Healthcare Hygiene magazine October 2019 | Page 7

INTRODUCING THE ‘HUBBLE TELESCOPE OF
MICROORGANISM IDENTIFICATION’
The HLAC Laundry Process Monitoring ToolKit™ (PMTK)
Imagine having the Hubble Telescope orbiting the inside of your laundry,
hunting down microorganisms everywhere.
Are we serious? Of course not.
Do we have your attention? We hope so!
We like to say that our new Healthcare Laundry Accreditation
Council (HLAC) Laundry Process Monitoring ToolKit
(PMTK) does for microorganism identifi cation what the
Hubble Telescope does for astronomy.
PMTK is vastly different in scale from anything in the
industry. Everything else that is currently available is like
trying to look at the stars through a pair of opera glasses.
WHY PMTK IS DIFFERENT
• It employs a proprietary extraction technique
designed to recover a more accurate representation of
bioburden load on laundry media.
• It safeguards your investments in your processes to
provide your healthcare customers hygienically
clean linens.
WHAT PMTK DOES
• Developed by HLAC, PMTK validates the effectiveness
of your laundry’s processes.
• It measures the number of microorganisms found
on hard surfaces, in the air, on linen, in the water
and on employee hands.
• It provides actionable data on the performance of
your processes.
• It informs you if your standards are on target.
IT’S A FULLY EQUIPPED
SAMPLING KIT
Upon ordering, the HLAC
Laundry Process Monitoring
ToolKit is delivered to the
laundry in the form of a
sampling kit. It contains
detailed instructions and all
of the supplies and materials
necessary to collect samples.
The Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council
www.PMTKnet.org 855-277-HLAC (4522) www.HLACnet.org
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