Hospitals spend 75% of their total linen expenditures on processing linen and 25% on purchasing replacement linen. ( IPA )™’s alEx technology provides savings in both of these areas.
First, alEx locks out unauthorized users so visitors, patients, and patient transfer (EMS) personnel do not have access. This control can typically reduce linen replacement by 20%.
Psychologically, an open cart, and an open policy, implies little cost impact and vast resources; indirectly suggesting that “it’s OK” for most individuals to take extra ‘just in case’. When individual linen usage is monitored and unauthorized users are prevented from helping themselves, hospitals typically reduce processing costs by at least 20%.
Below are two real-world examples of how alEx has reduced linen purchases and improved utilization.
