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Cartoon characters brighten up children’s wards
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t’s not just staff who can benefit from the latest furniture designs. Young patients are also being targeted with
the release of Medstor’s latest mobile module cart.
The innovative product uses bright colours and cheerful cartoon-style jungle images to help distract children from the treatment they are receiving. The carts also provide continuity as whenever the nurse comes over to check on the patient, the jungle animals will be there, too, helping to make the experience a little less upsetting by
providing something bright and fun to look at.
The Medstor graphic design team started by researching the colours and shapes that appeal to children, developing a jungle scene featuring a friendly-looking group of animals – a parrot, flamingo, boar, hippo and snake – anthropomorphised with big eyes and happy faces to make them as approachable as possible. Primary colours and a simple
background draw the eye in, allowing the child to build their own story around the
characters.
The design was then transferred to a transparent PVC film containing antimicrobial agents and coated with a pressure-sensitive acrylic adhesive, specially designed for use in areas that require a high level of hygiene. And the film has high adhesive
properties, so sticks immediately and permanently, with no risk of peeling, cracking or tearing, which can create hard-to-clean places where dangerous bacteria can thrive. It is also resistant to solvents and most chemicals, making it capable of withstanding regular and rigorous non- abrasive cleaning; and it has no allergenic or irritant potential. General medical consumables can be
stored, identified and accessed easily, then taken to the point of care when needed.
And a fully-welded base frame and antistatic castors with locking brakes ensure manoeuvrability and safety when the carts are in use.
“Being in hospital can be a miserable time for a child,” said Allison Seabourne, sales director at Medstor. “We wanted to do something to help and came up with the idea of the children’s cart – an item that hopefully brings a smile to the face of young patients and also makes the clinical team’s work easier by keeping everything to hand, all tidily stocked and ready to go.”
www.medstor.co.uk
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