Hospital Cuts $350,000 Yearly with In-House Laundry

OSHKOSH, Wis.— After outsourcing hospital laundry since 1950, Clara Barton Hospital, in Hoisington, Kan., brought laundry processing in house for a $350,000 drop in annual costs. “I knew we were getting gouged, but I had no idea by how much,” said Clara Barton Hospital CEO Jim Blackwell. Blackwell, who studied the laundry process for several …