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SHOWER Flex™ Ligature-Resistant Ensuite Door for Behavioral Health
Introducing SHOWER Flex™: a human-centered approach to dignity, privacy, and safety in behavioral health washrooms
Kingsway Group’s new ligature-resistant SHOWER Flex™ Door System is designed to safely preserve patient privacy and dignity in ensuite rooms, crucially without compromising observation lines of sight or staff safety.
- Ligature-resistant by design
- Included in New York State Office of Mental Health Guidelines
- High-strength EnduraFlex panel safely preserves client dignity
- Patent pending MegaHinge system with no ligature pinch points
- Fixed to the frame to avoid weaponization and enhance staff safety
The SHOWER Flex™ Door System also benefits from therapeutic and compassionate design to support patient wellbeing, offering unrivalled customization possibilities to help create a more calming environment. Choose from a range of therapeutic imagery or own custom art pieces to be displayed across the entirety of the door leaf, or select from our standard color range for a more subtle appearance.
- Available with custom imagery printed across the entire panel
- Retrofittable or complete with new hollow metal frame
- 1-Year Manufacturer’s Defect Warranty as standard
Learn more about SHOWER Flex™ below or view our FAQs.
Contact for enquiry
Contact us if you have any questions about your options or would like to place an order.
Key features
High Strength Tested
Water Resistant
Supports Privacy
Product Downloads
Retrofittable or complete with new HM frame
Third-party tested
Therapeutic by design to support wellbeing
Suitable for low, medium & high secure
Simplified IPC
Trusted in over 2,000 ensuite rooms
Minimized risk of weaponization
Why a fixed Solution?
As a fixed solution, SHOWER Flex™ helps to greatly improve the safety of behavioral healthcare staff by minimizing the risk of the doorset being detached and weaponized.
In addition, SHOWER Flex™’s fixed design provides patients with confidence that their privacy is truly protected, helping to reduce barriers to recovery free from concerns of the door leaf unintentionally detaching and exposing them.
The fixed nature also integrates seamlessly and intentionally into ensuite room designs, ensuring it doesn’t feel like an afterthought and helping to communicate to patients that they’re valued and cared for, a crucial factor in promoting feelings of self-worth and dignity during the healing process.
Ligature-resistant by design
Ligature-Resistant Bathroom Door for Behavioral Health
SHOWER’s Flex™’s innovative MegaHinge keeps the potential for entrapment points to a minimum and reduces the risk of ligature attachment through careful design, helping to improve patient safety within one of the most high-risk areas of a behavioral health facility.
The elegantly designed ligature-resistant EnduraFlex panel provides a means of preserving patient privacy and dignity when using bathroom facilities.
Creating a therapeutic, safe environment in behavioral health bathrooms
SHOWER can be finished with custom imagery or a range of colors across the entirety of the EnduraFlex leaf. The introduction of calming landscapes or art pieces into the ward environment helps create a more welcoming, therapeutic environment that can help aid patient recovery journeys and wellbeing.
FAQs
The SHOWER and SHOWER Flex™ Door Systems both utilize Kingsway’s shatterproof EnduraFlex door cores and patent-pending ligature-resistant MegaHinge systems. They are designed to enhance patient safety while mitigating the risk of weaponization within high-risk settings.
Each option provides a high-strength, therapeutic solution to minimize risk in ensuite rooms while preserving patient privacy and dignity.
SHOWER Flex™ features an alternate ligature-resistant leaf profile and a reduced-thickness core (1/8″) designed exclusively for North American care providers. To find out more about the differences and see which one is best for your care environment, simply contact us!
Our SHOWER and SHOWER Flex™ Door Systems are both available as retrofittable solutions or complete with a new fully welded HM frame.
Frame Types Available:
• Complete Doorset with fully welded HM frame (14ga with 7ga reinforcement)
• Retrofit doorset into existing frame
The SHOWER and SHOWER Flex™ Door Systems both utilize our high-strength, shatterproof EnduraFlex polycarbonate cores.
- SHOWER Flex™ core: 1/8″ EnduraFlex polycarbonate
- SHOWER core: 1/2″ EnduraFlex polycarbonate
The standard SHOWER Door System is static load rated to 800lb. It can also comfortably withstand overextension of 675lbf. For more information, simply contact us.
The SHOWER and SHOWER Flex™ Door Systems both utilize our high-strength, shatterproof EnduraFlex polycarbonate cores.
- SHOWER Flex™ core: 1/8″ EnduraFlex polycarbonate
- SHOWER core: 1/2″ EnduraFlex polycarbonate
We can accommodate a range of opening dimensions as follows:
SHOWER Flex™ Door System:
• Standard/Custom finish doorset: 48″ (w) x 84″ (h)
SHOWER Door System:
• KwikShip finish doorset: 36″ (w) x 84″ (h)
• Standard/Custom finish doorset: 48″ (w) x 84″ (h)
With our Custom Print Finish range, almost any look is possible with an image of your choice printed across the entire EnduraFlex panel – simply contact us to find out more.
Enhanced privacy & dignity for patients: A fixed approach provides service users 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 minimizes the risk of the doorset being removed and weaponized against staff or other patients, helping to create a safer working environment and boosting staffs’ confidence in their ability to deliver excellence in care.
Patient safety: With third-party verified ligature-resistance (B4 Grade to DHF TS001:2013), the doorset helps minimize the risk of self-harm while ensuring staff have sufficient lines of sight to observe without sacrificing dignity. The fixed design also removes the possibility of trip hazards arising from unintentional detachment.
Supporting self-worth & dignity: 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.
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.
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