Lavatory Water Closets For Patient Care Units

By Patricia Holland

Lavatory water closets for patient care units combine washroom fixtures so effectively that they can be used to replace shared restrooms in a variety of medical care settings. They have proven particularly effective in critical care units and nursing homes. Also, they are gaining rapidly popularity in rehabilitation centers, oncology labs, X-ray labs, and gastrointestinal care.

These remarkable washroom fixtures combine a sink, counter, and toilet into a compact, combination unit. The toilet is concealed inside a decorative cabinet of some type when not in use. When needed, it can be pulled from the cabinet, used, cleaned, and return to the stored position. The top of the unit features a fully functional sink and countertop.

Because they can be installed right beside a patient’s bed, these combination units are much easier for critical care patients to access than standard restrooms. With no more need for a restroom, patient critical care rooms can have the appearance of more open space even if they have limited floor space. This creates a much more relaxed, comfortable atmosphere for patients.

Observation indicates this contributes a powerful, positive psychological influence to patient recovery.

Lavatory water closets for patient care units also improve the overall hygiene of the environment. For one thing, caregivers have a lavatory right next to the patient’s bed that allows them to wash their hands before and after administering care.

Patients who are mobile enough to get out of bed can also wash their hands and faces. Countertop surfaces can be used to place medications and medical instruments for quick, convenient retrieval.

We can easily see from this picture how efficient this design for a lavatory unit proves for architects responsible for designing smaller patient rooms, medical test labs, and specialized treatment centers. Lavatory water closets for patient care units allow for the outright replacement of traditional restrooms. More floor space can be devoted to treatment, testing, specialized procedures, and advanced technology vital to specific procedures.

This is a much more cost effective way to build a facility, and it results in a tighter focus on the actual provision of medical care than the problematic of building design.

Furthermore, lavatory water closets for patient care units can be obtained in a variety of material builds, including stainless steel. The high level of sterility, and the quickness with which the entire cabinet, sink, counter, and toilet areas can be cleaned, makes it easier on the cleaning staff to maintain the highest levels of sanitation.

Without restroom floors, walls, ceilings, and countless accessories to worry about, cleaning crews can sterilize a combination unit in a matter of a few short minutes. Six different model builds are available that offer additional special features often required in specific forms of treatment, rehabilitation, and testing.

Also, due to the growing trend to make hospitals look more comfortable, inviting, warm, and relaxing, the compact design of lavatory water closets for patient care units now makes it possible to make even an ICU unit look attractive.

Again, the positive psychological impact this has on recovering, traumatized patients cannot be understated. Nor can we deny that caregivers, when accommodated by these units almost as much as their patients, feel much more upbeat about their work environment and personal duties to those they care for.

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