Hospital linen rental or COG services that are preparing for a pandemic need two key ingredients: A reliable supply of hygienically clean linen and healthy employees who are cross-trained to handle assignments when co-workers are out sick.
 
This year’s version of swine flu doesn’t seem to have become more virulent over the summer, but it still has the World Health Organization’s highest rating of pandemic status. Even in a typical flu season, about 35,000 Americans die from complications.
 
Fifteen states could run out of hospital beds and 12 more could fill 75% of their ...