Linen buying guides

These linen buying guides help hospital, care home, hotel and restaurant buyers specify linens before they request a quotation. They cover sizes, fabrics, thread counts, garment types and how to choose a supplier, and they are written by the export team at International Linens from our production records, not from catalogue copy.

Hospital and healthcare linen guides

• Hospital bed sheet sizes: fitted, flat, draw, bariatric and extra-long sizes in one chart.
• Hospital bed sheet fabrics and thread counts: T-130 to T-250, polycotton, CVC, cotton and knitted sheets.
• Types of hospital gowns: tie-back, IV, telemetry, bariatric and pediatric gowns and their fabrics.
• Hospital gown color meaning: what colours do and do not signal.
• How to choose a hospital linen supplier: manufacturers, distributors and laundries compared.

Hotel and restaurant linen guides

• Hotel sheet sizes by country: US, UK, European and Australian mattress and sheet sizes.
• How to choose a hotel linen supplier: thread counts, wash life, samples and cost per wash.
• Tablecloth size guide: round and banquet tablecloths and napkin sizes.

Guides by export market

Importing linens? Our export market pages explain bed sizes, labelling rules and import terms for the USA, UK, Europe, Canada and Australia.

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