title: [Specialty specific reference values in linen use in public health and social service as a basis for determining laundry capacities].
abstract: The use of linen in health and social care should primarily be seen from a hygienic angle. Disproportions between the use of linen in the various fields of health care and the available laundry capacities have a negative hygienic and economic effect. Laundry capacities should, therefore, be calculated on the basis of specialty-specific guidevalues. The authors propose indicators suitable to this aim and present the results of a comprehensive analysis for the inpatient departments of internal medicine, surgery, urology, ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Sozialhygiene und Organisation des Gesundheitswesens Maxim Zetkin, Berlin.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rietdorf
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Häse
mesh_terms: D001512:Bedding and Linens / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005859:Germany, East; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007847:Laundry Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008511:Medicine; D013038:Specialization
vernacular_title: Fachspezifische Orientierungswerte zum Wäscheeinsatz im Gesundheits- und Sozialwesen als Grundlage für die Bemessung von Wäschereikapazitäten.