National Maternity Hospital Dublin

Brief

The hospital required hygienic door systems for the construction of its new €6 million neonatal intensive care unit. The new modern unit offers an improved quality of care with services which include a central station for monitoring babies, vital equipment, dedicated isolation rooms and double clinical spaces around each incubator.

Solution

Dortek supplied hermetically sealing sliding ICU doors across the unit. Dortek ICU doors are ideal for areas where infection control is paramount to patient safety. The doors are hygienic with a flush, wipe clean, smooth surface. The doors were specified to maximise visibility, minimise room intrusions typical to swing doors, and provide easy access for staff and patients throughout the unit. Hermetically sealing ICU doors were chosen to help cut the spread of airborne infection with a unique patented track system. The seal has been tested to be over 99% effective thus helping to reduce air handling costs, the incidence of wound infections and cross contamination.