With life expectancy rising and some 78 million baby boomers approaching retirement age, healthcare demand has nowhere to go but up. A byproduct of this trend is the fact that the need for medical textiles is rising in tandem with the growth in healthcare services. By some estimates, it’s already nearly a $2 billion-dollar-a-year industry.
 
Although disposable paper items have a large share of the healthcare market, there are many opportunities for reusables, particularly in uniforms, bed linens and surgical textiles. 
 
Recent advances in medical fabrics have made reusable goods more ‘wearer friendly’ and ...