Medical & Industrial Hygiene
Medical and industrial laundry services play a critical role in maintaining sanitary safety across hospitals, laboratories, industrial facilities, hotels, and service sectors.
Every day, vast quantities of workwear, hospital garments, laboratory clothing, and technical textiles pass through laundry systems, coming into direct contact with bacteria, viruses, fungi, and biological contaminants.
Limitations of Conventional Laundering
Despite the use of high temperatures, strong detergents, and chemical disinfectants, standard laundering provides only temporary microbiological cleanliness.
Immediately after the washing cycle, textiles begin to re-accumulate bacteria and other pathogens—during drying, transport, storage, and initial use.
This means that conventional laundry processes eliminate risks only momentarily and do not provide long-term protection.
Medical and Industrial Risks
In medical laundry operations, this issue is particularly critical.
Staff uniforms, hospital bedding, surgical textiles, and laboratory garments can become vectors for cross-contamination, increasing risk for patients, physicians, and support personnel.
In industrial laundry services, intensive chemical use accelerates fabric degradation, shortens textile lifespan, raises operating costs, and places additional burdens on both the environment and laundry workers.
Graphene Oxide–Based CLEANTECH Solutions
In response to these challenges, INTERMERCATUS Biotech develops CLEANTECH solutions that redefine hygiene standards in laundry services.
We offer technology based on the impregnation of textiles with a natural graphene oxide-based preparation, applied as a complement or extension to standard laundering processes.
Active and Long-Term Textile Protection
Following impregnation, textiles gain long-lasting antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal properties that remain effective through repeated use cycles.
Instead of becoming rapidly re-contaminated, the fabric actively limits microbial settlement and proliferation on its surface.
This represents a fundamental shift in textile hygiene—from reactive disinfection to active, long-term protection.
Operational and Environmental Benefits
Reduced
chemical usage
Reduced use of aggressive chemicals
chemical usage
Reduced use of aggressive chemicals
Lower washing temperatures
Effective laundering at reduced temperatures.
Effective laundering at reduced temperatures.
Slower
fabric degradation
Reduced material wear and preservation of textile quality.
fabric degradation
Reduced material wear and preservation of textile quality.
Extended textile
lifespan
Less frequent replacement and tangible cost savings.
lifespan
Less frequent replacement and tangible cost savings.
Lower
operating costs
Significant reduction in overall operational expenses.
operating costs
Significant reduction in overall operational expenses.
Improved
worker safety
Reduced exposure of staff to harmful chemical substances.
worker safety
Reduced exposure of staff to harmful chemical substances.
Reduced environmental footprint
Lower environmental impact of laundering processes.
Lower environmental impact of laundering processes.
Reinforcing Medical Hygiene Standards
Within medical hygiene, graphene impregnation serves as an additional passive protective barrier, functioning between washing and usage cycles.
This technology does not replace existing sanitary protocols but reinforces them where traditional chemistry and heat alone are no longer sufficient.
A Next-Generation Approach to Laundry Hygiene
CLEANTECH in laundry services, as implemented by INTERMERCATUS Biotech, represents a next-generation approach.
It combines biological effectiveness, human safety, textile durability, and environmental responsibility.
It is a solution for institutions and operators seeking to elevate hygiene standards without increasing cost or risk.