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Wagen wins laundry trolley contract for The Whiddon Group Wagen is excited to have worked with Creek Solutions to provide an efficient and safe laundry environment for The Whiddon Group in South West Sydney. Creek Solutions Pty Ltd was engaged to assess the workflow and procedures in respect to processing the linen for 5 residential aged care homes on one campus ensuring that there was scope for future expansion while maintaining best in class safe work practices. Creek Solutions review identified several key areas where scalability could be achieved and manual handling risks reduced, the key ones being:
The site management team recognised this and saw the need to invest in processes and equipment to reduce the WHS risks facing staff as well as improve the working environment for staff. The Whiddon Group were keen to introduce best practice processes and equipment to better utilise the staff to ensure work flows were improved and washing machines were being used efficiently to save electricity costs. To assist with this process it was necessary to study the imprest levels to eliminate double handling in the laundry and the reduction of reactive supply. Working proactively to ensure a full supply was available for staff in the care areas was the desired outcome. The original service resulted in heavy demand, extra work and double handling. To achieve this the requirement for more delivery trolleys was identified to ensure safe handling of linen was managed in the transporting process. Wagen Material Handling was invited to visit the homes and laundry facility to design and build trolleys to meet the requirements of the site particularly a suitable trolley that would attach to a tug electric vehicle for towing. Wagen Material Handling also provided a range of Wagen Linen Tubs with binserts for clean and soiled linen to ensure all work is maintained and managed at waist height. The use of these tubs ensures there is no need for linen to be held or handled on the floor. Wagen Material Handling have manufactured many trolleys and other operational equipment for safe work practices in residential aged care facilities. The final outcome, other than the safety aspects, has been the morale of the staff which has been highly boosted and evidenced with more smiles, where some of the staff were previously negative they are now maintaining a positive attitude. A trust level has been maintained between laundry and nursing staff to ensure there is a constant supply of linen and all requirements are met. Within the new system it will be possible that 160 new beds will be managed in the laundry without any major effort to the laundry function. Some new washing machines will be looked into. Creek Solutions Pty Ltd and Wagen Material Handling will continue working with The Whiddon Group throughout 2015 on phase 2 of this project which includes addressing other safety issues that have been identified including the manufacturing of the special personal clothing trolleys that are light weight with improved mobility. If you would like to know more about Wagen's Solutions for your Manual Handling requirements and workflow needs, please call Paul Hambridge on 0417 122 079. Paul Creek of Creek Solutions can be contacted on 0425 356 134. |
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