360° ZIPPER
All mattress covers have 360° zippers for the full mattress access and welded seams to prevent liquids ingress.
Prevention of hospital aquired infections
Challenges
- During inspection 47% of covers need to be replaced due to damage or strikethrough (1)
- In hospitals 25% of mattresses are damaged and need replacing. Increasing the risk of healthcare-associated infection (HAIs) (1)
- 3.1–4.6 milion people acquire a HAI in acute care hospitals in Europe every year (2)
Solutions
WHITE INTERIORS
All cover options have white interiors to make mattress inspection easier.
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1. Hooker EA. Hospital mattress failures—A hidden patient danger. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Mar;44(3):501- 503. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.486.
2. OECD/European Union (2020), “Health care-associated infections”, in Health at a Glance: Europe 2020: State of Health in the EU Cycle, OECD Publishing, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1787/4af33743-en
2. OECD/European Union (2020), “Health care-associated infections”, in Health at a Glance: Europe 2020: State of Health in the EU Cycle, OECD Publishing, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1787/4af33743-en