ALM Podcast

The complaint heard around the world in every laundry lately has been the lack of available workers. Every laundry but one.The laundry at Carilion Clinic may have found the secret ingredient to not only retaining the employees they have but recruiting so well that they have sent potential workers to competitors! Hear from Thomas Mantey, RLLD, CLLM, Laundry Operations Manager, and Don McMullen, HR Consultant, Clinical Staff Teaching, about the Carilion Clinic efforts with the immigrant community in

LYNNE SEHULSTER, PhD, M(ASCP) speaks with ALM Executive Director Linda Fairbanks to clear up some concerns and misconceptions about COVID-19 in laundry facilities. Please visit ALM's COVID-19 page for continually updated information for the textile care industry. Lynne Sehulster has been with the CDC for almost 20 years, working as a Health Scientist in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) within the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID). Prior to her

Hospitals and laundries both benefit by working closely to ensure compliance with The Joint Commission, avoiding costly penalties and additional staff time to correct inconsistencies. In this episode, we talk with Nicole Grubich, RLLD, CLLM, executive director of West Michigan Shared Hospital Laundry, and John Wilson, CLLM, director of customer service and sales for United Hospital Services, about how to best work with your hospital customers to ensure they are in Joint Commission compliance. Show

If you don’t keep track of where you’ve been, where you are, and how you stack up, how will you get to where you want to be? Participation in sound benchmarking initiatives provides a roadmap to operational success. Learn how solid, compatible data can lead to improved efficiencies and superior quality. In this episode, Kevin Martlage, senior consultant with .orgSource, talks about benchmarking in the laundry industry. Kevin’s commitment to enhancing teamwork and performance through intentionally

In this episode, we talk to Liz Remillong, vice president of Crothall Laundry, as well as Anglea Skinner and Suzy Ward, both strategic account managers with Crothall, about how they use National Laundry & Linen Week to educate on linen utilization practices, as well as why Laundry & Linen Week matters to everyone across every part of the textile care industry. Show Notes: Visit ALM's National Laundry & Linen Week page: www.ALMnet.org/LaundryLinenWeek Read ALM's blog post covering the history and

In this episode, we speak to Deana Griffin, owner & president of The Griffin Group, Inc. (http://www.thegriffingroup.cc/), which specializes in recruiting for the rental uniform and textile industry, about what companies can do to attract employees who may not initially consider the textile industry for employment. Then, we speak to Johnny Williams, plant manager with Metropolitan Detroit Area Hospital Services, who worked in the auto industry for 22 years before making a successful transition to

Dr. Lynne Sehulster retired from a 20-year career with the CDC in Atlanta. She was instrumental in helping the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC) create their 2011-2012 standards and has been helping the laundry community by answering questions concerning microbiology and epidemiology. Dr. Sehulster is a regular contributor to ALM publications and will be speaking at ALM's Clean Show education session, Preventing Microbial Growth and Infection in Laundry Facilities. Show notes: The

Barry Spurlock, partner at Crump Spurlock Attorneys of Law and safety instructor at EKU, talks about the differences between the OSHA reporting tools 300 log, 300A, and the 301 form. Learn how to avoid fines by ensuring your reporting and recordkeeping is fulfilling all OSHA requirements. You can't afford NOT to listen to this podcast! Show notes: OSHA Final Rule Issued to Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses ALM Reminders Current ALM members save on registration to The 2019 Clean