Emerald signs exclusive linen and laundry services agreement with PVHMC

SAN DIEGO, CA – July 25, 2014 – San Diego, California – Emerald Textiles, Southern California’s environmentally responsible commercial healthcare laundry, is pleased to announce that Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center has signed a multi-year contract with Emerald to serve as their exclusive linen and laundry services provider.

“We’re committed to driving down Pomona Valley’s overall cost for linen services while providing a higher level of cleanliness and quality” said Tom Gildred, Chief Executive Officer of Emerald Textiles. “We are pleased to add PVHMC to our growing list of customers in Los Angeles.”

Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center is a not-for-profit regional Medical Center dedicated to providing high quality, cost effective healthcare services to residents of the greater Pomona Valley. The Medical Center offers a full range of services from local primary acute care to highly specialized regional services.

Emerald combines a total quality methodology, a focus on the environment and building partnerships with customers. This approach along with Emerald’s unique Linen Management Program, enables many of the companies’ customers to reduce their linen usage by a significant percentage resulting in six figure savings annually.

Emerald Textiles’ two facilities serve hospitals throughout Southern California, in Los Angeles and San Diego counties and across the eastern corridor to Palm Desert.

About Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center

Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center is a 453-bed, acute care, nationally accredited not-for-profit medical center serving eastern Los Angeles and western San Bernardino counties. PVHMC is one of only four hospitals in California to be named a recipient of the Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award for five consecutive years. PVHMC recently received the prestigious Baby-Friendly designation. In 2013, the Hospital was named one of the nation’s Top Performers on Key Quality Measures for excellence in heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia care by The Joint Commission. The Hospital was also recognized by Thomson Reuters in 2011 as a 50 Top Cardio Vascular Hospital and a four-time recipient of the 100 Top Hospitals in the nation in the past 16 years.

For more information, visit pvhmc.org.

About Emerald Textiles

Emerald Textiles provides the most environmentally responsible, high quality, linen rental and management solution for the Southern California healthcare industry. Emerald’s two facilities are located in the greater Los Angeles and San Diego areas and serve hospitals throughout Southern California and across the eastern corridor to Palm Desert. Emerald utilizes the most advanced technology and provides a higher standard of cleanliness, industry compliance and customer satisfaction.

For more information about Emerald Textiles and its services, please visit EmeraldUS.com

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