How do Hotels Keep Linens and Towels Fresh and Clean

There is nothing better than sliding into fresh, crisp, white sheets in a lovely hotel room at the end of the day. Have you ever wondered how hotels keep its linens and towels fresh and clean? Hotels can go through hundreds of sets of sheets and towels a day. These hotels, inns, and bed and breakfast locations use a combination of fast maintenance and gentle care to ensure the long life and cleanliness of linens. Apply these seven principles used by hotels to extend the life of your household sheets, towels, and blankets.

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The Significance of Quality Medical Linen Services & Laundries that Provide Them


Medical linen and health care laundries are a significant part of the nation’s hospital systems. These items are used on millions of patients and medical staff daily. They are used in bed sheets, lab coats, patient gowns, surgical towels, employee scrubs and more. Medical linen helps provide a healthy, sterile environment. Re-usable laundered items (vs. disposables) are also far more gentle on our environment by reducing waste; not to mention patients prefer them to rough paper against the skin. Linen is the only accepted material used for internal sutures and are fully used in operating rooms.

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The In’s and Out’s of Hotel Laundry. In-House or Out-Source?

Linen and laundry are a crucial aspect of a hotel’s service, one that often doesn’t get thought about too much. Just like the linen and laundering in other industries such as restaurants and hospitals, it is usually a thankless business- one that is only considered when there are problems with quality, service, or costs. Hotel linen and uniform production are often times handled by the hotel on property. There are times, however, when it makes sense (and cents) to use an outside hotel laundry service.

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How To Create the Perfect Restaurant Table Setting

How To Set Up The Perfect Restaurant Table

Written by Samantha Miranda

When you walk into any restaurant, you smell the great food, you hear people talking and what do you see? Mostly customers sitting at the tables. The tables are where customers spend most of their time. That’s why tables are a hugely important part of restaurant decorating. There are a lot of elements that go into setting up the perfect restaurant table.

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How to Research a Linen and Uniform Company

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Working with a new company can be scary. How do you know you’re working with a legitimate company? How do you know that they’re honest in their business practices? Essentially, how do you know that you can trust them? If you don’t do your research when it comes to linen and uniform companies, you could get locked into a contract that you don’t really understand.

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What To Do With Worn Out Linen

The EPA estimates that in 2015, 16 million tons of textiles were disposed of. That’s 6.1% of all municipal solid waste generated that year. Only 15.3% of that was recycled. 

If you have linen lying around that’s too worn out for its once daily uses, don’t let it just sit there waiting for an ecologically detrimental end. You can repurpose your old linen many ways.

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