• What disposable curtain colours are available?

    Colour Swatches available are shown here

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  • Do the disposable curtains offer the same privacy as conventional curtains?

    Privacy for patients is actually enhanced using disposable systems when compared to most conventional fabrics.

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  • Can we use existing curtain tracking?

    These disposable curtains have been developed to fit directly to the vast majority of cubicle curtain track currently in use. There is no need for costly modifications to your track.

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  • Are the disposable curtains made from environmentally friendly fabric?

    Yes the disposable curtains are made from 100% polypropylene which has one of the lowest environmental impacts of any material – synthetic or traditional.

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  • Does the fabric support bacterial growth?

    No. The curtains are manufactured from a durable disposable and completely recyclable polypropylene fabric which inhibits bacteria growth.

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  • Are the curtains available in varying lengths?

    Three sizes of curtain are available: Small: 2.4 metres long (1.8mtr track length) Medium: 4.8metres (3.6 mtr track length) Large: 7.2 metres (5.4 mtr track length)

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  • How are the curtains labelled?

    Details of the date that the curtain have been fitted the fire retardancy and the reorder code are clearly viable to allow simple auditing procedures to be applied.  

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  • How do we dispose of the curtains?

    You can use the normal clinical waste bins at your facility.

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  • How often do the curtains need to be changed?

    The curtains are durable and have shown that they can stay hanging for a year or more however we would recommend that each hospital carries out its own assessment to set the frequency at which the curtains should be changed in different areas. Each curtain has a self audit label so that you can easily see when it was last changed and can be included within your existing infection control procedures

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  • Are the curtains fire retardant?

    Disposable curtains comply with the same fire retardancy standards as conventional curtains BS 5867 Part 2 type C. Every batch of every colour supplied is tested.

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  • How do disposable curtains compare with the cost of using conventional curtains?

    The use of disposable curtains provides a cost effective solution to the management of hospital curtains: No curtain laundry No capital outlay for curtains No disruption to ward area during change of curtains

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