SWITCHABLE GLAZING FOR THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR.

By offering the patient dignity and privacy while allowing hospital staff to work safely and efficiently in reviewing the patient’s well being, the SmartGlass medical solution offers a sheer, easily cleaned surface to replace traditional blind systems which were difficult to clean and high risk in terms of harboring dirt and bugs.

Through continued studies it has been proven that sheer, easily cleaned surfaces are essential in hospitals in order to reduce the risks associated with the spread of super bugs such as Clostridium difficile (CDIFF), Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE).

The study showed that CDIFF, MRSA and VRE can be found on hospital privacy curtains. More worrying, researchers found that these bugs transfer onto the hands of people who handle the contaminated curtains, suggesting that health care workers who operate these may be spreading bugs. The study found that 43 percent of privacy curtains were contaminated with VRE, 22 percent of them harboured MRSA and four percent tested positive for CDIFF.

SmartGlass provides the ideal surface to combat these deadly infections and eliminates the need for traditional blind systems which are difficult to clean and high risk in terms of harboring dirt and bugs.

Privacy SmartGlass can be tailored to suit varying healthcare applications with requirements such as fire rated, x-ray proof and impact resistant glass.