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AS/NZS 4146:2000

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Laundry practice
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Published date

02-23-2000

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FOREWORDSECTION 1 - SCOPE AND GENERAL 1.1 SCOPE 1.2 OBJECTIVE 1.3 REFERENCED AND RELATED DOCUMENTS 1.4 DEFINITIONSSECTION 2 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LAUNDRIES 2.1 SCOPE OF SECTION 2.2 FACILITIES AND MANAGEMENT 2.3 LAUNDRY TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 2.4 COLLECTION, LOADING, STORAGE AND SORTING OF LINEN 2.5 LAUNDRY OPERATION 2.6 STORAGE AND PACKAGING OF CLEANED LINENSECTION 3 - MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 3.1 SCOPE OF SECTION 3.2 STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS 3.3 OPERATING THEATRE LINEN 3.4 SPECIFIC LAUNDERING 3.5 DISINFECTION 3.6 RECORDSAPPENDICESA - LAUNDERING CONSIDERATIONSB - GUIDE TO STAIN REMOVALC - DEGREE OF WHITENESS, INTRINSIC GREYING, INTRINSIC YELLOWING AND PERCENTAGE SOIL REMOVAL OF SOILED TEST STRIPS AFTER ONE WASH/DRY CYCLED - DEGREE OF WHITENESS, INTRINSIC GREYING AND INTRINSIC YELLOWING AFTER 50 WASH/DRY CYCLESE - OVERALL DECREASE IN BREAKING FORCE (TOTAL WEAR)F - CHEMICAL WEARG - DETERMINATION OF THE RESIDUAL ASH ON INCINERATION OF AN UNSOILED FABRICH - WASH FORMULAEI - CHEMICAL SAFETY

Specifies general laundry practice requirements and recommendations for commercial, industrial, hospital, institutional, on-premise and coin-operated laundries as well as minimum performance requirements which should be attained in order to provide an acceptable level of service.

This Standard specifies general laundry practice requirements and recommendations for commercial, industrial, hospital, institutional, on-premise and coin-operated laundries, as well as minimum performance requirements which are to be attained in order to provide an acceptable level of service.

Committee
TX/16
DocumentType
Standard
ISBN
0 7337 3243 7
Pages
59
PublisherName
Standards Australia
Status
Current
Supersedes

First published as AS 4146-1994.Jointly revised and designated AS/NZS 4146:2000. Originated as AS 4146-1994. Jointly revised and designated AS/NZS 4146:2000.

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AS/NZS 1957:1998 Textiles - Care labelling
AS 2001.3.6-2005 Methods of test for textiles Chemical tests — Determination of cuprammonium fluidity of cotton and cellulosic man-made fibres (Reconfirmed 2016)
AS 2001.3.6-1980 Methods of test for textiles Chemical tests - Determination of cuprammonium fluidity of cotton and cellulosic man-made fibres
AS 2001.2.3-1988 Methods of test for textiles Physical tests - Determination of breaking force and extension of textile fabrics
AS 1169-1982 Minimizing of combustion hazards arising from the medical use of flammable anaesthetic agents
AS 3789.4-1994 Textiles for health care facilities and institutions Wool blankets

AS/NZS 4286:1995 Single-service cloth towels
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AS/NZS 4815:2001 Office-based health care facilities not involved in complex patient procedures and processes - Cleaning, disinfecting and sterilizing reusable medical and surgical instruments and equipment, and maintenance of the associated environment
AS/NZS 4815:2006 Office-based health care facilities - Reprocessing of reusable medical and surgical instruments and equipment, and maintenance of the associated environment

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