SOP for 

Laundry Management

1. Purpose: 

To provide a standard operating procedure for Laundry Management

(Washing and upkeeping of garments) in Pharmaceuticals.

2. Scope

The scope of this SOP is applicable for Laundry Management (Washing and
upkeeping of garments) in Pharmaceuticals. at [company name].
3. Responsibility

Linen management person: Storage of garments in linen storage and

issuance room, issuance of garments to change rooms, collection of
garments and sending them for washing, receipt of washed and ironed
garments from laundry, and maintenance of garment movement record.

HR and Administration: To ensure compliance with the procedure 

Laundry service provider: To receive garments to be washed and return

washed and ironed garments to the linen management person.

4. Definitions

Not applicable

5. Procedure
5.1 Storage of garments in linen room:

• Store the washed and ironed garments in the garment cabinets according to
the department, sections, and color-coding.

• Arrange the garments in such a way that size of the garments are visible,
and that will enable quick issuance of garments as per requirement.

• Keep the garment cabinet in closed condition after issuance.

• Cabinet in which garments are stored are maintained with adequate naming
and numbering to make the issuance process easy and quick.

5.2 Submission of garments to laundry service:

• To collect the garment from the used garment collection bin by a linen
management person.

• Segregate the garments according to color code and store them in separate
bags and record the number of garments in the record for garment
submission to a laundry. 

• To collect the garments and acknowledge the receipt of garments by

laundry service person will.

Send the collected garments for washing and ironing purposes.

5.3 Receipt of garments from laundry service:

• Once washed and garments are received, the linen management person
needs to count the received garments according to the record and store them
in the respective cabinet.

• In case garment count is less, a linen management person should ensure the
reason for that. If any discrepancy is noted, the linen management person
needs to inform HR and the Admin person to handle the discrepancy.

• Record the details of received garments in the garment inward register and
store it in the linen room.