For hospital groups, lodges and hotels, the laundries that serve them, and facilities teams

Every sheet, room and asset, accounted for.

Linen Management Solutions (LMS) keeps one record of your linen, your rooms and your assets, captured on the phone where the work happens. Choose the service you run and the page follows it.

  • In use at a South African private hospital group and its laundry contractors
  • A phone app for Android and iPhone, and a web portal for managers
Replenishment PerformanceLast 7 daysDemo Hospital
LocationRequiredDeliveredFilled
Ward 4 Surgical21418486%
Ward 2 Medical18818297%
Maternity14213494%
ICU9696100%
Illustrative data
On the Action List
Deliver clean linen to Ward 4: 6 draw sheets, 8 bath towels.
07:40LMS
Clean Count
Ward 4
Location QR scanned
ItemIdealCountedShort
Draw sheet24186
Bath towel30228
Pillowcase40400
Fitted sheet24240
Blanket1213+1
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Linen Management: Hospitals

The ward counts. The laundry delivers. Both read the same record.

Ward staff scan the QR label on the wall and enter what is on the shelf. LMS compares the count with the level set for that ward and puts the shortfall on the laundry's Action List. Collections, washes and deliveries are captured on the phone where they happen.

On the phone
Ward, laundry and CSSD staff
On the portal
Hospital and group managers and administrators
Covers
Wards, the laundry, CSSD and theatres
Works with
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On the ward

07:40LMS
Clean Count
Ward 4
Linen room
Draw sheet18
Bath towel22
Pillowcase40
Fitted sheet24
Blanket13
Bay B cupboardClick here to expand
Isolation roomClick here to expand
Submit
Phone app. Illustrative data.

On the laundry's Action List

Action ListTo do
Due soon0 h 25 min
Deliver clean linen Laundry to Ward 4 6 × Draw sheet, 8 × Bath towel
On track0 h 10 min
Collect surplus linen Ward 4 to Laundry 1 × Blanket
Illustrative data

At the ward door, by the bag

Dirty Bag CollectionWard 4, last 7 days
Bags collected
56
Infectious bags counted by the ward
14
Sealed
14 of 14
Contents written on the outside
13 of 14
Illustrative data

On the portal

Replenishment PerformanceLast 7 daysDemo Hospital
LocationRequiredDeliveredFilled
Ward 4 Surgical21418486%
Ward 2 Medical18818297%
Maternity14213494%
ICU9696100%
Illustrative data

For the CSSD team

CSSD Packing ReportTheatre complex
Theatre packTo pack
General surgery pack Drape sheet 4, surgical gown 3, hand towel 67
Caesarean pack2
Orthopaedic pack0
Illustrative data

One day's round

  1. Count the shelf

    Ward staff scan the ward's QR label and enter what is on the shelf. A ward can be counted twice a day.

  2. Shortfall raised

    LMS compares the count with the level set for the ward. What is short goes on the laundry's Action List, and so does any surplus to collect.

  3. Dispatch and receive

    The laundry records what it sends. The ward checks it against what was dispatched, gives a reason for anything short, and signs.

  4. Collect the dirty

    Dirty linen is collected by the bag or item by item. Infectious bags are counted separately.

  5. Wash and return

    The laundry scans the machine, picks the wash programme and enters the load weight. Clean output, rewash and write-offs are recorded per item.

Also in this service

Theatre packs and CSSD
Define each theatre pack as the linen it holds. Each hospital switches on the packs it uses, CSSD rooms are counted in their own right, and the packing report says how many of each pack to make up.
Beds, PAR and occupancy
Set the linen one bed takes for each bed type, and a ward's requirement follows from its beds. Where the hospital's own system sends bed counts, a ward's linen bank can follow how full the ward is.
Off-site laundries
Dirty linen leaves with the driver's name and signature and is received back clean, item by item. A report shows what each contractor is holding.
Requests
A request by phone or at the counter is logged with who asked. People you allow can raise direct requests in their own name.
Incidents
A needle or other foreign object found in linen is reported from the phone with a photograph, and shows in the incident report by location.
Cost per bed day
Capture water, electricity and chemical costs each month. Management Reporting sets them against kilograms processed and bed days.

Under every service

One phone app, one portal, one record.

Whichever service you choose, the same things sit underneath it. This part of the page is following Linen Management: Hospitals, so the phone and the lists show what that service uses.

07:42Connected
Demo User
Demo Hospital
Action List5
Requests
Clean Delivery
Clean Count
Dirty Count
Dirty Collection
Stock Take
Reports
Version 2.1.0
Home screen for Linen Management: Hospitals. Illustrative data.

The phone app

Each person sees only the home screen blocks they have been given. Most tasks start by scanning the QR label on the wall or on the asset, so the work is recorded against the right place.

  • It runs on Android and iPhone. Your people get it from Google Play or the App Store.
  • Counts, collections, deliveries, forms, fault reports and asset walks are saved on the phone when the signal drops, and sent when it returns.
  • Managers who work at more than one site choose the site they are in, and everything they capture is recorded against it.

Try it and watch the home screen: the app keeps working and holds what you submit.

Stock takes

Schedule a stock take for a site and choose what it counts: linen, assets or both. Staff count location by location on the phone. A manager reviews and corrects the counts, then finalises. The report sets every item against the previous count, with the variance in units and in rand.

Stock take, SeptemberDemo HospitalLinen and assets
ScheduledIn progressReviewFinalised
ItemPreviousCountedDifferenceValue
Draw sheet1,2401,198-42-R 6,090
Bath towel980951-29-R 3,625
Pillowcase1,5101,522+12+R 660
Illustrative data
Replacement Forecast
Each linen item against its PAR level, with its stock turn, so you can plan what to buy.
Budgets and the Financial Tracker
Set the linen budget by financial year, then follow budget, actual and forecast month by month.

The Action List

One list of everything waiting for a person, most urgent first: linen to dispatch or collect, forms to fill, and notifications. Each item says what to do, from where to where, how long it has waited, and whether it is Overdue, Due soon or On track. The portal shows the same queue for a whole site.

Outstanding actionsOverview, Demo Hospital
1
Overdue
2
Due soon
4
On track
1
Part dispatched
Illustrative data

Reports

Every report filters the same way: the site, then the period, then its own filters. Each person sees only the reports their permissions allow. Reports export to CSV, and some can be emailed on a schedule, daily, weekly or monthly, to the roles or people you choose.

Reports for Linen Management: Hospitals

  • Item Reporting
  • Service Level Reporting
  • Management Reporting
  • CSSD Reporting
  • Laundry to CSSD
  • Bed Days
  • Linen Circulation
  • Contractor and Consignment
  • Stock Take Report
  • Year to Date Stock
  • Replacement Forecast
  • Financial Tracker
  • Location Activity
  • Incident Reports
  • Water Capture
  • Electricity Capture
  • Washer and Dryer Logs
  • Washing Machine Capacity
  • Alert History

Alerts and standards

Alert rules tell the right people when something needs attention. A rule can warn early, alert on a breach, or both. Alerts appear in each person's notification list, and are emailed if you choose. Working standards, such as how often a site is counted or how quickly requests are resolved, are measured per site in the same way.

Rules that apply to Linen Management: Hospitals

  • A location not counted often enough
  • A stock take that is overdue
  • A working standard that is slipping
  • An assigned form not filled in time

Sign-in and access

On the portal
Email and password, email and password with an authenticator app, or single sign-on through your own identity provider. Set per organisation and per contractor company.
On the phone
Floor staff sign in with a username and a six-digit PIN. Five wrong PINs lock the account until a manager resets it.
Registered phones
A site can require that PINs work only on phones it has registered.
Permissions
Portal permissions are set per module and per site, with reading and changing kept apart. App permissions decide which blocks each person sees.
Where it runs
The application and its database are hosted with Amazon Web Services in Cape Town.

The founding team has more than 30 years of experience in the linen industry.

Linen Management Solutions is built and supported in South Africa by Agility Solutions (Pty) Ltd, for hospital groups, lodges and hotels, the laundry contractors that serve them, and facilities teams.

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