Author Archives: Unitex

Hospital demand doesn’t follow a predictable schedule. Winter brings respiratory illness surges. Summer sees trauma spikes. A regional emergency can double census overnight. And when demand climbs, linen needs don’t just increase, they accelerate.  At Unitex Healthcare Laundry Services, we’ve spent over a century helping Northeast hospitals maintain linen availability when conditions shift suddenly. Our systems are built to scale with demand, not just accommodate it.  Here’s how…

Winter hits hospitals hard. Patient numbers rise, beds turn over faster, and the risk of infection increases with every load of laundry. Hospital-acquired infections, or HAIs, are illnesses patients contract during their stay rather than those they arrive with. Contaminated linens are one of the key ways these infections can spread from one patient to another.  When hospitals across…