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Altro Whiterock safety flooring makes an impact on Australian Hospitals


These photos show incomplete repairs to adamaged hospital wall while an Altro Whiterockinstallation protects the opposing wall.

Hospitals and healthcare facilities are underincreasing pressure to maintain damaged wallscaused by impacts. As hospital beds, trolleys andequipment become larger and heavier, and schedulesget tighter, increasing levels of damage has becomeunavoidable. The damage ranges from scratches andscrapes to major holes.

The question of how to cost-effectively manage theproblem of constantly repairing corridor walls is aburning issue for hospital engineers. Puncture holesand deep gouges into the plaster sheet requireregular filling, sanding and painting. The repairprocess can take 4 days or more, often requiring thewhole wall to be re-painted, causing much disruptionto patient care. This damage occurs despite installedguard rails and the wall is often damaged again withindays or weeks of completing the initial repairs.

Hospital engineers have experimented with numerousmaterials to tackle this issue, with varying success.

Altro Whiterock, while new to Australia, had proven itsimpact-resistance credentials over many years inhospital and healthcare facilities in UK and Europe.

Additional benefits provided by Altro Whiterockinclude an integral biocide that inhibits the spread of'super bugs' like MRSA and VRE, thereby supportingthe hospital's infection control measures. It alsoreduces cleaning times due to its smooth surface andfully sealed joints. Like Altro's renowned safetyflooring, germs have nowhere to hide on AltroWhiterock wall cladding, making it the better choicethan alternatives such as ceramic tiles. Furthermore,Whiterock is supported by a 10 year product warrantythat's so typical of Altro.

Early estimations from a major Queensland publichospital indicate the Altro Whiterock installation willpay back in just 1 year, when compared to thelaborious and expensive maintenance process anddisruptions to daily productivity.

"Introducing the Altro Whiterock sheeting was soappropriate to this scenario. It covered the obviousimpact requirements, allowing the removal of theguard rails to expand the width of the servicecorridor. We were also able to do away with themetal and plastic corner guards that were aconcern to Infection Control staff due to the dirttraps at edges, crevices and screws. Largesections of corridor become one day installations.

I'm so pleased with the way Whiterock has beenaccepted by the hospitals. In fact, each of thehospitals that have installed Whiterock haveordered more to be done.

I believe the reason that Altro Whiterock has beenso well received is that at last, there is a long termanswer to a major maintenance problem."Richard Martin, Pacific Flooring Services, Director




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