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The Design Bugs Out project – a partnership between the Department of Health and the Design Council – brought together clinical specialists, patients and frontline hospital staff with designers and manufacturers to produce furniture designs that are not only easier and quicker to clean but functional and comfortable and at a comparable price.
Hospital furniture design has not been assessed for many years, or been so thoroughly evaluated. The ergonomically sound, robust and sustainable designs are the first to be tested by an independent laboratory for cleanability in comparison to existing hospital furniture, as well as user-friendliness by ward staff, patients and visitors. The Patient Chair and Commode proved to be easier to clean after undergoing rigorous assessments that replicated routine hospital cleaning procedures of typically contaminated hospital furniture.
Patent Pending: 0906560.8
Patient Chair (2009)
