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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear Nava,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This issue is indeed extremely important to minimize the contamination of cleanroom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Long time ago, when searching for solutions, I realized there are PROs and CONs when using a service provider and this of course if this is available reasonably close to your area.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I visited one of the sites of one of the biggest laundry service providers in Europe which, apart from dry cleaning and laundering, would also own and rent uniforms for different areas of activity from hotel
staff to pilots.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Even the service for cleanroom garments was provided at some other location some 1000 km away, they walk me thorough all their process onsite from producing the soft water for laundering to barcode tracking of
every single piece of their inventory and microscopically checking the actual status of the fabric. From here, one of the requirements or advice for in-house cleaning the cleanroom garments: use water with low content of minerals. Otherwise the salts will
deposit in between the fabric fibers making the fabric crispier and leading to particulate and more rapidly damaging the fabric. The same effect, at a lower extent though, is observed when drying after laundering.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Some requirements:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:#1F497D">Perform all process in clean environment equal or better than cleanroom cleanliness class (ISO 5 or above)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:#1F497D">Use of filtered and soft water<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:#1F497D">Use of appropriate detergent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:#1F497D">Avoid drying<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">PROs for using a laundering service, if available:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:#1F497D">Peace of mind. You don’t need your staff to handle this<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:#1F497D">Professional procedures (if?)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">CONs:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:#1F497D">Service much more expensive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:#1F497D">Need at least 4 full sets of garments (one in the cleanroom, one at the laundry, two traveling in between the two sites)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:#1F497D">You don’t have full control over the process (environment cleanliness, chemicals used, handling, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:#1F497D">More packaging needed, so, not environment friendly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Depending on the number of cleanroom garments and the resources (people, time, money) you are willing to allocate to this, I would go for in-house laundering in a small dedicated area in the chase, without drying
cycle, just left hanging over the weekend to dry. I have applied this in the past in another cleanroom and after one year and half we did not notice any microscopic deterioration of the polyester fabric for the coveralls washed weekly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Rotis SansSerif Std",sans-serif;color:black">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Rotis SansSerif Std",sans-serif;color:black">Gheorghe IORDACHE, PhD Physics</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Rotis SansSerif Std",sans-serif">,
MBA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Rotis SansSerif Std",sans-serif">Director, Nanofabrication Core Lab
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Rotis SansSerif Std",sans-serif">========<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Rotis SansSerif Std",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">What you do for yourself vanishes once you're gone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nava Ariel-Sternberg<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 24 February 2021 16:21<br>
<b>To:</b> labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [labnetwork] clean room garments laundry vendors<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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?
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You can respond directly to me if you don’t feel comfortable sharing your feedback with everyone.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nava<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nava Ariel-Sternberg, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director of CNI Shared Labs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Columbia University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CEPSR/MC 8903 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">530 west 120<sup>th</sup> st. NY<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NY 10027<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office: 212-8549927<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cell: 201-5627600<o:p></o:p></p>
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