Carpets can prevent slips and falls from occurring, they feel better under foot and they can help to provide insulation during colder weather, making them a popular choice in hospitals. But what factors should you consider when choosing your hospital carpets?
Areas to Cover
Not all floor areas of the hospital are going to be suitable. For example, operating rooms, emergency rooms and other areas where spills may be common are better kept carpet free but there are other specialist floor coverings available for these areas. Instead, carpets are best suited to areas such as staff rooms, offices and waiting rooms, so it may be best to stick to these areas.
Ease of Cleaning
Wherever hospital carpets are installed they should be easy to clean. Spillages are very common in hospitals, and can include blood, bodily fluids, food and medicines. The carpets will need to be cleaned thoroughly on a regular basis, and you will want to choose a professional floor covering which can stand up to the rigours of such cleaning so that you can get more life out of them.
Carpet Designs
In areas such as offices, the design of the carpet may not be particularly important. However, in patients' rooms you will probably want carpet designs which are soothing and calming to add to the overall ambiance of the room and make the experience better for the patients.
Low Resistance
When you are choosing a solution for hospitals a thick plush is not really ideal. Hospital carpet need to be thin enough to enable trolleys and wheelchairs to be moved around on them with ease, and thick carpets will only hinder this.
Tiles or Rolled
When choosing your carpet, you might want to opt for tiles instead of standard rolled carpets. There are a number of reasons for this as they are easier to install, far easier to replace small sections and don't require as much maintenance as rolled carpets. On top of that, if one area of the carpet becomes heavily stained then you can simply replace the single tile instead of the whole carpet, making it a more cost-effective solution.
Consider These Factors with Hospital Carpets
Choosing carpets for your hospital involves careful consideration of all the above factors. If you choose the wrong carpets then you can end up wasting money and finding out that they do not last as long as you had hoped. Always go with quality carpets from a reliable manufacturer, and consider the above points when choosing your carpets to ensure that they are the most suitable for your hospital.
Joseph, Hamilton and Seaton (JHS) have been a leading supplier of commercial carpet and floor coverings in the UK for over 50 years. JHS is based in Tamworth in the West Midlands and operates from a purpose built facility offering a next day delivery service to most areas in the UK.
JHS can supply a wide range of carpets, carpet tiles, and floor coverings including hospital carpets. The JHS product range offers the widest selection of carpets and flooring solutions available to architects, flooring companies and other specifiers.
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