Archive · 19 Nov 2025
Delhi Hospitals to Use Color-Coded Bedsheets for Hygiene
To make hospitals cleaner and safer, Delhi is using different colored bedsheets each day of the week.
This helps manage bedsheets better and shows patients that their beds are clean.
It's like having a special color for each day, just like how we have different colors for school days!
Delhi hospitals to use color-coded bedsheets to strengthen hygiene
Each day of the week will have a different color: Monday (White), Tuesday (Pink), Wednesday (Green), Thursday (Purple), Friday (Blue), Saturday (Light Grey), Sunday (Peach)
Initiative aims to streamline linen management, provide visual assurance of cleanliness to patients
Hospitals instructed to ensure efficient collection, management, and use of bedsheets
Initiative based on Ministry of Health & Family Welfare's Kayakalp implementation guidebook
- Who
- Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Kumar
- What
- Announced a color-coded bedsheet system for Delhi hospitals
- When
- Wednesday
- Where
- Delhi
- Why
- To strengthen hygiene, infection control, and patient psychology
- Initiative Name
- Colour-coded Bedsheet System
- Implementation
- All hospitals in Delhi
- Colors Used
- Monday: White, Tuesday: Pink, Wednesday: Green, Thursday: Purple, Friday: Blue, Saturday: Light Grey, Sunday: Peach
- Benefits
- Streamlines linen management, provides visual assurance of cleanliness, reduces Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs), boosts staff morale
- Source of Initiative
- Ministry of Health & Family Welfare's Kayakalp implementation guidebook