A method and a system for monitoring healthcare garments (3), wherein the method comprises the steps of: -providing a temperature sensor (1) on or in a healthcare garment, -sensing the temperature ofthe healthcare garment by means of the temperature sensor, -transferring temperature data relating to the sensed temperature over at least one network (5) and a wireless interface (7) from the temperature sensor to a base station (4), and -based on the transferred temperature data, determining information relating to a usage cycle of said healthcare garment.