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  • 1.  Emergency Department Decontamination shower rooms - Flooring and wall finishes

    Posted 05-10-2012 10:35 AM
    The 2010 Edition of the FGI Guidelines made a lot of changes to the requirements for Emergergency Department Decontamination Rooms.  In the past, we have used ceramic tile in decontamination shower rooms but the new FGI Guidelines seems to have ruled that out. The main body now says "the room shall have all smooth, non-porous, scrubbable, nonadsorptive, nonperforated surfaces" and the appendix adds "Ceiling, wall, and floor finishes shall be smooth, non porous, scrubable, nonadsorptive, nonperforated, capable of withstanding cleaning with and exposure to harch chemical, non-slip, and without crevices or seams."  It's hard to argue that ceramic tile can meet those requirements, especially "without crevices."

    What other products have you used successfully for floors and walls in ED Decontamination rooms?
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    Catherine Alberte AIA
    Sr. Associate/sr. Medical Planner
    NBBJ
    New York NY
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  • 2.  RE:Emergency Department Decontamination shower rooms - Flooring and wall finishes

    Posted 05-11-2012 02:55 PM
    Catherine:

    In the past I have specified Stonehard Polymer Floor material and surfacing for seamless floors.  You can Google Stonehard to get to their website.  Proper installation requires a recessed floor slab then using the underlayment of the base material to create a slope to the drain.  The material can be formed into a cove base.  On the walls the company has similar type materials or one could use solid surface (corian or similar) sheets that are chemically welded. Ceilings could finish out with epoxy paint on gyp board, solid surface materials or epoxy paint on plaster.  

    I hope that helps,

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    David Murray AIA
    MBP
    Charlotte NC
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  • 3.  RE:Emergency Department Decontamination shower rooms - Flooring and wall finishes

    Posted 05-14-2012 08:41 AM
    It is interesting to see that with all of our technological advances this is the same type of sheet material used 40 years ago.
    it does work!

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    Burton L. Roslyn, FAIA
    President
    Roslyn Consultants, LLC
    Roslyn Heights, New York
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