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c. Nursing Service, as well as other department personnel that may be required to perform patient services, shall follow all isolation pro- cedures as established by these procedures, as well as any special instructions that may be issued. 6. LAUNDRY AND LINEN SERVICES: a. Nursing Service shall notify the Laundry Department Supervisor, or the person in charge during the supervisor's absence, of the isola- tion, and that appropriate isolation procedures will need to be im- plemented. b. Two red barrels with lids lined with red plastic bags shall be placed in the isolation room by the Maintenance Department. One barrel is marked "Soiled Linen" and the other "Infectious Waste". Soiled linen shall be handled as little and as gently as possible to prevent the spread of infectious disease. c. When the plastic laundry bag is almost full, seal the top of the bag, and place it into a clean plastic bag marked "ISOLATION" outside the isolation room. The bag shall be picked up by the laundry depart- ment. d. The person taking the linen bag to the laundry department should bold the bag AWAY from themselves, and SHALL NOT drag or push the bag along the floor. e. All ISOLATION laundry and linen shall be washed SEPARATELY and re- turned to the ISOLATION ROOM for re -use in that room ONLY, until such time the isolation has been lifted, and then ONLY after it has been thoroughly sanitized. f. All personal clothing shall be laundered by the facility. The patient's family SHALL NOT be allowed to take ANY articles from the room, and shall be so instructed by the Charge Nurse. 7. RESTRICTION OF VISITATION: a. All visitors must be instructed on isolation procedures PRIOR to entering the patient's room. b. Visitors shall be instructed on the use of gowns, gloves, mask, etc. as well as the necessity of the isolation. This is the responsibi- lity of the Charge Nurse. c. Any visitor who willfully violates our infection control procedures shall be restricted from visiting the patient until the patient has been removed from isolation, and such restriction shall be noted on the patient's chart and reported to the Director of Nurses and the Administrator. d. Visitors shall not be permitted to bring unnecessary articles into the isolation room, and shall not take any articles from the room when leaving. e. Personal articles of visitors, such as coats, hats, purses, etc., shall be left at the nursing station. f. Visitors shall be instructed why and how to avoid contact with con- taminated articles within the room. g. Visitors shall be instructed to remove the gown INSIDE THE ROOM and that bands must be washed thoroughly PRIOR to leaving the isolation room.