Environmental Programs - Textile Care
Policy - M-1, Part VII, Chapters:
6: Textile Care Facility Operations
7: Textile Services
8: Employee Uniforms
9: Clothing, Incidentals, and Services for Patients
EPS develops specifications and criteria for textile processing equipment.
Manages the national textile inventory program.
Provides consultant services to field.
Reviews textile performance requirements for field, i.e. contracting, selling, sharing, and inter-
service support agreements.
Coordinates training for VA Textile Plant Managers with American Laundry and Linen College,
Eastern Kentucky University.
Develops policy for security, maintenance and release of patient's clothing, valuables, and effects.
Coordinates criteria and policy for the dispersal of goods to indigent patients.
Establishes policy for uniform requirements for VHA employees and the authority for uniform
allowances in accordance with statute and survey results.
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