Mattress and Pillow Protectors for Hotel and Hospital Beds

What does a mattress protector have to do on your beds?

Two jobs. It has to keep the mattress clean enough to stay in service. It also has to feel comfortable under the sheet.

The sleeper feels each extra layer through the sheet. A plain woven face is the lightest option here, and the simplest to launder. A terry towelling mattress protector sits at the other end, with a pile face.

Decide which job matters more on which beds before you send the spec. Rooms and wards in one building do not always need the same answer. Each answer goes on its own line of the order.

How should the protector fit the mattress?

Over the top of the mattress and down the sides, like a fitted sheet. Housekeeping can then strip it with the rest of the bed.

The depth decides the fit. Measure it on the bare mattress, not over the bedding. Send a depth for each bed type, because two mattress models under one roof rarely match.

Some beds need a protector that closes round the whole mattress instead of sitting over it. Tell us what it has to close and how. We confirm what we can build before we quote.

Terry towelling or a plain woven face?

Terry towelling gives a soft, absorbent surface with a raised pile. A plain woven face is flat and smooth. We cut it from the same fabrics as the rest of your bed linen.

A towelling mattress protector holds moisture in the pile instead of passing it to the sheet above. The pile also gives the fitted sheet something to sit against. It is the heavier of the two to wash, dry and handle in volume.

A woven face is lighter, dries faster and sits flatter under the sheet. It also creases more than a pile. So it needs pressing, which a towelling face can skip.

How is a protector laundered and pressed?

On the same wash as the rest of the bed. The difference is bulk. A protector carries more fabric than a sheet for the same mattress. It covers the depth as well as the top.

So it takes longer to dry. Choose the quantity per bed against the slowest item back from the laundry.

Tell us the wash temperature and the pressing your laundry runs. We then build to a fabric and construction that suits it. If a request does not suit your wash, we tell you.

Do pillow protectors go on the same order?

Yes. Bulk pillow protectors take a smaller line on the same order. A pillow protector goes over the pillow and under the pillowcase. The case is then what comes off when the bed is stripped.

Hotel pillow protectors are sized from the pillow, so send its measurements with the mattress figures. Each one goes on its own line. We agree fabric and face the same way as on the mattress protector. One room then runs on one spec. Laundries order wholesale pillow protectors by the same rotation as the cases.

Who orders mattress protectors in bulk?

The same buyers who order the sheets. The protector stays on the bed when the sheets come off. Commercial mattress protectors are quoted one line per bed type.

• Hotel groups and serviced apartments, ordering hotel mattress protectors to one room standard.
• Hospitals and care homes, where a hospital mattress protector has to meet the buyer's ward standard.
• Commercial laundries, buying wholesale mattress protectors for hire stock beside the sheets they already rotate.
• Supermarkets and big marts, listing mattress and pillow protectors as shelf lines with their own label and packing.

What goes on the bed with a protector?

The sheet over it, first of all. A fitted sheet has to clear the protector as well as the mattress. So order the two together and send both sets of measurements.

Above that sit flat sheets, pillowcases and duvet covers. The rest of the bed linen range is made from the same fabric list.