Healthcare facilities must meet increased demands for cleanliness and patient safety as the world adapts to health threats. Answering the call to safeguard against infection and put an emphasis on the ability to clean and sanitize surfaces, CertainTeed created Ecophon Hygiene Advance Wall.
Designed for the rigors of everyday maintenance, Ecophon Hygiene Advance Wall is an acoustic wall panel that satisfies FGI guidelines for use in restricted areas in healthcare spaces. The protocol mandates that wall finishes must be “monolithic, scrubbable, capable of withstanding cleaning and/or disinfecting chemicals” where there is a high risk of contamination.
Absorbing up to 90 percent of sound, Ecophon Hygiene Advance Wall promotes patient healing and well-being. Plus, installation that allows for cleaning behind panels means facilities can enhance acoustics without making major structural modifications to a space. Lastly, its size (2- by 4-feet) and flexible orientation (portrait/landscape) means that Ecophon Hygiene Advance Wall can be inserted wherever wall space is available.
Enhanced Cleanability
Encapsulated in PVF film, Ecophon Hygiene Advance Wall panels are impervious to water. The stain resistant panel is also designed for daily disinfecting with chemical compatibility including: Formalin, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, isopropanol, sodium hypochlorite, sodium hydroxide. Ecophon Hygiene Advance Wall panels can also be removed to clean the back of the panel and the surface behind it.
Like other CertainTeed panels, Ecophon Hygiene Advance Wall is subjected to ASTM wash cycle testing protocol, to ensure durability and longevity at over 2000+ cycles, so specifiers can be confident they have selected products to handle continuous, rigorous cleaning regimens required in the most restrictive healthcare environments.
The Added Benefits of Acoustic Control
In addition to its cleanable surface, Ecophon Hygiene Advance Wall provides sound absorption with an NRC of 0.90. This is critical in healthcare spaces, especially restrictive areas such as operating rooms and semi-restrictive areas such as isolation rooms all of which contain many hard surfaces and benefit from any augmentation of sound absorption.
Increasing Air Flow
Today’s facilities must consider air flow more than ever before. Upgrading ventilation can lead to problems such as soilage around vents and other build-up of particulate which can contaminate otherwise sterile environments. CertainTeed panels are designed with smooth surfaces that make it nearly impossible for dirt to cling and collect, making cleaning and sanitizing more successful.
A Portfolio for Healthcare Design
Ecophon Hygiene Advance Wall is the latest introduction to CertainTeed’s comprehensive portfolio of ceiling and wall solutions for healthcare design. From washable ceiling and wall panels that meet FGI guidelines to clean room suspension systems that provide a hygienic, particulate free, sealed ceiling systems, and everything in-between, this portfolio of products keeps healthcare patients, practitioners, workers and visitors safe and healthy. Products include:
- 15/16-inch EZ Stab Cleanroom System
- Adagio High CAC
- Ecophon Akusto One
- AquaRock
- Ecophon Focus
- Envirogard
- Fine Fissured High NRC
- Sand Micro
- Symphony f Rx
- Symphony f/m
- Symphony m Rx High NRC
- VinylShield C
- VinylRock
Whatever the healthcare design challenge, CertainTeed can help specifiers with technical support and a broad portfolio of solutions. Read to learn more about Ecophon Hygiene Control and the full line of products in the Clean Campaign portfolio.