HEALTHCARE FLOORING
any form of lighting within a building, whether natural or artificial.
High chemical, scratch, and stain resistance
The range also benefits from SMART (Sustainable Modern Advanced Robust Technology) technology, with the SMART-top finish ensuring that Sphera has a high resistance to chemicals, scratches, and stains, making it ideal for healthcare settings. The in-line coating and subsequent embossing process result in superior appearance and durability, which sees the new Sphera range achieve the highest abrasion wear rating group, T. It also has very low emissions – of <10 μg/m2
after 28 days, and is 100%
phthalate-free, which helps to ensure that it contributes to a healthier indoor environment. For areas that are in constant use, adhesive-free sheet vinyls, such as Forbo’s Modul’up collection, are ideal to keep disruption and downtime to a minimum.
Waiting rooms
In the waiting areas and family rooms, the design of the interior should be comfortable, in order to provide a relaxing and stress-free environment. Here, solutions such as flocked floorcoverings are ideal. With a combination of performance attributes that are hard to beat, flocked floorcoverings have seen a huge rise in popularity in recent years, thanks to advances in technology that are challenging traditional perspectives. Neither a carpet nor a resilient floorcovering, electrostatically flocked flooring solutions offer the best of both worlds. Like resilient floorcoverings, they are safe, durable, and washable, but offer the appearance, comfort, and sound- absorbing properties of textile flooring. Unlike carpet, however, they do not harbour allergens, which helps to create healthier indoor environments. This makes
Forbo a P22 approved supplier
The Department of Health’s ProCure22 (‘P22’) construction procurement framework – for the development and delivery of NHS and social care capital schemes in England – continues to build on the principles of its predecessors. Its goals include streamlining the procurement process, and creating an environment in which clients, Principal Supply Chain Partners (PSCPs), and their supply chains, develop stronger partnerships to drive increased efficiency and productivity while supporting enhanced clinical outputs for patients, and improved environments for staff and visitors.
Forbo Flooring Systems has been appointed as an approved supplier on the P22 Framework, which means that its floorcovering solutions – ‘from entrance to exit’ – are approved for the healthcare environment. Offering a 10-year warranty, with discounts of up to 47% and pricing fixed for 12 months, Forbo says its aim is to ensure that healthcare environments feature floorcoverings that are ‘both fit for purpose and fit for the future – providing savings without any compromise’.
The company said: “From sheet systems for clinical areas, static control flooring for X ray rooms, and slip-resistant flooring for wet clinical areas, to carpet tiles for offices, and entrance flooring systems that prevent pollutants getting in, Forbo has an extensive portfolio of cost-effective flooring solutions to meet any requirement, as well as being able to offer savings through transparent trading and better purchasing power.”
them suitable for a range of healthcare applications, including hospitals, clinics, and care homes. Alongside these benefits, advanced digital printing techniques have extended the range of vibrant colours and patterns now available with such floorings, giving rise to a host of new design opportunities. From strong graphic shapes and hexagonal geometry, to floral prints and linear outlines, flocked flooring can make a bold statement or a muted complement – whatever the interior design requires. What’s more, flocked flooring is now available in a range of formats, including tiles, planks, and sheet.
Wards and single patient rooms In wards and consulting rooms, as well as single patient rooms, linoleum offers a host of benefits to create a healthy, hygienic environment. Linoleum can
contribute to a healthier indoor environment, as it has TVOCs 30 times lower than the European norm, and CO2 emissions 50% lower than other resilient flooring. What’s more, aside from achieving an A+ rating in healthcare, as assessed by BREEAM, one particular brand of linoleum, Marmoleum, has also been awarded the prestigious ‘Seal of Approval’ from Allergy UK; this is because – with the correct cleaning regime – it will not harbour allergens or house dust mites. Linoleum’s ability to inhibit the growth of bacteria stems from the natural raw materials that go into its production, namely linseed oil. This is an inherent property of the product, and will not diminish over time, which provides peace of mind to end-users, and constant protection from the moment it is installed. Furthermore, linoleum is especially good from a durability and cleaning
Requiring a floorcovering that ‘combined a homely, non- clinical feel with effective slip-resistance’, GBS Architects installed 590 m2
of Forbo’s Surestep Wood Decibel in a
rehabilitation ward for older adults as part of the Beaconsfield East Dementia Care Project.
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Forbo’s new Sphera Element flooring, with its ‘calming colours and patterns’, has been specified for the Mother and Baby Unit at Glan Clwyd Hospital – ‘thanks to its its bright and fresh appearance, high, performance, and durability’. The Sphera sheets were hand cut ‘to create beautiful butterfly designs’.
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