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Livinguards Pro Maske ausgezeichnet als Nachhaltigkeitsprodukt des Jahres (c) Livinguard
Pro Mask Livinguard
08.09.2021

Livinguards Pro Maske ausgezeichnet als Nachhaltigkeitsprodukt des Jahres

  • Dieser Preis unterstreicht Livinguards Bestreben, ein nachhaltigeres Leben zu ermöglichen.

Das Schweizer Hygiene-Unternehmen Livinguard, das Schutzmasken mit COVID-19-deaktivierenden Eigenschaften entwickelt hat, gab heute bekannt, dass seine Pro Mask die Auszeichnung als bestes Nachhaltigkeitsprodukt 2021 von der Business Intelligence Group erhalten hat. Mit den prestigeträchtigen Sustainability Awards werden Menschen, Teams und Organisationen ausgezeichnet, die Nachhaltigkeit zu einem festen Bestandteil ihrer Geschäftspraktiken oder ihrer Firmenmission gemacht haben. Zu den bisherigen Preisträgern gehören Hilton Hotels Supply Management, Dow und Belkin.

Livinguard hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, Hygiene neu zu definieren, um Verbraucher und den Planeten zu schützen. Die patentierten und revolutionären Technologien des Unternehmens verleihen Textilien, Papier, Kunststoffen und anderen Materialien die Fähigkeit, Keime kontinuierlich, dauerhaft und sicher zu vernichten. Im Kern geht es bei der permanenten Hygiene darum, mit weniger Aufwand bessere hygienische Bedingungen zu erreichen – heute und für künftige Generationen.

  • Dieser Preis unterstreicht Livinguards Bestreben, ein nachhaltigeres Leben zu ermöglichen.

Das Schweizer Hygiene-Unternehmen Livinguard, das Schutzmasken mit COVID-19-deaktivierenden Eigenschaften entwickelt hat, gab heute bekannt, dass seine Pro Mask die Auszeichnung als bestes Nachhaltigkeitsprodukt 2021 von der Business Intelligence Group erhalten hat. Mit den prestigeträchtigen Sustainability Awards werden Menschen, Teams und Organisationen ausgezeichnet, die Nachhaltigkeit zu einem festen Bestandteil ihrer Geschäftspraktiken oder ihrer Firmenmission gemacht haben. Zu den bisherigen Preisträgern gehören Hilton Hotels Supply Management, Dow und Belkin.

Livinguard hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, Hygiene neu zu definieren, um Verbraucher und den Planeten zu schützen. Die patentierten und revolutionären Technologien des Unternehmens verleihen Textilien, Papier, Kunststoffen und anderen Materialien die Fähigkeit, Keime kontinuierlich, dauerhaft und sicher zu vernichten. Im Kern geht es bei der permanenten Hygiene darum, mit weniger Aufwand bessere hygienische Bedingungen zu erreichen – heute und für künftige Generationen.

Die wiederverwendbare Pro Mask von Livinguard ist als medizinische Maske Typ I zertifiziert, zerstört Viren und Bakterien und verhindert deren Ausbreitung – einschließlich SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). Die Technologie von Livinguard wurde umfänglich getestet und ist sicher für Haut und Atemwege. Livinguard-Produkte sind mindestens 30-Mal waschbar. Bei täglichem Gebrauch und wöchentlichem Waschen kann die Maske bis zu 210-Mal verwendet werden, was den Bedarf an 210 herkömmlichen Masken ersetzen kann. Bislang hat Livinguard mehr als 20 Millionen Masken verkauft, die umgerechnet mehr als 4,2 Milliarden Einwegmasken und somit enorme Mengen an nicht-recyclebarem Abfall vermeiden können.

In einer Zeit, in der die Umweltkosten von medizinischen Einwegmasken in Frage gestellt werden, ist dies ein Beweis dafür, dass Schweizer Technologie Hygiene und Nachhaltigkeit miteinander verbinden kann.

14.06.2018

Help with Clean Linen from Hygienically Clean Laundries Welcomed at APIC

Attendees of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) expo confirmed Thursday the value of effective guidelines for properly handling clean linen, substantiating Hygienically Clean Healthcare certified operators’ efforts to help them ensure linen remains safe and clean when it reaches patients.

Visitors to the Hygienically Clean exhibit at APIC’s Annual Conference were supported in this respect by receiving Handling Clean Linen in a Healthcare Environment, a guide produced by these certified linen, uniform and facility services operators. APIC attendees shared anecdotes of mishandling clean linen in their workplaces including:

Attendees of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) expo confirmed Thursday the value of effective guidelines for properly handling clean linen, substantiating Hygienically Clean Healthcare certified operators’ efforts to help them ensure linen remains safe and clean when it reaches patients.

Visitors to the Hygienically Clean exhibit at APIC’s Annual Conference were supported in this respect by receiving Handling Clean Linen in a Healthcare Environment, a guide produced by these certified linen, uniform and facility services operators. APIC attendees shared anecdotes of mishandling clean linen in their workplaces including:

  • Employees holding and carrying stacks of bed linen and towels touching their chests
  • Commingling clean and soiled linen
  • Storing linen in closets in guest rooms instead of a secure linen room

Certified operators’ certification fees provided funding for creating and distributing the guide (and other resources for healthcare facilities), manifesting the Hygienically Clean program’s philosophy of addressing healthcare providers’ operational needs outside the scope of outsourced laundries’ traditional functions.

Angela Freeman, Hygienically Clean program manager, explained the importance of such laundries partnering with healthcare providers to create and implement plans to ensure clean textiles are delivered to patients. “When healthcare textiles (HCTs) reach a facility’s doors, an outsourced laundry’s role in maintaining their hygiene depends greatly on how the service agreement addresses linen distribution. Hygienically Clean’s resources for healthcare providers reflect the willingness of our certified operators to partner with their customers.”

A video version of the clean linen guide is in the works. TRSA, the global association for the linen and uniform services industry and Hygienically Clean administrator, continues to build the industry’s appreciation for partnering with healthcare customers.

In May, TRSA introduced Producing Hygienically Clean Textiles, an e-learning class to help laundry employees understand their roles in the processes, procedures and policies necessary to produce clean linens and uniforms. TRSA’s annual Healthcare Conference has guided industry managers in progressive linen distribution techniques to aid their training of their customers in these.

Hygienically Clean Healthcare TRSA/ Press Department
Hygienically Clean Healthcare
10.04.2017

Crown Health Care Laundry Completes System-Wide Hygienically Clean Certification

Earlier this year, the Pensacola-based operation achieved Hygienically Clean Healthcare certification in its Quitman, Ga. and Columbia, Miss. facilities.
In addition, the Crown Health Care Laundry facilities passed three rounds of outcome-based microbial testing, indicating that their processes are producing Hygienically Clean Healthcare linens and garments and zero presence of harmful bacteria. To maintain their certification, laundry plants must pass quarterly testing including yeast and mold detection to ensure that as laundry conditions change, such as water quality, textile fabric composition and wash chemistry, laundered product quality is consistently maintained.
This process eliminates subjectivity by focusing on outcomes and results that verify textiles cleaned in these facilities meet appropriate hygienically clean standards and BMPs for hospitals, surgery centers, medical offices, nursing homes and other medical facilities.

Earlier this year, the Pensacola-based operation achieved Hygienically Clean Healthcare certification in its Quitman, Ga. and Columbia, Miss. facilities.
In addition, the Crown Health Care Laundry facilities passed three rounds of outcome-based microbial testing, indicating that their processes are producing Hygienically Clean Healthcare linens and garments and zero presence of harmful bacteria. To maintain their certification, laundry plants must pass quarterly testing including yeast and mold detection to ensure that as laundry conditions change, such as water quality, textile fabric composition and wash chemistry, laundered product quality is consistently maintained.
This process eliminates subjectivity by focusing on outcomes and results that verify textiles cleaned in these facilities meet appropriate hygienically clean standards and BMPs for hospitals, surgery centers, medical offices, nursing homes and other medical facilities.


Hygienically Clean Healthcare certification acknowledges laundries’ effectiveness in protecting healthcare operations through testing and inspections that scrutinize quality control procedures in linen and uniform service operations. The Hygienically Clean standard provides for two inspections every three years. OSHA compliance is closely examined, particularly toxic and hazardous substance handling rules governing textiles containing blood and other potentially infectious materials.
Certified laundries use processes, chemicals and BMPs acknowledged by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, American National Standards Institute and others. Introduced in 2012, Hygienically Clean Healthcare brought to North America the international cleanliness standards for healthcare linens and garments used worldwide by the Certification Association for Professional Textile Services and the European Committee for Standardization.
Objective experts in epidemiology, infection control, nursing and other healthcare professions work with TRSA launderers to ensure the certification continues to enforce the highest standards for producing clean healthcare textiles. With 100+ years as the textile services industry's leading business association, TRSA's expertise in laundry BMP development is unmatched.            

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TRSA/ Press Department