Medical, healthcare, hospitality and pharmaceutical sectors are increasingly asking laundry providers to have certification for the standard, as it sets out several process control requirements that a laundry must implement and monitor in its daily operations, such as:
- Identifying and recording potential biocontamination hazards
- Assessing risks and potential impacts
- Setting up a team responsible for the system and controls
- Implementing and operating the system
- Putting in place monitoring systems
- Recording results and non-conformance with systems
- Reviewing the effectiveness of the system completing internal audits
How EN 14065 can benefit your laundry service?
- Helps to win new customers by demonstrating compliance and quality
- Reduces the likelihood of contamination and litigation claims
- Improves customer service and processing of textiles
- Integration of EN 14065 with other ISO and BS standards such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001
- Internal processes are regularly monitored, leading to improvements
- Reduces energy consumption through tolerances and control saving money