soiled linen

collocation in English

meaningsofsoiledandlinen

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soiled
adjective
uk
/sɔɪld/us
/sɔɪld/
dirty:
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linen
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlɪn.ɪn/us
/ˈlɪn.ɪn/
strong cloth made from the fibres of the ...
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(Definition ofsoiledandlinenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In 1963 hospital authorities were advised that the counting ofsoiledlinenin hospital wards should cease.
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Toilets were stinking, plastic liners, filled to bursting, were piled near the chutes andsoiledlinenwas piled up in odd quarters.
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Infectious disease hospitals normally have their own laundries; failing thissoiledlinenis disinfected before being sent out.
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Every week representatives of that borough go round collectingsoiledlinenfrom elderly women who canot easily wash it themselves.
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Among his duties was the sorting out ofsoiledlinenfor the laundry.
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Here—and it is a situation which is repeated all over the country—soiledlinenis piling up in corridors and there is a very real risk of infection.
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On a number of occasions she was warned only after the event that she had been handling thesoiledlinenof a patient who had scabies.
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Articles in these categories should be segregated in impermeable bags from ordinarysoiledlinenand subjected to preliminary sluicing and disinfection as appropriate before being laundered.
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Soiledlinencan be continuously fed into one end of the tunnel while clean linen emerges from the other.
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Separate carts are designated for clean andsoiledlinen.
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These items should be worn when handlingsoiledlinen.
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If it is designated forsoiledlinen, it should be emptied at the laundry facility, then sent back to the collection point for another load.
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Members of the institution's housekeeping staff will place thesoiledlinenat a collection point, usually by dropping it down a laundry chute.
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For this reason, employees who retrievesoiledlinenare required to use personal protective gear and standard safety precautions.
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Soiledlinencan be contaminated with bloodborne and airborne pathogens.
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This inhibits mechanical agitation while preventing water and chemicals from reachingsoiledlinen.
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Any clean linen that comes into contact withsoiledlinenor with carts used to transportsoiledlinenis considered soiled and must be re-washed.
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