Why Metallics That Aren’t Metal are Better Than Metal in Healthcare

Blog – October 22, 2021

Hospitals and other healthcare facilities are dialing up their cleaning regimens, which tend to degrade surfaces. Healthcare patients and guests are becoming more sensitive to any sketchy surfaces as they could feel unsafe. Surfaces that can be cleaned with undiluted bleach and maintain their good looks for an extended period are just what the doctor ordered.

The allure of metallics that aren’t metal

It’s been said before, but it bears repeating, first impressions are extremely important. Hospital visitors make decisions about the quality of care they will receive based on what they see when they come through the front door. The chipping and swelling from the normal cleaning and disinfecting of wood finishes on chairs in healthcare is well documented. So is the unsightly rusting of metal chairs. Kwalu’s award winning wood-like and metallics that aren’t metal finishes are aesthetically pleasing. They can take a beating and continue to look like new, offering healthcare spaces better choices without changing their desired aesthetic.

Metallics that aren’t metal are sustainable

The metallics that aren’t metal finishes from Kwalu are guaranteed to look like new for 10 years offering an extended life in healthcare lobbies, private waiting rooms and beyond. These finishes are designed to eliminate unnecessary waste. They are designed for multiple cycles of use. Kwalu’s metallic finishes will not rust and the fabric on the metallic finished chairs can be refurbished allowing healthcare facilities to completely bypass the landfill. According to the Joint Commission Resources, metal chairs will always rust when the surfaces are compromised by harsh healthcare environments or chemicals. They cannot be refurbished and after a limited life in a healthcare lobby, they do end up in the landfill.

Metallics that aren’t metal are durable and cleanable

Standing up to Superbugs and pandemic level viruses is serious business and healthcare spaces need serious surfaces to meet these challenges. Comprehensive environmental disinfection has been clinically proven to significantly reduce the spread of infection-causing germs on surfaces. A unique benefit of Kwalu’s metallics that aren’t metal is that these finishes maintain their good looks, are easily cleaned and disinfected with healthcare chemicals and undiluted bleach and offer long term cleanability and durability.

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