On-Premise Laundry · Assisted Living
Laundry for care facilities, specified around the rules.
Laundry in a nursing home or assisted living facility is not a scaled-up hotel laundry. Infection control, resident dignity around personal clothing and a volume that never dips shape the equipment before capacity does.
What makes this different
Infection control sets the cycle, not preference
CDC guidance on laundry in healthcare settings commonly points to at least 160°F held for 25 minutes for hot-water washing, or a validated lower-temperature cycle at 71°F to 77°F with the correct bleach additive and monitored results. Which applies to you depends on your state licensing standards.
Resident clothing is not facility linen
Most facilities separate resident personal clothing from bedding and towels, both for infection control and because personal items should not go through an industrial bedding cycle. That separation often means separate equipment or clearly separated programming.
Volume is constant, not seasonal
Unlike a hotel, resident count barely moves through the year. Daily volume including bedding changes, incontinence care items and personal laundry is predictable, and usually higher than facilities expect when they first size a room.
Delays affect care, not convenience
A laundry backlog in this setting is a resident care issue. That raises the bar on equipment reliability and on how quickly a technician can get to a failed machine.
What we usually specify
Equipment for this setting has to hold a verified cycle reliably and run long daily hours without being at the edge of its duty rating. Programming matters as much as the machine: the cycle has to be repeatable and documented.
- Cycles that reliably hold the temperature and hold time your standard requires
- Separate handling or programming for resident personal items
- Rated for continuous heavy-duty use, not intermittent
- Service cover that treats a failed machine as urgent
What we need to size it
- Resident count and the daily linen plus personal laundry volume
- Which cycle standard your state licensing and compliance officer require
- Whether resident personal clothing is washed on site
- The laundry room layout and how soiled and clean linen move through it
- Your current handling procedure for contaminated items
You do not need all of it to start a conversation. Bring what you have.
Common questions
Answers specific to nursing homes & assisted living. Anything else, ask us directly.
What temperature do nursing home washers need to reach?
CDC guidance commonly recommends at least 160°F sustained for 25 minutes for hot-water washing, and also recognises lower-temperature cycles of 71°F to 77°F combined with the correct bleach additive and careful monitoring. Confirm which applies with your compliance officer and state licensing standards before specifying equipment.
Does OSHA regulate laundry handling in a nursing home?
Yes. The OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1030, sets requirements for how laundry contaminated with blood or other potentially infectious materials is bagged, labeled and transported to protect staff. That is separate from the CDC guidance on the wash cycle itself.
Should resident personal clothing be washed separately from facility linen?
Most facilities separate them. It serves infection control, and it avoids putting personal garments through the heavy-duty cycles used for bedding and towels. In practice that means either separate machines or clearly separated cycle programming.
Tell us what you are running
Send the details above, or just the ones you have. We will come back with what fits and what it would take to install it.