Textile service companies today employ a wide range of strategies for handling items found in soiled linens. It’s a big problem for them. Actually, it’s huge.
 
Almost every day in every textile service plant across the country—particularly healthcare laundries—employees find a wide variety of lost or misplaced items in soiled linens. Cell phones. Tablets. Keys. Glasses. Jewelry. Baby blankets. Cash. Wallets. Stuffed animals. Medical equipment. Hearing aids. A microwave oven. Heart monitors. Surgical tools. And although rare, even human body parts. 
 
Consider the physician who tied his wedding ring to his scrubs before surgery ...