Systems and processes for treating textiles with an antimicrobial agent

A method, comprising:

• detecting an identification tag coupled to a textile at a first location in a system, wherein the identification tag uniquely identifies a textile;
• responsive to detecting the identification tag at the first location, determining tracking data corresponding to the identification tag, wherein the tracking data includes medical-related information, wherein medical-related information is a medical record associated with at least one user associated with the textile, and wherein the medical record is used to determine information relating to at least one of:
• (i) one or more medical procedures performed on the user;
• or (ii) one or more health conditions of the user for a time period during which the user used the textile;
• after detecting the identification tag at the first location, detecting the textile at a second location in the system;
• responsive to detecting the identification tag at the second location, updating the tracking data associated with the textile;
• and
• treating, based on the tracking data, one or more items in the system with an antimicrobial agent.

A washing system for treating a textile with an antimicrobial agent, the washing system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the washing system to perform functions comprising:
• detecting an identification tag, wherein the identification tag uniquely identifies a textile;
• determining, based on the detected identification tag, one or more parameters for treating the textile with an antimicrobial agent, wherein the antimicrobial agent comprises a metallic ion, and wherein determining the one or more parameters comprises:
• determining tracking data corresponding to the identification tag, wherein the tracking data includes medical-related information, wherein medical-related information is a medical record associated with at least one user associated with the textile, and wherein the medical record is used to determine information relating to at least one of:
• (i) one or more medical procedures performed on the user;
• or (ii) one or more health conditions of the user for a time period during which the user used the textile;
• and
• processing the tracking data to determine the one or more parameters;
• and
• treating the textile with the antimicrobial agent based on the one or more parameters.