In March, TRSA launched a Healthcare Linen Loss Task Force comprised of more than 20 operators and associates serving the healthcare market. The mission of the Task Force is to focus on linen loss in the healthcare market by estimating the amount of annual loss, identifying stakeholders, establishing benchmarks and developing a strategy to reduce loss.
 
The Task Force began by surveying companies serving the healthcare market regarding their linen loss, to develop a linen-loss opportunity cost or the amount of linen that could be saved through better education, training and procedures for managing linen. The amount ...