While aesthetics is a growing focus for healthcare facility managers when making furniture selections, ultimately, they need furniture that meets the day-to-day needs of their facility and caregivers, according to an article on the FacilityCare website.
Facilities require furniture that supports infection control and that can hold up under harsh housekeeping.
While environmental services needs furniture that meets housekeeping protocols and budgets, caregivers need furniture that makes their jobs easier.
For instance, pivoting arms and individually locking casters on patient recliners make for easier patient transfers.
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