KING OF PRUSSIA, PA — ImageFIRST has pulled off a rare industry feat, securing Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council approval for all 30 of its healthcare plants and 34 affiliated branches, making it the first time the company’s entire national healthcare network has cleared the industry’s highest third-party benchmark.
HLAC accreditation is not a symbolic seal. It certifies that a facility meets rigorous standards for infection prevention, cleanliness, and quality control, requirements that directly affect patient safety in hospitals, surgery centers and other clinical environments. By earning accreditation across every healthcare location, ImageFIRST has removed the weakest-link problem that often plagues multi-site service providers.
The milestone reflects a years-long push to standardize how linen is handled, washed and delivered across the company’s footprint. In healthcare, contaminated or improperly processed linens can become vectors for infection, so consistency is not optional. HLAC standards verify that facilities have the processes, equipment, training and oversight in place to keep pathogens out of patient care areas.
ImageFIRST, a leading provider of healthcare linen services, said the achievement confirms that its operations are built around protecting patients and staff, not just moving laundry. Each of its healthcare-focused locations now follows the same HLAC-certified procedures, ensuring that a hospital in one region receives the same level of hygienically clean product as a hospital in another.
Caleb Paige, ImageFIRST’s director of safety, said the accreditation was the result of culture as much as compliance. He said employees are trained to understand why details matter in healthcare laundry, from soil separation to wash chemistry to final inspection, and to take ownership of those standards in daily work.
With this sweep, ImageFIRST now operates more HLAC-accredited plants and branches than any other provider in the country. Its healthcare wash processes also align with or exceed benchmarks set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and The Joint Commission, adding multiple layers of oversight to its operations.
For hospitals and clinics facing relentless pressure to reduce infections, manage costs and satisfy regulators, the company’s across-the-board accreditation offers something increasingly rare in outsourced services: uniform, verified quality at national scale. In a sector where one failure can undermine trust, ImageFIRST is signaling that clean, compliant and consistent is now its baseline.
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