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Downloadable assets that members can use to promote the industry, their market sector and their company including videos, customizable promotional flyers and social media posts.

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Industry Awareness Videos

 

Industry Recovery & Expansion Data

View sample pages from TRSA's Market Recovery and Expansion Research related to the healthcare industry's priorities for linen, uniform and facility services purchasing. Use this B2B decision-maker and consumer intelligence to strategize marketing and communications to the acute care and specialty medical markets. Get the complete report on the research, covering the healthcare market and all linen/uniform customer industries.

Industry Profile Sample Decision-Maker

Consumer Research Sample

All-Market Full Report

Certification

Achieving Clean Green and Hygienically Clean Healthcare designations provides third-party verification of sustainability and cleanliness in linen, uniform and facility services operations, building credibility in the healthcare market and improving efficiency.

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On-Demand Learning

Use with prospective hires or production employee training; videos demonstrate sorting, washing, drying, finishing and packing out healthcare items. Preview recorded webinars on production - like Producing Hygienically Clean Textiles - sales and service and other topics; watch them at your own pace.

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Healthcare Conference

The TRSA Annual Healthcare Conference is the premier laundry industry event focused on hospitals, surgery centers, medical offices, nursing homes and other medical facilities. This event attracts nearly 200 executives, decision makers and influencers from independent, regional, national and international operators responsible for processing more than 90% of North America’s healthcare linens and garments. Sessions cover most aspects of healthcare laundering operations and developments in patient care delivery, materials management, certification, infection control, regulation, plant systems, textile products and more.

Long-Term Care Outreach Materials

Direct prospects to a webpage to quickly calculate annual savings from shutting down their OPLs, use a whitepaper to explain why the time is right for this change and leave behind a sales booklet that summarizes the whitepaper points.

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On-Premises Laundry Calculator

This utility enables hospitals, long-term care and other healthcare facilities with OPLs to input their spending on a variety of laundry expense items. They determine their per-patient-day costs of laundering linen and uniforms for comparison with the same costs incurred by linen service providers.

Healthcare Resources

Whitepaper

Advancing the Adoption of Reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Healthcare

Download this whitepaper from Laundry Services to discover how reusable personal protective…

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Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Articles

This content is an exclusive benefit for TRSA members. If you’re a…

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Reports

Business to Business and Consumer Executive Summary

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Whitepaper

Curbing the Infection Risk of Healthcare Garments

This content is an exclusive benefit for TRSA members. If you’re a…

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Whitepaper

Disposable to Reusable Gowns

Guidelines for healthcare facility decisionmakers to follow as they pursue an end-to-end…

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Reports

Ecosystems Analysis Compares Reusable, Disposable HCTs

Reported from a 2024 workshop conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease…

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Whitepaper

Environmental Safety in Outpatient Care

This content is an exclusive benefit for TRSA members. If you’re a…

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Reports

Epidemiologist’s Technical and Critical Review

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Reports

Finding Value in the Hospital Lab

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Textile Services Magazine Articles

March 2025

Outpatient Care: Medico Long Beach Catches the Wave

LA-area healthcare independent sees growth fueled by the expanding presence of hospital-owned clinics

Medico Healthcare Linen Service’s Long Beach, CA, plant is operating at near…

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September 2026

Outpatient Medical— Diverse Opportunities for Route-Based Service Providers

Operators and consultants describe market developments and emerging growth niches

It’s no secret that outpatient care is a growing sector of the…

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November / December 2023

Outpatient Medical—‘We Continue To See New Opportunities’

Operators size up issues associated with serving acute and nonacute healthcare facilities

Outpatient healthcare is growing largely because technology is making it possible to do more complex medical procedures without overnight hospital stays. While the growth of nonacute care varies by region, laundry operators can capitalize on this trend by applying a comprehensive yet flexible approach—whether they specialize in healthcare or have mixed plants.

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February 2022

Positek RFID’s Inexpensive Solution For Reducing Textile Costs

Scrub cabinets from Positek RFID allow healthcare facilities to reduce textile costs associated with scrub loss by accurately and efficiently tracking scrub distribution, identifying high usage areas, and reducing the PAR level needed for scrubs. This allows healthcare facilities to redeploy labor to more important areas, while eliminating loss and improving overall bottom line.

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July 2026

Raise Textile Awareness— Enhance Service with Outreach, Technology

Operators share insights on partnering with customers to cut losses of linen/garments, lower costs and help clients

Laundry veteran-turned consultant John Highsmith tells a story of how a pizza…

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August 2026

Rebalancing Protection: Why Reusable PPE Must Play a Larger Role in America’s Healthcare System

Voice of Joseph Ricci, TRSA President and CEO

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans gained a deeper appreciation…

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April 2024

Reino Linen/HLSG—Driving Growth In the Motor City Healthcare Market

Investments in people and plant are reinforcing this Detroit-area laundry’s position as a market leader

We profile a two-shift healthcare laundry near Detroit that’s grown dramatically since its founding in 2009

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Kevin Schwalb , Textile Rental Services
July 2026

Reusables Strengthen Supply Chains

Voice of Kevin Schwalb, TRSA Vice President of Government Relations

For linen, uniform and facility services operators, supply-chain resilience is part of…

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February 2023

RFID Tracking Lets Miller’s Textile Services ‘Work Smarter Not Harder’

For healthcare providers, managing inventory for scrubs, uniforms, bed sheets and other linens is a major business challenge. Automated inventory management made possible by RFID technology solves this problem by providing real-time tracking, reducing PAR inventory and eliminating loss associated with linens.

Positek RFID’s innovative solutions enable healthcare facilities and laundries to overcome process constraints and obstacles associated with linen management in order to improve the bottom line.

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