Case Study

Exceptional service for both mother and baby, with Hospital Textile Management

Lis Maternity and Women’s Hospital implements Polytex’s hospital textile management solution that helps new parents, newborns, and medical teams while also saving costs for the hospital.

Background

During a routine tour conducted at the Lis Maternity and Women's Hospital with Polytex personnel, a new need emerged: finding a hospital textile management system that would fit the specific needs of mothers and newborns. Until then, the birthing families were provided with a stock of basic clothing, diapers, changing pads, and other items in a designated corner of the ward. The problem in that system, however, was obvious to the eye, with the messy piles it created constantly requiring organizing and refolding. Expensive inventory was lost due to excessive consumption, with no control over who was taking what. Plus, there was no ability to enforce sterility standards, with so many hands rummaging through the items and people potentially bringing contaminants into the hospital from outside.

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Polytex for Mom and Baby: A New Approach to Hospital Textile Management

When proven technology meets new needs, it may result in a surprising new product. Just ask the midwives at Baby Lis, a boutique maternity hospital, adjacent to the Ichilov Medical Center.
Are you familiar with the Polytex units available to medical teams, allowing them to take clean, new and ironed uniforms at the beginning of each shift, and return them there at the end?
In that exact same way, .a dedicated hospital textile management unit provides mothers and newborns with essential textile items in a convenient, hygienic, and controlled manner.

The items you can get from the Baby-Care system:

Disposable changing pad
Reusable baby diaper
Disposable diapers
Baby T-shirt
Baby pants
Maternity robe
Bath towel

After just six months of use, it was clear, the Baby-Care hospital textile and garment management system benefits new parents, newborns, and medical teams while reducing costs for the hospital.

How does it work?

A fully automated hospital textile management unit stores clean textile items for mothers and newborns, ready for retrieval whenever needed.

Each mother and her family members staying with her at the hospital receive permission to withdraw items from the Baby-Care unit, according to pre-defined limitations.
Each person wearing the “birth bracelet” can scan it in front of the barcode reader on the unit.
They select one or multiple items by tapping the corresponding symbols on the unit’s screen. After confirming their selection, the items are dispensed through the designated opening on the unit.

Benefits

To tailor its hospital textile management system to the maternity hospital’s needs, Polytex adapted its existing distribution unit. Within six months of operation, significant improvements were already clear:

Prioritizing mothers and newborns: Consistant availability of hygienic textile items relieves families from having to constantly attend to their needs, allowing them to rest more comfortably.
Cost savings: Procurement costs have decreased, with fewer items disappearing, and families taking only what they need.
24/7 availability: Items are available to families whenever they wish, freeing nursing staff to focus on providing medical care instead of dealing with the distribution of items.
Hygiene for mother and newborn: All items reach the mother and baby in maximal hygienic condition, with minimal human contact until use. Hospital
Pleasant and orderly department: Hospital textile management eliminates clutter, keeping the maternity ward clean and orderly with reduced storage needs.
Steady supply: Friction between the logistics team and the medical staff is reduced.
Accurate inventory: Utilizing data provided by the unit enables anticipation of inventory needs and proactive preparation.
Quality service: Improved service to customers, at no additional cost, enhances the reputation of the maternity ward.

Download the Polytex Baby-Care system brochure.