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SHOWER Anti-Ligature Ensuite Door System for Mental Health
The ensuite room remains one of the highest risk areas for self-harm within mental health environments.
And with the prevalence of violent incidents against mental health care staff, it’s also critical for weaponisation risks to be mitigated. As such, to best protect and support people living and working within mental health care settings, ensuite solutions require exceptional attention to detail and a human-centred approach in their design.
Our solution: a human-centred approach to design, dignity and risk
Following extensive research, third-party testing, and feedback from mental healthcare professionals, our SHOWER Anti-Ligature Ensuite Door System has been developed to safely preserve patient privacy and dignity in ensuite rooms, crucially without compromising observation lines of sight or staff safety.
- Suitable for low through to high secure care settings
- Third-party verified strength & ligature-resistance
- Fixed to minimise weaponisation risk (find out why)
- Long lasting durability & performance
- Simplified Infection Prevention & Control
- 1-Year Manufacturer’s Defect Warranty as standard
Watch the video below to learn more or view our SHOWER FAQs.
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Key features
High Strength Tested
Water Resistant
Supports Privacy
Customisable Finish
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Retrofittable or complete with new frame
Third-party tested strength & ligature-resistance
Therapeutic by design to support wellbeing
Suitable for low, medium & high secure
Simplified IPC
Trusted in 2,000 ensuites worldwide
Anti-Ligature
Why a fixed Solution?
In addition to minimising the risk of weaponisation, the fixed nature provides service users with confidence that their privacy is truly protected, helping to reduce barriers to recovery free from concerns of the door leaf unintentionally detaching and compromising them.
The SHOWER Ensuite Door System’s sturdiness and therapeutic design qualities together help communicate to patients that they’re truly valued and cared for, a crucial factor in promoting feelings of self-worth during the healing process, while the fixed nature integrates seamlessly and intentionally into ensuite room designs, ensuring it doesn’t feel like an afterthought.
With third-party verified ligature-resistance (B4 Grade to DHF TS001:2013), the doorset helps minimise the risk of self-harm while ensuring staff have sufficient lines of sight to observe without sacrificing service user dignity, while the fixed design also removes the possibility of trip hazards arising from unintentional detachment.
Therapeutic Design
Creating a therapeutic & safe environment in mental health washrooms
The Anti-Ligature SHOWER Ensuite Door System also benefits from therapeutic and compassionate design to support service user wellbeing, offering unrivalled customisation possibilities to contribute towards a more calming environment. Introducing calming landscapes or art pieces into the ward environment provides an opportunity to create a more welcoming and therapeutic environment to aid patient recovery journeys and wellbeing.
Choose from a range of therapeutic imagery or provide your own custom art pieces to be displayed across the entirety of the door leaf, or select from our standard colour options of soothing pastel tones.
Third-Party Testing
Anti-ligature ensuite door for mental health washrooms
The anti-ligature SHOWER Ensuite Door System has undergone extensive third-party testing to ensure a fit-for-purpose solution that’s suitable for low, medium, and high secure settings, with independent test evidence available on request to demonstrate its strength and ligature-resistance.
• Comfortably withstands 3kN overextension (equal to 675lbf)
• Static load rated to 800lb
• Anti-ligature: B4 Grade to DHF TS001:2013
FAQs
The SHOWER Door System is available as either a Complete Door System with its frame or as a Retrofit doorset for installation into your existing frame.
The SHOWER Door System utilises our high-strength EnduraFlex core, manufactured from shatterproof engineering polycarbonate.
Watch how the doorset performed during Third Party Testing.
Enhanced privacy & dignity for patients: A fixed approach provides patients with confidence that their dignity is protected, helping to support wellbeing and reducing barriers to recovery, free from concerns of the doorset unintentionally detaching and compromising their privacy.
Greater staff safety and confidence: With the frequency of violent incidents in mental health environments, it is imperative to consider the safety of staff when designing ensuite solutions. By being fixed to the frame with third-party verified strength, SHOWER minimises the risk of the doorset being removed and weaponised against staff or other patients, helping to create a safer working environment and boosting staffs’ confidence in their ability to deliver excellence in care.
Service user safety: With third-party verified ligature-resistance (B4 Grade to DHF TS001:2013), the doorset helps minimise the risk of self-harm while ensuring staff have sufficient lines of sight to observe without sacrificing service user dignity. The fixed design also removes the possibility of trip hazards arising from unintentional detachment.
Supporting patient self-worth: The sturdiness and therapeutic design qualities together help communicate to patients that they’re truly valued and cared for, a crucial factor in promoting feelings of self-worth during the healing process, while the fixed nature integrates seamlessly and intentionally into ensuite room designs, ensuring it doesn’t feel like an afterthought.
The SHOWER Door System is static load rated to 800lb. It can also comfortably withstand overextension of 3kN. Click the You can watch how it performed during independent stress testing here:
The SHOWER Door System utilises our 10mm thick EnduraFlex shatterproof polycarbonate core.
The maximum leaf dimensions are: 900mm (w) x 1680mm (h)
With our Custom Print Finish range, almost any look is possible with an image of your choice printed across the entire EnduraFlex panel. Or select from a choice of solid colours with our range of standard finishes.
Download the product datasheet to see our range of finishes or simply contact us to learn more!
As Your Partner in Patient Safety, we’re on hand to offer expert guidance based on our experience in delivering over 10,000 risk-reducing projects across the globe.
Simply contact us or request a quote to find out more. After all, the best ideas start with a conversation.
Contact for enquiry
Contact us if you have any questions about your options or would like to place an order.
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