one of our staff members brought forth an idea following the donation request for gently used clothing items for our Care Closet.   She wants me to add  men's suits for the purpose of funeral attire along with my newly appointed project : the Care Closet.   Wanted to know if anyone has something similar and how you handle.   thank you!!!

We also would not accept suits for burial! I think that is outside the scope of what a general clothing closet should be.

In my opinion, if people want to donate suits for burial, they should either go to local funeral homes OR the Decedent Affairs office at your facility. I will say in my 10 years here I've never had anyone (internally or a patient's family member) inquire about needing a suit, nor has anyone tried to donate one for this purpose. 

Has anyone had any issues with Infection Control regarding the "Care Closet" ?  Are your items laundered onsite before going to the care closet?  do items all need to be new with tags?