Minneapolis, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/11/2017 -- ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists, which provides medical linen and laundry services to facilities throughout the country, offers a guide for medical facilities on how to alleviate the stress of linen management so they can devote more time to patient care.

The guide, titled "5 Surefire Ways to Achieve Worry-Free Linen Management," discusses several ways in which medical facilities can manage linen easily and clearly in order to always have reliable linen inventory for their patients and staff members. "5 Surefire Ways" outlines the steps that medical facilities can take to help them worry less about linen management so they can always have the inventory and products necessary to take care of all of their patients.

The guide is available for download at http://www.imagefirst.com/5-surefire-ways-to-achieve-100-worry-free-linen-management.

ImageFIRST is dedicated to making linen management as simple as possible for all medical facilities. Through their products and services, including sanitized hospital scrubs in Eden Prairie, MN, and other locations, ImageFIRST aims to provide medical facilities with simple, effective linen inventory management.

As a product and service provider, one of the chief ways in which ImageFIRST simplifies inventory management for customers is through their associates known as Customer Advocates. A Customer Advocate is a dedicated representative who is paired with a medical facility to ensure that all inventory is being managed properly. Each facility's Customer Advocate not only picks up and drops off linen and laundry, but also provides inventory management services, works with customers to develop an appropriate inventory, and serves as a constant point of contact for customers.

More details can be found in the free, downloadable guide.

To learn more about ImageFIRST and their scrubs uniforms in Edina, MN (and throughout the US and Puerto Rico), call 800-932-7472, or visit their website at http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com/.

About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 6,000 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

For more information, visit http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com/.

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Minneapolis, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/25/2017 -- ImageFIRST, the medical linen and laundry provider of sanitized uniforms and scrubs in Bloomington, MN, and adjacent communities, recently explained why their customers receive much more than a medical linen and laundry service when they partner with them.

ImageFIRST provides dedicated Customer Advocates to each of their clients, who deliver the linen as well as fully manage linen inventories. ImageFIRST refers to their Customer Advocates as "much more than delivery drivers," because they consistently go above and beyond expectations to make their clients feel cared for, as exemplified in the three stories highlighted below.

The first comes from the company's Pittsburgh location, where Customer Advocate Tim found out that one of the medical facility employees with whom he closely works suffered a death in the family. During his next delivery to that facility, Tim offered the client his condolences along with a card. The client expressed gratitude for the gesture.

Meanwhile, in Chicago, Customer Advocate Mike saw a young teenage patient who was new to the country, spoke minimal English and was scared for an upcoming MRI. Mike helped provide comfort by giving her an ImageFIRST stuffed animal, which she said helped quite a bit.

In San Antonio, Customer Advocate David heard that a facility he works with was busier than usual. He discerned that they might need extra towels, and took it upon himself to bring more than usual just in case. As it turned out, he was right, and facility was very grateful, as they were anticipating to run out.

To learn more about the health care bed supplies provider in St. Paul, MN, and beyond, please visit ImageFIRSt Minneapolis's website.

About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 6,000 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

For more information about ImageFIRST Minneapolis, the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com.

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Minneapolis, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/28/2016 -- ImageFIRST, the healthcare laundry specialists who provide bed supplies, uniforms, patient gowns and other products and services to St. Paul, MN, medical facilities (as well as facilities across the nation) puts their associates first. In order to fulfill the ImageFIRST Purpose - "to build a great company by positively impacting the lives of [their] associates, [their] community, [their] customers and [their] patients" - ImageFIRST embeds the expression of gratitude for associates in their daily operations.

One example of this expression of gratitude is the "Think Positive" game, played weekly by the ImageFIRST Ft. Myers production staff. Designed by the ImageFIRST Ft. Myers office manager, Wendy, the "Think Positive" game consists of team members writing one positive thing about a chosen associate.

Once the notes are gathered, the chosen associate for the week reads them, and writes a response to their team members, which is then read aloud. One recent associate wrote, "I'm so happy to work with you guys. Not only do I have awesome coworkers but a family. You guys are the best team ever. I love you guys."

In addition to the "Think Positive" game at ImageFIRST Ft. Myers, ImageFIRST locations nationwide regularly participate in activities and programs designed to express appreciation for associates. Associates are encouraged to recognize their colleagues on an ongoing basis by filling out "Leading the Way" cards that take note of exceptional efforts.

Once a year, ImageFIRST leadership team members nominate exceptional associates, about eighty of whom receive the ImageFIRST All Star Award. The top All Star winners are invited to the Council of Excellence, which includes attendance at the annual Pinnacle Trip.

Those interested in becoming an associate at the leading medical uniform supplier in St. Paul, MN, are invited to visit the ImageFIRST Careers page to learn more about open positions and benefits.

About ImageFIRST Minneapolis
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 6,000 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

For more information about ImageFIRST Minneapolis, the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com.

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Minneapolis, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/10/2016 -- Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, which placed more consumer power in the hands of patients than ever before, medical care providers have shifted their priorities towards facilitating not just excellent patient care, but also excellent patient experiences. Patient satisfaction is now key to the success of medical facilities across the country. ImageFIRST, the leading provider of medical laundry and linen such as medical scrubs in Edina, MN (and surrounding areas), has released a video explaining how staff engagement directly impacts patient satisfaction.

The hour long video, entitled "Is Anybody Listening? The Cost of Employee Engagement to Patients and Organizations," comes at a time when solely focusing on staff satisfaction has proven to be not enough. Satisfaction is not necessarily the leading factor in what makes an exceptional patient experience; rather, it is staff engagement that is directly correlated to how patients view their treatment and the facility they received it in.

"Is Anybody Listening?" is presented by Martie Moore, R.N., MAOM, CPHQ. Moore is the chief nursing officer of Medline Industries, Inc., and has spent the bulk of her career providing solutions across the entire continuum of medical care. Her presentation explains how leadership can increase staff engagement so patients truly feel heard, seen and cared for. The video is available for complimentary download at the ImageFIRST site and can be found here.

As a provider of cost-effective solutions for patient satisfaction, ImageFIRST does its utmost to be a true partner to customers. In addition to sharing whitepapers and other educational resources, the company has designed its services to create optimal environments for patient satisfaction. Their comprehensive medical linen and laundry services and products are engineered to free up resources within medical facilities so staff can focus on providing remarkable experience. For more information on ImageFIRST and their medical scrubs and other linen in St. Paul, MN, visit http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com.

About ImageFIRST Minneapolis
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

For more information about ImageFIRST Minneapolis, the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com.

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Minneapolis, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/05/2016 -- ImageFIRST Minneapolis, a leading medical scrub supplier in St. Paul, MN and beyond, encourages hospitals to seriously consider the impact of patient comfort level in order to optimize their patients' perceptions of their facilities. To add data and context to this request, the company invites interested parties to take a look at a study released by its parent company.

According to the case study, patient perception is one of the greatest concerns faced by medical facilities these days, which can pose major issues. If patients see their overall experiences—say with facility conditions, gown comfort, staff friendliness and so on—negatively, they will tend to consider that facility's quality of care and competence in a similar, unfavorable light.

Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones, especially when put in place by an experienced vendor partner. ImageFIRST Minneapolis is taking that ideal to heart by recommending that its clients make the simple switch to more comfortable gowns.

But that piece of advice is not merely a shot in the dark. The company's research actually shows that providers who switch to the exclusive Comfort Care line of patient gowns from ImageFIRST see a remarkably favorable perception increase on the whole.

The healthcare world is taking ImageFIRST's case study seriously, and has turned heads in the community, recently being featured on the venerated The Beryl Institute's website. To read the study, please visit this link. To learn more about the supplier of scrubs and uniforms in St. Paul, MN please visit the company's website.

About ImageFIRST Minneapolis
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

For more information about ImageFIRST Minneapolis, the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com.

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Minneapolis, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/02/2016 -- ImageFIRST Minneapolis, the leading medical scrubs supplier in Edina, MN and nearby areas, is reminding people about the importance of infection prevention, in light of a recent article on the topic by the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC).

According to the write-up, groups of medical student observers were involved in a survey which set out to track infection prevention in outpatient facilities and settings. The AJIC article concluded that assessments as such should be observed on a regular basis in outpatient facilities. The surveys came about in reaction to a number of infection outbreaks "due to lapses in infection prevention," the study said.

Medical students interviewed the staff members and observed injection and hand hygiene practices at 15 outpatient facilities in New Mexico. From there, they compiled their data to come up with the intriguing results. All in all, there was a 92 percent presence of recommended practices and policies taking place. Furthermore, "three hundred thirty hand hygiene observations revealed 33.9% use of alcohol­based hand rub, 29.1% use of soap and water, and 37.0% use of no hand hygiene."

ImageFIRST Minneapolis is known for taking infection prevention seriously, and provides outpatient healthcare facilities with laundry services that come backed up with their trademarked Triple BioShield Protection®, which ensures that up to 99.999 percent of pathogens will be killed in the wash process.

ImageFIRST Minneapolis is a well-regarded supplier of nurse scrubs in Minnetonka, MN. To learn more about the company, please visit their website.

About ImageFIRST Minneapolis
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

For more information about ImageFIRST Minneapolis, the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com.

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Minneapolis, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/05/2016 -- At ImageFIRST Minneapolis, their associates, the healthcare facilities they serve, and the patients of the healthcare facilities they provide for are put at the heart of their purpose. However, their goal – to provide remarkable service and positively impact the lives of many –extends beyond their immediate scope of interaction to another entity they are proud to be a part of: Their community. The healthcare laundry specialists, who provide healthcare facilities with medical scrub garments (as well as other products) in St. Paul, MN and beyond, are dedicated to giving back to their community to show their care and support – an ongoing attribute that remains consistent with their company values. One of the national company's latest community giving events was the Cooks for Kids Program at a local Ronald McDonald House, which took place on March 3.

ImageFIRST locations across the United States partake in community giving events on a quarterly basis to help bring lasting change for people in need. This time, it was families who are coping with seriously ill children, who could use a home cooked meal after a long day spent at the hospital. Associates assembled at the local Ronald McDonald House and cooked a delicious dinner. Their participation in the Cooks for Kids Program at Ronald McDonald House was just one of many community service events that ImageFIRST Minneapolis donates their time and resources to. Last year, the company gave over $500,000 to various charities in monetary donation and provided in-kind donations of free laundry services to Ronald McDonald House Charities.

Since April of 2013, the healthcare laundry provider of linens, gowns, scrubs, and medical uniforms in Minnetonka, MN and beyond has partnered with Ronald McDonald House Charities to support their programs, which directly improve the wellbeing and health of children.

ImageFIRST's Minneapolis location, as with all ImageFIRST locations, regularly participates in volunteer giving, and upholds community engagement as a core value. Keep up with ImageFIRST's community giving participation by visiting them on Twitter and Facebook. For more information about their medical laundry services, call 800-932-7472.

About ImageFIRST Minneapolis
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

For more information about ImageFIRST Minneapolis, the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com.

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Minneapolis, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/06/2016 -- ImageFIRST Minneapolis, a medical linen and laundry service that provides patient gowns, medical scrubs and more to healthcare facilities in Edina, MN, is beloved by customers for its focus on unparalleled customer service. As part of the ImageFIRST family, the company's Minneapolis branch knows that maintaining remarkable standards of customer service helps ImageFIRST's customers deliver remarkable care to their patients. Recently, a customer of ImageFIRST Chicago wrote the branch an e-mail to share the unequivocally positive experience she'd had. Her experience is exemplary of the customer service that ImageFIRST customers enjoy everywhere from Los Angeles to Minneapolis to Boston.

The customer, a registered nurse named Janice, explained that her facility's previous linen company offered bare-bones service that was impersonal as it was ultimately ineffective. The previous company, she said, had a "drop and punt" style of product delivery: Linen and other item were dropped off at a delivery area, and it was up to the already busy facility staff to do the rest. Not only did the staff have to take on time-consuming tasks like checking the inventory and putting linen away when they could have been taking care of patients, but, to the staff's dismay, the inventory counts were often also inaccurate and insufficient for their needs. Often, notes Janice, the facility ran out of the linen that they needed before the next delivery date.

But once the facility transitioned to ImageFIRST, says Janice, things changed dramatically, and for the better. In her e-mail, she praised the politeness and professionalism of her facility's designated Customer Advocate, who not only delivered linen and gowns, but also made sure that the inventory count was accurate and sufficient. The Customer Advocate also took the time to check in with the staff during each delivery and pick-up, to see if they needed their inventory quantity adjusted and ask if they had any other questions, concerns or requests. Janice also expressed her love of working with the ImageFIRST sales team, who helped her implement the facility's brand-new scrubs program. Janice acknowledged that her facility was a long drive from ImageFIRST Chicago headquarters, yet ImageFIRST associates always arrived promptly and cheerfully, willing to do whatever it took to help Janice and her team deliver excellent care to their patients.

With ImageFIRST Minneapolis, customers can expect the same level of remarkably warm, professional and caring customer support. Learn more about why ImageFIRST's services and products like nurse uniforms in Edina, MN make a difference at http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com.

About ImageFIRST Minneapolis
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

For more information about ImageFIRST Minneapolis, the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com.

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Minneapolis, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/01/2016 -- For ImageFIRST Minneapolis, putting the patient experience at the heart of every endeavor is what drives their innovations. In fact, the company is always keeping its eyes open, looking for, and making note of, other innovative practices in the healthcare marketplace. One of the more admirable instances of this that the company recently noticed took place in Troy, Michigan.

The Children's Hospital of Michigan-Troy's CEO, Larry Gold, successfully set out to make the new facility a paradigm of creative design. In order to achieve such a goal, he and his team implemented a plan built around the idea that pediatric care workflow can be optimized through design that favors teamwork. Therefore, he made sure that all hospital staff, parents and children from the community were equally involved.

One specific solution they came up with based on input from staff and families was to simplify the emergency department's patient admission process. Children's Hospital of Michigan's "standard work procedures" process will eliminate variation and increase patient outcomes and safety. They are also implementing a "level loading" procedure which will minimize high volumes and waiting room times.

As the healthcare industry grows, it continues to simultaneously evolve in order to accommodate its increasingly savvy consumer base. Patients and medical professionals alike demand a certain level of quality, and ImageFIRST Minneapolis is pleased to deliver its line of products that are specifically designed to satisfy the aforementioned needs.

The Comfort Care Line serves as a testament to the way ImageFIRST Minneapolis strives to put the patient experience at the core of what they do. The line of products offers the utmost comfort so patients can feel relaxed in uncommonly cozy linens. It's the kind of experience a patient could expect at a spa or high-end hotel, and offers to make any stay at a facility that much better. Comfort Care is just one of the innovations that ImageFIRST Minneapolis has pioneered to stand as a paragon in the field of medical facility linens and medical wear.

To learn more about the Comfort Care Line, and the other services that ImageFIRST Minneapolis provides, like nurse uniforms in Edina, MN or medical uniforms in Minneapolis, MN, interested parties are encouraged to visit the company's website at http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com/.

About ImageFIRST Minneapolis
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

For more information about ImageFIRST Minneapolis, the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com.

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Minneapolis, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/28/2016 -- Gallup, known globally for conducting polls and providing analytics, recently released the results of their yearly poll regarding which professions American consumers find the most trustworthy. For the fourteenth time in a row, the results show that the profession ranked most honest and ethical by the public is nursing. And the competition isn't even close, as approximately 85% of the respondents said they find nurses' honesty and ethical standards either very high or high. That's a noticeable 17 points more than pharmacists, who were rated the second most honest and ethical profession. As far as doctors go, they placed third with about 67 percent of respondents characterizing them as ethical and honest.

Perhaps more so even than other workplaces, hospitals and medical facilities require excellent teamwork, motivation and attention to detail. Clearly the American public feels that nursing, as a profession, exemplify these qualities, and ImageFIRST Minneapolis would like to congratulate them for this well-deserved honor.

As a leading healthcare laundry provider, ImageFIRST Minneapolis is committed to helping their clientele make sure that their employees, from nurses and doctors to cleaning staff, get to work in a safe and positive environment, continuing to do the work that the public applauds them for. One way in which ImageFIRST has addressed this is by creating what is called the Customer Advocate. The Customer Advocate is personally responsible for the client's linen inventory, ensuring that the inventory is always accurate, delivered on time and in accordance with the highest standards. This way, the hospital staff doesn't have to spend time trying to figure out and organize the inventory or stress about missing or substandard items, allowing them to concentrate on what's important: the patients' welfare.

Any medical facilities looking for high-quality nurses' uniforms in Minneapolis, MN that have been sanitized carefully and comprehensively, can also turn to ImageFIRST. For example, to help medical facilities ensure the safety of the patients and the staff alike, ImageFIRST has developed the Triple BioShield Protection, which abides by an infection prevention system that goes beyond regulatory standards. With the Triple BioShield Protection process, items like gowns and linens are sanitized with a process that kills up to 99.999% of bacteria. They are then coated with safeguards that protect the items during transportation and storages. The importance of keeping staff and patients safe from infection is a priority to ImageFIRST Minneapolis, and the company encourages anyone interested in their state-of-the-art infection prevention processes to contact the ImageFIRST customer representatives for more information by calling 800-932-7472.

There is also more information available about ImageFIRST's wide variety of products from patient gowns and linen to nurses' uniforms and unisex medical scrubs in Minneapolis, MN, on the company website.

About ImageFIRST Minneapolis
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

For more information about ImageFIRST Minneapolis, the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com/.

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Minneapolis, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/28/2016 -- Gallup, known globally for conducting polls and providing analytics, recently released the results of their yearly poll regarding which professions American consumers find the most trustworthy. For the fourteenth time in a row, the results show that the profession ranked most honest and ethical by the public is nursing. And the competition isn't even close, as approximately 85% of the respondents said they find nurses' honesty and ethical standards either very high or high. That's a noticeable 17 points more than pharmacists, who were rated the second most honest and ethical profession. As far as doctors go, they placed third with about 67 percent of respondents characterizing them as ethical and honest.

Perhaps more so even than other workplaces, hospitals and medical facilities require excellent teamwork, motivation and attention to detail. Clearly the American public feels that nursing, as a profession, exemplify these qualities, and ImageFIRST Minneapolis would like to congratulate them for this well-deserved honor.

As a leading healthcare laundry provider, ImageFIRST Minneapolis is committed to helping their clientele make sure that their employees, from nurses and doctors to cleaning staff, get to work in a safe and positive environment, continuing to do the work that the public applauds them for. One way in which ImageFIRST has addressed this is by creating what is called the Customer Advocate. The Customer Advocate is personally responsible for the client's linen inventory, ensuring that the inventory is always accurate, delivered on time and in accordance with the highest standards. This way, the hospital staff doesn't have to spend time trying to figure out and organize the inventory or stress about missing or substandard items, allowing them to concentrate on what's important: the patients' welfare.

Any medical facilities looking for high-quality nurses' uniforms in Minneapolis, MN that have been sanitized carefully and comprehensively, can also turn to ImageFIRST. For example, to help medical facilities ensure the safety of the patients and the staff alike, ImageFIRST has developed the Triple BioShield Protection, which abides by an infection prevention system that goes beyond regulatory standards. With the Triple BioShield Protection process, items like gowns and linens are sanitized with a process that kills up to 99.999% of bacteria. They are then coated with safeguards that protect the items during transportation and storages. The importance of keeping staff and patients safe from infection is a priority to ImageFIRST Minneapolis, and the company encourages anyone interested in their state-of-the-art infection prevention processes to contact the ImageFIRST customer representatives for more information by calling 800-932-7472.

There is also more information available about ImageFIRST's wide variety of products from patient gowns and linen to nurses' uniforms and unisex medical scrubs in Minneapolis, MN, on the company website.

About ImageFIRST Minneapolis
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

For more information about ImageFIRST Minneapolis, the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com.

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Minneapolis, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/29/2015 -- Emerging as the leading topic for discussion at the HBS Healthcare Network's Annual Conference in Boston this November was the apparent and quick rise of consumerism in the healthcare industry. It was clear that both industry leaders and experts alike are aware of the changing situation, and they presented several thoughts on what consequences those changes will have in the near future. Keith Pitts, the Vice Chairman of Tenet Health, for example, anticipated that consumers will continue to put more emphasis on quality and service as well as price, which will force healthcare facilities to improve their overall service. Similarly, Josh Flum, the Executive VP of Pharmacy Services at CVS, shared his views on how he expects consumers to have a bigger voice in the future in communicating what they want, and by voting with their feet when it comes to the choice of their healthcare service or product providers.

ImageFIRST Minneapolis, leading provider of healthcare laundry services and products ranging from patient robes and linen to scrubs and nurses' uniforms in Bloomington, MN, is acutely aware of the growing trend of consumerism in the industry. That's why they have created a range of service and product lines targeted specifically to assist hospitals with improving the patient experience. For example, their Comfort Care Premium Gowns, designed to make a patient feel comfortable and cozy while visiting a facility, come with The Plush Promise. With The Plush Promise, ImageFIRST Minneapolis promises that if the patients' perception of the facility is not improved by at least 50% by switching to the Comfort Care products, they will grant a full month of free service.

Anyone interested in more information about ImageFIRST Minneapolis, or their wide array of products from linen and patient robes to uniform scrubs in Bloomington, MN, is welcome to either visit the company website or to contact them directly by calling 800-932-7472.

About ImageFIRST Minneapolis
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

For more information about ImageFIRST Minneapolis, the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com/.

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Minneapolis, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/25/2015 -- Several facilities looking for partners committed to assisting them in their efforts to improve the overall patient experience of their hospital have turned to ImageFIRST Minneapolis, a leading provider of healthcare laundry services. The company's comprehensive laundry services that aim to help provide a safe environment for hospital employees and a comfortable experience for patients include sanitized washing of products that exceeds the industry standards, from linen and robes to uniform scrubs in Bloomington, MN.

One of the ways ImageFIRST Minneapolis makes sure their client facilities' laundry is aesthetically pleasing as well as sanitized is the Bright White Standard. This standard is a crucial part of the 5-Point Product Quality System, created to ensure ImageFIRST Minneapolis customers' inventories are always stocked with high-quality products that have been cleaned and packaged according to the highest standards.

The first point of the quality system is that ImageFIRST Minneapolis only offers premium products; items that feature the softest fabric that are comfortable to wear. Cleaning these products according to the highest sanitizing standards, which means going beyond general practices, is the second point of the system, and it helps protect patients and staff alike from risks of infection. The Bright White Standard is the third point, and it guarantees that all healthcare linen delivered to customers is bright white. Fourth, all gowns ImageFIRST cleans are not only hand-inspected, but also individually wrapped in plastic to make sure the patients know their gowns are freshly laundered and clean. The final, and very important, step of the 5-Point Product Quality System is independent laboratory testing, which consists of ImageFIRST hiring completely independent third party companies to test their cleaning processes to ensure they not only comply with, but exceed, government standards.

Anyone interested in more information about one of the leading providers of medical laundry services for products from linen and robes to uniform scrubs in Bloomington, MN, is welcome to either visit the ImageFIRST Minneapolis website or to contact them directly by calling 1-800-932-7472.

About ImageFIRST Minneapolis
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

For more information about ImageFIRST Minneapolis, the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com/.

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Minneapolis, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/28/2015 -- Infection Control Today recently published the results of their survey on hospital leaders' and infection preventionists' concerns about barriers to environmental hygiene. Interestingly, the survey revealed that hospital leaders and infection preventionists (IPs) feel similarly about a wide array of concerns, from the overall environmental hygiene of their institution to whether they think their hospitals were making progress at improving environmental hygiene. Many of the results were promising, with over 70% of hospital leaders and IPs characterizing their overall environmental hygiene as good or better, while 85% of C-suite respondents and 95% of IPs felt their hospitals were improving their environmental hygiene.

It is of concern, however, that 61% of IPs and 55% of C-suite respondents said their facility's environmental service department does not receive adequate funding. Which is at odds with 99% of C-suite respondents and 100% IPs feeling confident that proper environmental cleaning and disinfection make a difference in the prevention of infections. As the premier provider of medical laundry services in the county, ImageFIRST Minneapolis shares these concerns and opinions as they firmly believe that their work holds significant importance in addressing risks of infection for patients and staff alike.

That's why ImageFIRST Minneapolis has developed services that efficiently address disinfection and reducing the risk of infections in a cost-effective way. For example, they have the "5-point product quality system" that sets the standard for providing client facilities with quality products, the highest sanitizing standards, independent laboratory testing of their cleaning processes, a bright white standard for linen, and individually-wrapped patient gowns. For the best sanitation, they have developed the Triple BioShield Protection® system, which consists of a wash process that abides by the highest sanitizing standards, an additional protective coating for all products, and a plastic barrier to ensure all items are delivered to the customer facility in a way that exceeds regulatory standards.

Anyone interested in the outstanding quality of the services ImageFIRST Minneapolis provides for their clientele is welcome to contact them for more information, either by visiting the company website or by calling 800-932-7472.

About ImageFIRST Minneapolis
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

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Minneapolis, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/02/2015 -- ImageFIRST is a national organization providing high quality linens and gowns for medical practices. Right now, their Minneapolis division would like to announce the introduction of their mascot, Violet, the Purple Cow, to their clientele all throughout Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the surrounding regions. Violet is a purple cow, which makes her quite remarkable, representing an organization that strives to be remarkable in all of their endeavors.

At ImageFIRST Minneapolis, patients and customers are their primary focus, and they do everything in their power to meet their specific needs, which can differ from practice to practice. Their high-quality gowns and linens will improve the comfort and satisfaction for both patients and medical staff in outpatient practices of all kinds. They feature an exceptional delivery system throughout Minneapolis that delivers a set inventory based on the needs on the facility's unique needs each time they drop by to ensure they get the perfect amount of linens and gowns for their patients and staff.

Violet the Purple Cow is a remarkable cow, and it's only right that she work with the most remarkable associates from ImageFIRST. Customer Advocates and associates from ImageFIRST are trained in the highest level of customer service, and are well-versed in the different methodologies behind bringing the best experience possible to their clientele all throughout Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Each gown they deliver is individually packaged, so that patients will feel the cleanliness and specialty of care that is given to each gown. Each Customer Advocate is fully trained in compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) regulations for blood-borne pathogens (BBP), as well as in all regulations and rules set by the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Through their extensive training in HIPAA and OSHA BBP, they provide not only the most comfortable but also the safest and most sterile experience for their clientele.

Individuals interested in finding the best services throughout Minneapolis for medical linens and gowns are urged to contact ImageFIRST Minneapolis immediately to get started and meet Violet the Purple Cow. Reach them by phone throughout Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota at 800-932-7472. Their healthcare laundry experts stand ready to assist small to medium medical practices all throughout the region.

About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

For more information about ImageFIRST Minneapolis, the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit
http://minneapolis.imagefirst.com

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