![]() ![]() The curtains are manufactured from a durable, disposable and completely recyclable polypropylene fabric, resulting in low environmental impact. The disposable curtains have been designed to help control infection by making them both economical and easy to change more frequently. Available in an attractive blue colour with four. Most of our customers change their disposable cubicle curtains every 6 months. Disposable curtains are an effective tool in the fight against healthcare environment acquired infections. Our disposable cubicle curtains are constructed with heat sealed Please Ask Before Entering labels for patient privacy and date reviewing labels to prompt clinical team to make sure they are changed regularly. The Sunflower Medical mobile folding hospital ward screens with one piece disposable curtain are available in 3, 4 and 5 sections with 3 curtain colours. Materialised offers a ‘trade-in’ program to handle the ongoing second life of the product.Sunflower Mobile Privacy Screens with Disposable Curtains It delivers long active life, low energy washing and drying and can be either recycled or up-cycled. The BLOX modular screen has a 50% recycled PET component. Sustainability is front and centre with Materialised, and whilst we don’t chant mantras, we consider carefully how lightly we can tread on planet earth. Our research shows the life expectancy of disposables, due to soiling and differing clinical needs, 12 months is more like 6–8-month average. We have developed a simple cost-saving calculator into which you can key in the costs you are incurring with disposables and read over a ten-year life cycle of a non-disposable privacy curtain. We have observed the misleading examples published by the foreign suppliers of disposable screens. ![]() Cost is more than money, but even at a monetary level, disposable cubicle screens are more costly than re-usable, locally made, textile screens. THE SOLUTION: The healthcare industry has been hoodwinked. THE CONCERN: The suggestion was made that single-use screens are inexpensive and re-usable. THE SOLUTION: BLOX can be assembled to build whatever size screen is required. THE CONCERN: Managing different sizes to suit individual ward configurations. THE SOLUTION: We have empirical evidence of our non-disposable privacy curtain serving 20+years, with a 10-year warranty to support this claim. THE CONCERN: Doubts of our claim of 10-to-15-year life expectancy. THE SOLUTION: Sourcing a fibre where the Silver Ion antimicrobial is captured IN the polymer of the fibre guaranteeing total lifelong efficacy. THE CONCERN: Doubt that the popular Silver Ion treatment used on disposables would not withstand the rigours of multiple laundering. THE SOLUTION: BLOX is a lightweight, 2m x 2m modular system weighing only 1.1kg per unit. THE CONCERN: Weight (long textile curtains can be difficult to manage and heavy for the installer) The Government concerns over a non-disposable privacy curtain OH&S We examined and metaphorically ’road tested’ a module approach to eliminate concerns. We consulted with virtually every level of the hospital hierarchy to gain knowledge with which to formulate a solution. ![]() Once engaged with the committee I was set on an investigation journey to get a true understanding of what is driving the disposable screen fetish. I was directed to the NSW Director of Procurement who, after consultation, set up a committee to investigate and report on the pros and cons of disposable versus reusable cubicle screens. NSW Health Minister, Brad Hazzard, was responsive to my request to have the Department reconsider their practice of using disposable, single-use privacy curtains. Not only is it ecologically destructive, but it is also a financial ‘sink hole’. With a history of supplying textiles to healthcare facilities, I could no longer sit back and watch this vandalism. An entire industry has effectively been shipped offshore, along with thousands of jobs. CubiScreen is a clear cubicle curtain screen solution for hospitals that need the bed space and must take cautionary measures to prevent the spread of. ![]() The upper portion of the disposable hospital curtain ensemble is attached to the existing hooks in a mounted track in a hospital room. And hospital waste, through an obsession with ‘disposable-everything,’ is eye-watering. A disposable hospital curtain ensemble is provided for use with existing hospital curtain assemblies. The concern and distress that the various Governments who espouse ‘jobs, jobs, jobs’ and condemn the use of plastic bags, are demonstrating an incredible hypocrisy! We hate waste of any kindĨ00,000 tonnes of textile waste in Australia is sent to landfill annually. So, what motivated me to develop this product? Disposable Linen Underpads 4-Ply 40 x 60cm Inhealth 300s Bed Roll 49cm x 41.5m InHealth Ongard Dental Bibs 46x33cm White 500s Fitted Bedsheet 75 x 200cm. Developing a non-disposable privacy curtain, or cubicle screen, has been my passion for over 18 months. ![]()
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