EXPERTS IN BATHROOM HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
EXPERTS IN BATHROOM HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
EXPERTS IN BATHROOM HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
EXPERTS IN BATHROOM HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
EXPERTS IN BATHROOM HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
EXPERTS IN BATHROOM HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
Tailored solutions for care homes, clinics and hospitals
Healthcare is a highly specialized sector which presents unique challenges. GROHE has extensive experience in this area with specific expertize in the provision of sanitary solutions in a wide range of hospitals, clinics, outpatient units and residential care homes. Hygiene and ergonomics are key considerations. As are long-term durability, ease of cleaning and safe operation. In response, GROHE has developed a range of specialist products. Grohtherm Special thermostatic basin mixers, for example, are elbow operated and offer the facility to safely pre-set an appropriate water temperature. In residential care homes, the Sensia Arena Gentle Care shower toilet provides both hygiene and independence and reduces the workload of nursing staff.
Specialist products such as these can be specified alongside appropriate products from the main GROHE range to offer a simple, one-supplier solution across the whole project - including patient rooms, washrooms, public areas and kitchens.
Hygiene
Keeping pace with the latest hygiene regulations is a constant challenge for specifiers of healthcare projects. GROHE can offer support with our detailed and extensive knowledge of the latest requirements. We have spent many years developing and refining specialist products – such as touchless faucets and easy thermal disinfection - which can help your project meet and exceed all current standards.
Safety
To prevent the contamination of drinking water, healthcare facilities often set the supply temperature at over 65ºC – a temperature which requires effective protection against burns and scolds. Planning applications are formally regulated in a European standard for drinking water installations. GROHE can offer both advice on these standards together with a range of technologies and product innovations to ensure your project specification meets them.
Resource-efficiency
Managing a cost-effective healthcare facility starts at the planning and specification stage. GROHE offer a wide range of products and technologies designed to reduce both water and energy consumption. Incorporating these products in the specification of your project will lead to long-term economic efficiencies and cost savings – and will reduce the project’s reliance on scarce resources.
Find out more about our products tailored to different room types:
PREMIUM PATIENT ROOMS
Premium patient rooms, offering an upscale ambience, are becoming increasingly popular in modern hospitals. Aimed at patients with comprehensive private insurance or those in a position to pay for a premium service, they offer a design aesthetic similar to first-class hotels. As a complete supplier of bathroom solutions – across all price points – GROHE is extremely well-placed to supply bathroom products that meet the highest standards of design, style and functionality.
Harmonious and luxurious
GROHE offers a complete bathroom solution with a comprehensive range of coordinated bathroom faucets, showers, ceramics and accessories in a range of colors and finishes. Our Perfect Match solution makes it easy for architects and designers to achieve a unified, harmonious impression in any project’s Premium Patient Rooms.
Innovative and user-friendly
Ergonomic, intuitively operated fittings allow patients to be as independent as possible in their hospital bathroom. Wash basins with touchless taps, for example, can be activated by the motion of a hand and smart shower systems with innovative controls facilitate daily bathing for patients.
STANDARD PATIENT ROOMS
The provision of comfortable, well-designed patient rooms is an intervention which can have a profound impact on a patient’s recovery from illness or operation. Numerous studies have indicated that a room’s design and facilities can reduce stress, increase dignity and speed up recovery times.
Bathrooms are a key component of a comfortable, clinically effective patient room. GROHE has a range of expertize in this specialist sanitary sector and are well-placed to recommend a range of tailored solutions that meet the needs of patients and contribute to the cost-effective operation of healthcare facilities.
Ergonomic and convenient
User-friendly sanitary fittings are essential in patient rooms. For example, people with limited mobility will benefit from special wash basin faucets with easy-to-grip lever handles that are angled slightly upwards. WC flush plates with a dual-flush system enable users to select the required flush volume.
Safe and hygienic
Thermostats ensure the water in the shower remains at the selected temperature, preventing scalding due to fluctuations in the water pressure. Faucets with easy-to-clean designs, laminar flow regulators and back-flow protection devices further increase the hygiene and safety of patient bathrooms.
ELDERLY CARE ROOMS
Two things elderly people living in retirement homes want are to feel at home and to receive the support they need. On top of that, it’s important for any individual needs resulting from physical and mental conditions to be taken into consideration. Planners who rely on GROHE fittings for bathrooms and kitchens will find a wide range of options that allow them to combine an appealing atmosphere with a high level of safety and user-friendliness.
Innovative and smart
For many elderly people, digital products are no longer a challenge. Once people have tried them, they appreciate the convenience that smart applications offer in everyday life. For example, digital faucets display the precise water temperature – making it easier to find exactly the right setting. Smart technologies also provide shower toilets with many functions that can assist.
Filtered and chilled
Drinking enough water is important for your health at any age. Water systems can help older people ensure that they are drinking as much as they need every day. Our GROHE Blue system delivers perfectly chilled water straight from the faucet. With the option of Still, Medium or Sparkling water, it’s now possible to draw delicious sparkling water straight from the kitchen faucet – with exactly the right amount of carbonation and no need to rely on wasteful, single-use plastic bottles.
PUBLIC FACILITIES
The publicly accessible facilities in hospitals and retirement homes are heavily frequented during visiting hours. GROHE helps operators equip these rooms with products that meet the high standards of design, comfort and sustainability required – whilst also being extremely durable.
Touchless and water-saving
Electronic faucets offer a number of advantages in public facilities. Because they are controlled via infrared sensors, they prevent the transmission of bacteria and viruses from one person to another at washbasins, WCs and urinals. In addition to this, their integrated water-saving technology helps to reduce costs and conserve valuable resources.
Tailored and efficient
In order to prevent water from splashing or overflowing, the bowl and flush settings on a WC need to be perfectly matched. This is especially the case for rimless toilets. Installation systems that allow the flow rate to be easily re-adjusted protect the operators of public facilities in hospitals from costly subsequent maintenance.
CARE BATHROOMS
A well-equipped care bathroom can make carrying out daily personal hygiene tasks easier for both patients and hospital or care home staff. When planning a bathroom, the goal should be to ensure maximum independence for people with reduced mobility whilst reducing staff workloads with smart solutions. In addition to avoiding obstructions like thresholds and barriers, this includes installing sanitary fittings that increase safety and ease of use in the bathroom.
Flexible and reliable
Going to the toilet with as little assistance as possible is very important to people in need of care. GROHE helps meet this need with specialist products such as backrests, grab rails and flush plates with infrared or wireless technology.
Practical and low-maintenance
Protecting patients from harmful germs is of utmost importance in all healthcare facilities. That’s why they are required to carry out regular thermal disinfection and tests for Legionnaires’ disease, as well as the cleaning and replacement of back-flow protection fittings. GROHE has designed its products to significantly reduce the effort needed to complete these tasks in retirement homes and hospitals.
OPERATING THEATERS AND CONSULTING ROOMS
Hygiene requirements in the areas of a hospital where patients are treated and operated on are especially high. The risk of spreading germs must be kept to an absolute minimum. On top of this, the ergonomics of the equipment used make a big difference to staff. GROHE supports everyday hospital operations by offering tailored solutions that are designed especially for operating theaters and consulting rooms and meet the highest standards of durability, user-friendliness and cost-effectiveness.
Functional and fit for purpose
Sterile hands are crucial – not just in operating theatres, but also in consulting rooms. Special faucets enable medical staff to attend to patients immediately after washing their hands without touching anything else. One option is for medical staff to operate a long lever handle with their elbow; electronic faucets operated via infrared sensors are another solution.
Reliable and efficient
Thermostatic faucets ensure that the desired water temperature is maintained and prevent the maximum temperature from being exceeded. Products that enable easy thermal disinfection and automatically flush the pipes at regular intervals further increase protection against germs.