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If an organisation
has no historic data on which to plan, then an acceptable norm must be used to estimate
the dry weight of articles to be laundered.
In Appendix A, a number
of different local and overseas guides or norms are quoted with relevant comments.
Collectively these guides cover a range of facilities. While they are a useful point
of departure for establishing a norm for the particular type of laundry being planned,
they vary considerably. As a guide, Table 1 lists a suggested range of weight of
articles generated weekly per bed for various health care institutions. The norm
used should be checked out with other similar organisations before being used.
Table 1: Suggested range &
average weights of articles generated weekly per bed for laundering
for various health care institutions.
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Type of institution
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Range of norms
Kg/bed/week
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Average kg/bed/week
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Chronic, psychiatric and other long
stay homes
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10-18
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14
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Frail care and old-age homes
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16-28
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22
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Community hospitals
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20-32
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26
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Regional hospitals (acute - medium
care)
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25-37
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31
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Academic hospitals (acute - high
care
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30-42
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36
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Reference should
be made to Appendix A for guidance for other institutions such as hotels, etc.
This information courtesy of Division
of Building Technology, CSIR.
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