Laundry staff (CTC)

Reports to: Logistics, water and sanitation supervisor

Collection and reception of dirty laundry

• Collects and transports staff laundry (uniforms) from the changing room every day (morning and afternoon) to the laundry area.
• Takes delivery of dirty laundry (hospital linen as well as patients’ and attendants’ laundry) collected and transported to the laundry area by the auxiliary nurses, at a set time of day.

Laundry washing

• Washes the different types of laundry separately.
• Immerses dirty laundry in soapy water and scrubs it.
• Rinses laundry with clean water.
• Immerses clean laundry in 0.05% chlorine solution for 15 minutes.
• Rinses laundry with clean water.
• Hangs out clean laundry to dry.
• Empties dirty water into the waste water circuit.

Distribution of clean laundry

• Folds clean laundry when it is completely dry.
• Takes staff uniforms to the clean zone every day (changing rooms).
• Takes hospital linen to the clean zone every day (stock).
• Returns clean laundry to patients and attendants a Citation a. Depending on the organisation, this may be done by auxiliary nurses at a set time of day. .

Other tasks

• Washes containers that have been used to transport soiled laundry.
• Monitors consumption (soap, PPE, etc.) and submits orders to the water and sanitation assistant.
• Informs the water and sanitation assistant in the event of a problem (e.g. accidental exposure, PPE problem).
• Participates in certain team meetings.
• Attends certain in-service training courses.