Lint Remover Rolls

[anonymous]

Can anyone tell me where I can order lint remover rolls?
Thank You

[Tim Brooks]

Before you purchase lint rollers consider getting ride of your re-usable linen or fire your laundry service. The days of linen use in CS should be long gone by now. The time spent on de-linting can be better spent on pre-packaged towels and disposable wrap.

Improperly laundered linen will cause adverse damage to instruments and sterilizers during steam sterilization. Poorly laundered linen will cause spotting and staining due to residual chemicals left in the linen directly related to poor washing and rinsing. There are no enforceable linen standards or quality tests to determine safe levels of lint nor is there anyone monitoring hospital supplied linen. Pre-Sterilized disposable linen will at least not affect you steam sterilizers or instruments.

There are no evidence based studies that would support the use of lint rollers to be totally effective in removing supposed harmful levels of lint; nor is there ever been a safe lint-level determined. In some cases the lint rollers cause additional damage to the linen resulting in micro fabric tearing reducing the life cycle of the linen and further linting during use.

[Harvey Johnson]

Check with your distributor.
One manufacturer of the lint pick up refills is Helmac Products Corporation, located in Flint, MI.

[barry govenor]

I would also strongly assert that the days of de-linting should be over. The most common way for a pathogen to get around in an institution that still has staff creating clouds of lint as they attempt to remove it, is linen particulates.


barry Govenor Pittsburgh

[Harvey Johnson]

With all due respect.......
This thread was started asking for information about ordering a product.
We should respond the author's request without admiring the view from our high horses.:rolleyes:
If you want to debate the merits of anonymous' request, please start another thread.
Now that it is "on the table" so to speak, I also feel strongly that the days of lint itself should be over.
One stray piece of lint (cloth or paper) has the potential to ceate havoc with any procedure.
Sadly the reality is as long as we have reprocessable linens we will have the possibility of lint.
Best we can do is require the purchase of lint free surgical towels and constantly monitor their separate processing from other linens.
Torn between going green with reuseables or filling landfills with disposables is a tough spot for all.

[barry govenor]

Harvey,

I agree with your assessment. For the most part , we should stay focused on the issue at hand.

I do believe, however, that we learn a lot from the side issues that arise from a single question.

Anonymous,

I would place a call to the local dry cleaners. Surely they deal with as much or more lint than we do.

[pitbull]

We used to order ours from the same people that make scotch tape and they would always send us a free handle with every purchase.......years ago:)