UK Care Home Laundry Management Practices Survey Data

A 2026 study by Sapphire Crosby gathered data from 1,062 online survey responses, interviews, and focus groups with UK care home managers, staff, and industry experts. It assesses laundry management practices, awareness of infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance, and barriers to adopting standardized protocols in care home settings. The dataset is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing awareness and implementation gaps of national IPC guidance (HTM-01-04) based on survey responses.
• Identifying barriers to effective laundry management based on reported challenges like spatial constraints, costs, and equipment maintenance.
• Assessing preferences for laundry service models based on the reported preference for outsourcing to commercial laundries.
• Evaluating training program availability based on the reported lack of formal laundry management training in over 50% of care homes.

Strengths

• Includes a substantial sample of 1,062 survey responses.
• Employs a mixed-methods approach combining quantitative survey data with qualitative interviews and focus groups.
• Provides specific, quantified findings, such as 'only 46% of care home staff reported having clear IPC procedures for linen management'.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope or highly summarized data.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Mixed-methods approach using online surveys, follow-up interviews, and focus groups.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 17:48:22; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom