Linen loss can be costly for both textile services operations and healthcare providers. A recent article in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News & Assisted Living, authored by David Stern, president & CEO of TRSA member company Paris Cos., estimated the losses to the healthcare industry at a whopping $840 million per year. These figures are part of an initiative by TRSA to reduce healthcare linen losses, an issue that a task force of operator members has been studying with an eye on creating methods of combating losses at hospitals and other healthcare providers.
 
In order to keep these ...