HOW MUCH MONEY WILL YOU SAVE WITH ECOPRO PILLOW COVERS?  

Estimate your savings with our laundry calculator HERE.

The math behind our calculator:

Each FTE sees 15 patients/day and uses 2 pillowcases/patient

1 load of laundry=60 cloth pillowcases

Total cost of 1 load of laundry=$7.75*

Total # of loads of laundry/year per FTE=130 (1/2 load per day over 260 working days/year)

2 pillows/treatment table

Each EcoPro Pillow Cover=$39.95 and will last for 5 years

*Laundry cost calculated as follows:
1 load of laundry=$1.34 in washing machine water/electricity (per laundry calculator here)

Labor cost for 1 load of laundry=$6.41 (BLS national average hourly pay for PT aides=$12.82 and 1 load of laundry=30 minutes)

Total cost of 1 load of laundry=$7.75

 

Another way to look at it...
Did you know the cost of cloth pillowcase laundry is $0.26* per patient visit?

Let's say your clinic has 2 full time PT's who see a total of 150 patient visits per week.  Your cost of cloth pillowcase laundry per year=$2028*.

If the same clinic uses paper pillow covers instead of cloth pillowcases, the cost of paper pillow covers per year=$6240*.

A clinic this size would typically purchase 8 EcoPro pillow covers (2 for each of its 4 treatment tables) for a total cost of $320.  Assuming each pillow cover lasts for 5 years, the cost per year would be only $64.

Cost of cloth pillowcases per year=$2028

Cost of paper pillow covers per year=$6240

Cost of EcoPro pillow covers per year=$64

*Laundry cost per patient calculated as follows:
1 load of laundry=$1.34 in washing machine water/electricity (per calculator here)

Labor cost for 1 load of laundry=$6.41 (BLS national average hourly pay for PT aides=$12.82 and 1 load of laundry=30 minutes)

Total cost of 1 load of laundry=$7.75

1 load of laundry=60 cloth pillowcases

60 cloth pillowcases=30 patient visits

So, the cost of laundry per patient visit=$7.75/30=$0.26.

*Paper pillow covers=$40/box of 100

If you use 2 pillow covers per patient, you purchase 156 boxes/year (7800 visits/year x 2 paper pillow covers/visit=15600 pillow covers, and 15600/100 per box=156)

156 x$40/box=$6240