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Washability helps hospitals fight infections According to the World Health Organization (WHO), seven out of every 100 patients in developed countries are each year affected by infections acquired while hospitalised. In developing countries, it is at least one in ten. Imagine the human and economic benefits of bringing these numbers down. At LINAK, we take this hygiene challenge extremely seriously. That is why so many of our products used in adjustable hospital applications are washable – some even machine washable. Today the standard IEC60601 requires healthcare applications specified as washable, to be machine washable by an automatic washing system. Products shall function normally after the test. During 2017, we turned up the number of wash test cycles. We did this to increase the product life of adjustable healthcare applications. We call the standard of this regime; LINAK IPX6 Washable DURA™. From now on our product range for washable hospital and care equipment, will meet the requirements for this strong label. We believe washable healthcare applications will help minimise the number of patients acquiring infections at the hospital. That is why we push this agenda onwards. Do you want to join? However, to LINAK, this is far from good enough. We want our products to perform impeccably – also after years of frequent cleaning in modern washing systems. That is why we test significantly more than the norm (in 2017) prescribes. Demand applications that meet international standards LINAK engineers continuously study our extensive test results, examine materials, develop stronger components, and seek to optimise the function and design in a world of extensive repetitive washing with strong detergents. LINAK.COM/WASHABILITY 2018.06 . MA M9-02-722-A