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NHS Trusts and Boards are creating modern, state-of-the-art healthcare facilities fit for the 21st century.
The Department for Health recognises that finger protection for doors is particularly beneficial for children, disabled people, people with mental health disorders and older people.
It is critical for design teams to ensure fitness-for-purpose of products used in demanding healthcare environments, and deliver maximum value through the whole life of each facility.
NHS Trusts and Boards continue to invest in building modern, state of the art healthcare facilities incorporating the latest best practice for community and acute health sectors procured through PFI, SFT, LIFT or public capital.
Safehinge is the new best practice for doors in healthcare facilities, allowing health trusts and boards to offer safer and more comfortable environments for their vulnerable patients.
The Department for Health highlights the benefits of finger protection in their latest guidance document for internal doorsets - HTM 58. The Department emphasises the particular benefits of door finger protection to children, disabled people, people with mental health problems and older people.
Existing retrofit products, made from plastic and rubber, have extremely limited durability in tough, healthcare environments. Institutions like Great Ormond Street Hospital have found that these products can fail within just two months of installation.
Combating Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) is regarded as one of the most important performance requirement for healthcare environments. The flexible surfaces and materials of retrofit hinge guards are difficult to clean and undermine the prevention of healthcare associated infection.
Designers and specifiers are well aware of the challenges of procuring durable products that are fit-for-purpose in the tough environments that community and acute healthcare facilities present. The rounded aluminium door edge not only eliminates the dangerous gap associated with traditional hinges, but provides added edge protection that extends the life of the door and can be easily cleaned to assist infection control measures.
Safehinge enables health trusts and boards to specify integrated finger protection that is installed once, never replaced and will save around £500 per door on maintenance costs over the 25 year life of a building. When you consider the number of doors in healthcare buildings, the potential savings are huge.