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HOSPITAL LAUNDRY SOLUTIONS
Hospital Laundry Equipment Built for Infection Control
Barrier washer extractors and complete wash-to-fold lines for hospital laundries and the central laundries that serve them. For distributors bidding hospital tenders, we supply the machines, the specifications and the layout drawings, factory-direct from Shanghai with 30+ years of experience.
UNIQUE CHALLENGES
Why Hospital Laundry Demands Specialized Equipment
Hospital linen carries blood, body fluids and infectious agents, and it comes back every day. The laundry has to disinfect it, keep it away from clean linen once it is washed, and do both on a schedule the wards depend on.
Biohazard Contamination
Soiled linen from wards and theatres has to go through a thermal disinfection program. Your local standard sets the time and temperature; the washer has to hold them on every cycle.
Cross-Contamination Risk
If washed linen passes back through the room where soiled linen is sorted, it can be re-contaminated before it reaches a patient. The separation has to be physical, not just a procedure.
Regulatory Compliance
Hospital tenders usually specify the disinfection standard, the dirty and clean separation, and the documents the supplier must provide. Distributors need equipment specifications and certificates that match the tender text.
24/7 Operation Demands
Hospitals never close, so the laundry runs long days: our standard proposal for 9,000 kg a day is sized for 12 working hours. The machines have to be simple to keep running between shifts.
THE BARRIER WASHER
Foundation of Hospital Laundry Hygiene
In a conventional laundry, dirty and clean linen share one room. A barrier washer extractor is built into a wall between two rooms: soiled linen is loaded on the dirty side, and after the wash it comes out through a second door on the clean side, so washed linen never passes back through the soiled area.
How the GLX is built: one drum with two doors, large side-opening doors rather than split top-and-bottom ones. A disc brake stops the drum precisely at the door, twin-cylinder locks keep it sealed while it runs, and the ballast is solid steel plate rather than concrete. Heating is by steam, with electric heating as an option.
Do hospitals have to use barrier washers? Not always. A standard washer extractor can wash hospital linen, but it cannot separate the two rooms. Where the hospital or the tender asks for infection control by physical separation, the barrier washer is the machine we recommend. The GLX comes in 50 kg and 100 kg.
Physical Wall Separation
Machine installed through a wall — dirty loading and clean unloading in completely separate rooms.
Thermal Disinfection
Programmable cycles hold the time and temperature your disinfection standard sets, load after load: 30 automatic programs, set on the touchscreen.
Built for Daily Duty
Disc-brake door positioning, twin-cylinder door locks and steel-plate ballast, with 240 G extraction on the GLX-50 and 220 G on the GLX-100.
EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION
Recommended Hospital Laundry Setup
A hospital laundry needs equipment at every stage, from soiled intake on one side of the barrier wall to folded linen ready for the wards on the other. These are the machines we supply for each stage:
| Equipment | Function | HOZO Model | Capacity / Config |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrier Washer Extractor | Wash and disinfect with soiled and clean sides separated by a wall | GLX-50 / GLX-100 | 50–100 kg per load |
| Tumble Dryer | Drying, loaded to about 50–55% to protect medical textiles | HSG-100, HG-50 / HG-100 | 50–100 kg per load |
| Flatwork Ironer | Sheets, gowns, surgical drapes | Y Series, 3,300 mm | 2–6 rolls by daily volume |
| Feeder / Spreader | Spreading linen into the ironer | GSB-3300 / GZB-3300D | 2 or 1 operators |
| Linen Folder | Folding and stacking after ironing | ZD-3300V + DM stackers | 10–60 m/min |
Worked example: 10,000 pieces a day at about 0.9 kg each is 9,000 kg. Our standard proposal for that load is eight GLX-100 barrier washers plus one GLX-50 kept for infectious linen, five HSG-100 dryers, and two 3.3 m lines: a 6-roll main line for sheets and duvet covers, and a 4-roll line for surgical drapes, pillowcases and peak hours, over 12 working hours.
Note on ironers: steam heating suits most hospitals, which already run a boiler; gas covers every roll count, and electric heating is available up to four rolls. View our full flatwork ironer range →
Need help sizing equipment for your hospital? Request a free laundry room layout design →
APPLICATION SCENARIOS
Healthcare Facilities We Serve
General Hospitals
Ward, theatre, ICU and emergency linen in one laundry: barrier washers at the soiled intake, a 6-roll line for sheets, and a smaller line for drapes and peak hours.
Central Laundries Serving Hospitals
Plants that wash for several hospitals add a barrier-washer line beside their commercial line, so medical linen never meets hotel linen. A GLX-50 takes infectious batches on their own.
Rehabilitation & Long-Term Care
Nursing homes and long-term care wash steady, moderate volumes: one or two GLX-50 or GLX-100, HG dryers and a 2–3 roll ironer. Elderly-care laundries collect a lot of lint, so we add a lint collector.
Pharmaceutical & Food Plants
Workwear from clean production areas follows the same barrier principle: soiled garments go in on one side, washed garments come out on the clean side.
WHY CHOOSE HOZO
Trusted by Healthcare Facilities Worldwide
Healthcare Expertise
We have supplied more than 30 hospitals, from large general hospitals to specialist and county hospitals, and the central laundries that serve them. For a distributor bidding a hospital tender, we provide the specifications, CE documents and layout drawings the tender asks for.
Free Zone Layout Design
Our engineers draw the laundry free: barrier wall position, machine placement, utility connections and the one-way linen flow from soiled intake to clean store. AutoCAD drawings, coordinated with your architect or your distributor's engineer.
Factory-Direct Pricing
Buy directly from our Shanghai factory, with no importer in between. Complete hospital laundry packages typically cost 30–50% less than equivalent European brands, with CE and ISO certification.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Hospital Laundry Equipment FAQ
A barrier washer extractor is built into a wall between the soiled room and the clean room. Linen is loaded through one door on the soiled side and unloaded through a second door on the clean side, so washed linen never passes back through the soiled area. A standard washer extractor can also wash hospital linen, but without that separation. Where the hospital or the tender asks for infection control by physical separation, the barrier washer is the machine we recommend.
Your local standard decides. The US CDC guideline for hot-water laundering is 71 °C (160 °F) for at least 25 minutes; the UK HTM 01-04 sets 65 °C for at least 10 minutes or 71 °C for at least 3 minutes. GLX barrier washers run programmable cycles, so the time and temperature are set to whatever standard your hospital or tender specifies.
Count pieces, then convert to kilograms. Medical textiles average about 0.8–1.0 kg a piece, so 10,000 pieces a day is about 9,000 kg. Bed-based rules of thumb vary widely between hospitals and departments, so we size from your piece count or measured weight: sheets, patient gowns, surgical drapes, towels and staff uniforms together.
It depends on your daily kilograms and the finishing you need, from a few barrier washers and dryers for a nursing home to full ironing and folding lines for a large hospital. Factory-direct, it typically runs 30–50% below equivalent European brands. Send us your daily volume for a detailed quotation.
Yes. Our engineers draw the barrier wall position, machine placement, utility connections and the one-way linen flow from soiled intake to clean store, free with your quotation. We supply AutoCAD drawings and work with your architect or your distributor’s engineer on the local requirements.
Most hospitals run a 3,300 mm Y Series flatwork ironer. Smaller hospitals often manage with 2–3 rolls; at around 9,000 kg a day we propose a 6-roll main line plus a 4-roll line for drapes, pillowcases and peak hours. Speed rises with rolls: 3–25 m/min on three, 10–55 m/min on five, 10–60 m/min on six. A GSB feeder or GZB-3300D spreader in front and a ZD-3300V folder behind complete the line.
Daily: door seal inspection and cleaning. Weekly: drain filter check. Monthly: bearing lubrication and chemical dosing calibration. Quarterly: a service inspection, normally carried out by your own technicians or a local service partner, with our engineers supporting by video call. Every machine ships with maintenance manuals and training material. Where a hospital needs us physically on site, our engineers travel and travel costs are quoted separately.
