What is BS EN 14065 – Biocontamination control system about?

BS EN 14065 is an international standard that focuses on laundry processed textiles with the biocontamination control system. BS EN 14065 describes a risk management approach, called Risk Analysis and Biocontamination Control (RABC), designed to enable laundries to continuously assure the microbiological quality of laundry processed textiles.

Who is BS EN 14065 - Biocontamination control system for?

BS EN 14065 on laundry processed textiles with the biocontamination control system is useful for:

Textile companies
Textile manufacturers and suppliers
Manufacturing unit of hygienic fabrics
Quality assurance team for microbiological laundry process

Why should you use BS EN 14065 - Biocontamination control system?

The general principles of risk management provide an approach that is integral to business operation, addresses uncertainty, and is systematic and iterative and responsive to change.

The purpose of BS EN 14065 is to provide for a management system that can effectively and consistently ensure the provision of processed textiles with a microbiological quality appropriate for the intended use. Regardless of variations between laundries, processes or products, all textiles returning to a laundry for processing are potentially contaminated. The objective of BS EN 14065 is to achieve and then maintain the appropriate microbiological quality to the point of handover to customer control.

The approach used in BS EN 14065 is to apply recognized risk and process management principles and to provide for a Risk Analysis and Biocontamination Control (RABC) system. The core of the RABC element is a general Prerequisite Programme (PRP) which includes the conditions and good manufacturing practices necessary to achieve and maintain the hygiene of the work environment, process, and textiles.

What’s changed since the last update?

BS EN 14065:2016 supersedes BS EN 14065:2002 which has been withdrawn. BS EN 14065:2016 has been editorially revised.

BS EN 14065:2016

Textiles. Laundry processed textiles. Biocontamination control system

Current, Under Review

Published:

30 Jun 2016