[labnetwork] clean room garments laundry vendors

Sat Jun 25 07:40:13 EDT 2022

In all honesty, and full disclosure, at Universityof Michigan/LNF, we too
use an outside vendor (Cintas) for all of our laundry services.  They pick
up and deliver on a weekly basis somewhere in the neighborhood of 350-450
pieces of clothing every week, launder it, sort it, individually bag it,
and return it to us for about $1K/week,.  As long as we are diligent in
overseeing what they pick up/return, it's worked out quite well.  It has
not been without a learning curve though.  They have also modified all of
our suits and smocks with snaps on the back so that we can add name
tags for the people working in our spaces after hours, and for those that
want to wear them during the day.  Surprisingly, that name tag
implementation was not without some pushback from former staff, and users,
as well.....

My interest in the on-site washing is that some of our garments are heavily
soiled, particularly the smocks we use in the service aisle, and we wanted
to prewash them before we send them in for final clean and packaging.  I
would expect our washing machine to be used maybe once a month.  It could
end up being more often than that as once it's hooked up we may find other
uses for it as well.

Thanks,

Dennis Schweiger
University of Michigan/LNF

734.647.2055 Ofc

On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 5:32 PM Football <yaofootball at gmail.com> wrote:

> A great topic!
> At Argonne, we use a company called UniClean (info below). We have
> worked with them for a couple of years and it has been a satisfying service
> with reasonable pricing. We put dirty garments/hoods/boots in bins and ship
> them to their address. The garments/hoods/boots are individually packed
> when they are cleaned and sent back. We don't do pick-up service, so
> handling and shipping is time consuming and costly. The garment turn around
> time is usually 3 weeks, sometimes 4 weeks. We currently work with their MN
> location. But they have multiple locations across the U.S.
>
> UniClean Cleanroom Services
> 2435 West Industrial Blvd Long Lake, MN 55356
> 952-345-0400
> www.uniclean.com
>
> *Fubo Rao, Ph.D.,*
>
> *Nanofabrication Cleanroom Manager,*
>
> *Center for Nanoscale Materials,*
>
> *Argonne National Laboratory*
>
> *9700 S. Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439*
>
> *Phone: 630-252-5708*
>
> *Email: frao at anl.gov <http://frao@anl.gov>*
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 4:47 PM Aebersold,Julia W. <
> julia.aebersold at louisville.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dennis.  We feed our washer DI water and the washer heats up the water
>> to the temp it needs for the cycle we choose, which is a medium heat. After
>> washing we let them dry in the chase of our cleanroom, which doesn’t take
>> very long then put them back onto the gowning rack.  The washer does not
>> get used for anything else.
>>
>>
>>
>> As for soap, we use a gentle liquid Tide and we never use a powder
>> detergent.
>>
>>
>>
>> https://tide.com/en-us/shop/type/liquid/tide-free-and-gentle-liquid
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>>
>>
>> Julia Aebersold, Ph.D.
>>
>> Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center
>>
>> University of Louisville
>>
>> Shumaker Research Building, Room 233
>>
>> 2210 South Brook Street
>>
>> Louisville, KY  40292
>>
>> (502) 852-1572
>>
>>
>>
>> http://louisville.edu/micronano/
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Dennis Schweiger <schweig at umich.edu>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 23, 2022 10:49 AM
>> *To:* Aebersold,Julia W. <julia.aebersold at louisville.edu>
>> *Cc:* Nava Ariel-Sternberg <na2661 at columbia.edu>; labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu
>> *Subject:* Re: [labnetwork] clean room garments laundry vendors
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Julia,
>>
>>
>>
>> good morning.  I want to revisit this topic with you, if you are still
>> laundering your own garments.
>>
>>
>>
>> Are you using hot DI, and if so, how are you heating it up, and what are
>> you using for a "soap"?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Dennis Schweiger
>>
>> University of Michigan/LNF
>>
>>
>>
>> 734.647.2055 Ofc
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 3:43 PM Aebersold,Julia W. <
>> julia.aebersold at louisville.edu> wrote:
>>
>> We wash our own in our washing machine with DI.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>>
>>
>> Julia Aebersold, Ph.D.
>>
>> Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center
>>
>> University of Louisville
>>
>> 2210 South Brook Street
>>
>> Shumaker Research Building, Room 233
>>
>> Louisville, KY  40292
>>
>> (502) 852-1572
>>
>> http://louisville.edu/micronano/
>>
>>
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>> on behalf of Nava Ariel-Sternberg <na2661 at columbia.edu>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 24, 2021 8:20 AM
>> *To:* labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu <labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu>
>> *Subject:* [labnetwork] clean room garments laundry vendors
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I know this topic was discussed in the past but I feel like the options
>> in this area are very limited and the vendors are taking advantage of that.
>>
>> What is your solution for clean room garments laundry? Are you renting
>> and sending them out to laundry? If so, could you please let me know which
>> vendor you’re using?
>>
>> You can respond directly to me if you don’t feel comfortable sharing your
>> feedback with everyone.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Nava
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Nava Ariel-Sternberg, Ph.D.
>>
>> Director of CNI Shared Labs
>>
>> Columbia University
>>
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