Hospital Curtains vs. Medical Privacy Screens – A Debate
There was a time when hospital wards were large, open spaces with no consideration for patient privacy, and then the idea of the cubicle curtain was born. Suspended from ceiling-mounted rails, hospital privacy curtains are now sometimes made of antimicrobial synthetic...
Privacy Screens Restore Dignity to Changing Places
In 2021, it will be a legal requirement for public venues to provide Changing Places facilities that give people with learning difficulties or physical limitations greater freedom to enjoy daily activities that most of us take for granted. A Changing Places toilet is...
Will There Be A Hospital Bed Shortage This Winter? (Not Necessarily, We Say)
Each winter brings the same predictable ailments – influenza, gastroenteritis, bronchitis and pneumonia to name just a few – that with hospital-acquired infections such as MRSA, MSSA, E Coli and C Difficile, place an increased demand on hospital beds. But as...
Medical Privacy Screens – New Line of Defence in Covid War
Statistics for Healthcare-Associated Infections (HCIAs) are rising, particularly in the North West of England where a CEBM report in early October, stated that 24% of patients admitted to hospitals were infected and of these, 18% were due to contracting Covid-19...