and degree of S soiling •   ransport laundry in suitable laundry bags T •   bag's colour must indicate its contents. A •   nly fill...