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How to reduce your clinic laundering and improve your carbon footprint?
By adding Clinic Armour products on examination tables, you will eliminate the need to launder pillowcases, and bed linen daily. All our products have been designed to be cleaned by wiping down with approved cleaning products. No longer will you need to send pillow or bed covers for off-site or onsite laundering. If you previously used paper bed covers, you will save hundreds of dollar each year per bed by no longer requiring these. Most clinics are no longer using paper pillow covers when a patient is supine; some will still choose a paper cover for people lying in prone. By...
Not too hot... not too cold. Just right
- Clinic Armour products do not reach an as high surface temperature as Vinyl covers after 7 minutes of laying down.
- Clinic Armour products appear to respond to direct body temperature mirroring in a 1-minute test over Vinyl beds. This is likely due to the thin barrier.
- Clinic Armour is not as successive to air heating and may stay warmer at lower room temperatures and maybe cooler when a room is heating to higher temperatures.
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Bed cleaning process and COVID audit
In Victoria, Australia - we have been in stage 4 lockdown for 6 weeks with another 4 weeks likely.During this time as a physiotherapist, we have been able to only see essential cases. We started using the Clinic Armour covers a few months ago and this blog outlines how these have helped us streamline the cleaning process and ensure increased patient and practitioner hygiene. Like many clinics, prior to COVID-19, we used terry-towelling and linen on our beds and pillow covers. With increased cleaning needs these proved to be a possible risk area that we needed to eliminate. Replacing these with...
Update your treatment tables
Give your examination tables a fresh new look. In many cases, the vinyl will thin or we become damaged from the use of chemical cleaners and constant use. As soon as the vinyl becomes damaged, bacteria traps develop which are hard to clean. Using a Clinic Armour cover will not only refresh your examination tables at a fraction of the cost but also provides your clinic with the ultimate in hygiene surface protection. To reupholster an examination table expect to pay between $150-300 per panel. Approximate Cost of reupholstering versus a cover. Number of Panels on Bed Re-Upholstering ClinicArmour 1...
8 ways to protect doctors caring for patients - Covid-19
According to the article below from the AMA, there are a few steps doctors can protect themselves and their patients. These include: Minimising exposure Adhere to procedures Manage patient physical movement Implement physical barriers Monitor health of staff Train and educate Implement infection control through cleaning and disinfecting Advise Health Authorities https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/8-ways-protect-doctors-caring-patients-covid-19