Case Study Highlights Value of Reusable PPE

A recent case study on Ecotex Healthcare Linen Service noted that the operator saved Ontario taxpayers $70 million during the first 24 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. During a time of widespread shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), Ecotex was able to supply hospitals in the Greater Toronto area with AAMI Level II rated reusable barrier isolation gowns.

As of March 2022, Ecotex had supplied Greater Toronto area hospitals with 42.5 million Level II isolation gowns. In response to the pandemic, the company expanded its local supply chain, reprocessing production and implemented an emergency logistics program to supplement its regular supplies of Level II gowns and other PPE. Through this program, Ecotex was able to double the amount of available protective Level II isolation gowns for frontline healthcare workers in the Greater Toronto area, the case study noted. The company was able to do this without imposing pandemic surge pricing on its healthcare customers.

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