How RFID System Helped a Hospital Save $300,000 in Expenses

In a busy place like a hospital, bed sheets, towels, and hospital gowns need to be replaced and washed every day. Can you imagine? Just managing these linens can take up a lot of time, manpower, and money in the hospital.

But in Brazil, a well-known hospital, the Albert Einstein Hospital in Israel, found a solution: attaching RFID laundry tags to each piece of linen, saving about $300,000 in expenses in a year.

How RFID Helped a Hospital Save $300,000 in Expenses

How did they do it? Let’s take a look.RFID Laundry Tags

What is an RFID laundry tag?

Don’t be scared by the name, in fact, an RFID laundry tag is like a “linen ID card.” It is very small and can be sewn on clothes, towels, and sheets, and a chip is hidden inside. Just scan it with a scanner to know who the linen belongs to, how many times it has been washed, and in which department it has been used.

How does RFID help hospitals save money?

1. Faster inventory
In the past, employees had to spend three days counting the linens one by one. What about now? With a scan of RFID, thousands of items can be processed within ten hours, which greatly saves time.

2. Spend less money
Because RFID makes the inventory clear, the hospital will not “mistakenly think that there is not enough” and repeat the purchase, and no longer buy new linens because of lost linens, which saves a lot of money in a year.

3. Reduce labor costs
After using the RFID system, the hospital saves about 6,000 hours of manual inventory time each year, which is equivalent to saving nearly $30,000 in salary expenses.

4. Cleaner and more secure
The use and washing records of each piece of linen can be checked to avoid mixing and repeated use of unsterilized linens, protect patient health, and improve the image of the hospital.

5. More environmentally friendly
After the hospital used RFID, the water consumption of outsourced laundry services was reduced by 12%, and 139,000 kWh of electricity was saved each year, which not only saves money but also is more environmentally friendly.

How RFID Helped a Hospital Save $300,000 in Expenses

What is special about the RFID laundry tags we recommend?

RFID laundry tags designed for medical scenarios are not only “scannable”, but also “durable”, “safe” and “easy to use”. Our product advantages include:

Not afraid of high-temperature washing
Can withstand 90°C high-temperature washing, and can withstand common industrial washing and high-temperature disinfection in hospitals;

Can withstand more than 200 washes, durable and worry-free.

Thin and soft, not piercing
The material is soft and small, and it is almost unnoticeable when sewn into clothes;

Does not affect wearing comfort, especially suitable for patient gowns and bedding.

Supports personalized customization
Different sizes, colors, and shapes are available for you to choose;

Can be used with different hospital linen management systems, with strong compatibility.

To sum up: small tags save a lot of money

In the practice of this Brazilian hospital, RFID laundry tags are not just a “black technology”, they really help hospitals save money, speed up, and keep clean.

If you are also managing a hospital, nursing home, laundry service center or hotel, and are worried about the mess and high costs of linens, you might consider introducing RFID laundry tags.