Status of washing and disinfection management of medical textiles in China
10.12138/j.issn.1671-9638.20256500
- VernacularTitle:我国医用织物洗涤消毒管理现状
- Author:
Huiqiong XU
1
;
Yun YANG
;
Renyi ZHU
;
Lijuan XIONG
;
Hao HUANG
;
Xiaomin CHEN
;
Jiansheng LIANG
Author Information
1. 武汉市疾病预防控制中心消毒与病媒生物防制所,湖北武汉 430022
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
medical textiles;
washing;
cleaning;
disinfection;
management
- From:
Chinese Journal of Infection Control
2025;24(3):308-315
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To understand the implementation of WS/T 508-2016 and the status of washing and disin-fection of medical textiles in China,and provide basis for the revision of the standard.Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted on the management of medical institutions and washing and disinfection workplace,building layout,personnel protection,equipment and supplies,washing and disinfection principles,and hygiene quality mo-nitoring of medical textiles in 323 medical institutions and 31 washing institutions in China.Meanwhile,microbio-logical index sampling was conducted on 234 pieces of medical textiles in 9 medical institutions and 8 washing insti-tutions in Hubei,Shanxi,Shanghai,and Sichuan Provinces before and after washing and disinfection.Results The awareness rates of WS/T 508-2016 among medical institutions and washing institutions were 96.90％and 96.77％,respectively,and the implementation rates were 94.12％and 96.77％,respectively.47.99％medical in-stitutions use purchasing services for washing and disinfecting medical textiles,and the higher the level of the medi-cal institution was,the higher the proportion of purchasing services was(x2=15.312,P＜0.001).85.16％medi-cal institutions have conducted risk assessments on service providers,and 52.99％were responsible for or participa-ted in pre-job training by the medical institution.Washing institutions were higher than medical institutions in terms of system soundness rate,pre-job training rate,proportion of quality management leaders and full-time(part-time)quality inspectors,setting rate of hand-washing facilities in zones,passages,isolation barriers,dressing(buffer)room,and toilets,configuration rate of hygiene isolation washing equipment,tunnel washing unit,washing equip-ment with heating functions,drying equipment and mechanical ventilation facilities,and specialty machine washing rate.Among 234 medical textiles specimens,11.97％were detected fungi,and the total fungal colonies in 5 clean textiles exceeded 100 CFU/100 cm2.Conclusion WS/T 508-2016 can further standardize the washing and disin-fection of medical textiles in China through strengthening institutional management,improving the supervision level of service providers,perfecting hardware facilities and layout,introducing new technologies,and increasing the mo-nitoring on fungi in clean textiles.
