Cost containment in laundry and linen service.
One major problem looms among all others in the area of laundry and linen service, whether a hospital has an in-house operation, is part of a shared or central laundry, or uses a commercial service. That is the costly problem of controling linen consumption and replacement. A recent seminar offers some insight into reasons for the problem and some possible solutions.
D001512:Bedding and Linens; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D007846:Laundering