Cintas Offers New Resource for Processing and Handling Cleaning Materials in Healthcare at ASHES 2010

Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS) today announced the availability of a new white paper that offers Environmental Service Directors (EVS) tips to improve the handling of cleaning materials to reduce hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). Available at booth #422 during the ASHES 2010 Annual Conference and Healthcare Marketplace, the white paper is designed to help healthcare facilities reduce costs and limit any potentially negative implications associated with HAIs.

“On January 1, 2010, Medicare began denying reimbursement for hospital-acquired infections which currently occurs at a rate of 5 to 10 percent in many hospitals,” said Jan Eudy, Corporate Quality Assurance Manager, Cintas Corporation. “While the environmental service department plays an instrumental role in preventing the spread of infection with its cleaning programs, it is equally important to make sure that cleaning tools are properly laundered and/or disposed of to maximize cleaning performance.”

Key insights offered in Cintas’ new white paper include:

Cleaning programs should focus on floors, door handles and other high-touch surfaces in a healthcare facility
Infection-control programs should identify typical sources of infectious microorganisms, such as patient to patient contact, employee to patient contact, transmission by visitors and family of patients and deliveries to patient rooms
An effective infection prevention program requires buy-in from all constituents, including infection control, EVS, nursing staff, patients and visitors
EVS staff must receive proper education and ongoing training in order to ensure the effectiveness of the cleaning program
Using a microfiber program limits chemical use and can eliminate over 99 percent of microorganisms on hard surfaces, if used properly
Hospitals that use a serviced microfiber program help reduce the workload on in-house laundries while meeting CDC guidelines for healthcare laundries

“Penalties associated with HAIs are becoming increasingly tough, so EVS directors need to make sure that they are using the best tools and programs to clean hard surfaces,” said Brent Schafer, Vice President of Healthcare at Cintas. “It is equally important they perform due diligence to ensure those tools are also properly cleaned and maintained.”

For more information on Cintas’ services for healthcare, go to www.cintashealthcare.com. For a downloadable version of the white paper, go to www.cintashealthcare.com/news.

About Cintas Corporation:

Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Cintas Corporation provides highly specialized services to businesses of all types. Cintas designs, manufactures and implements corporate identity uniform programs, and provides entrance mats, restroom supplies, promotional products, first aid and safety products, fire protection services and document management services to approximately 800,000 businesses. Cintas is a publicly held company traded over the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol CTAS, and is a Nasdaq-100 company and component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.

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