Materials Selection in Healthcare Design
MATERIALS OF CHOICE
1. "What materials do you specify most frequently within
healthcare facilities?" these were the materials respondents
most frequently selected for public or community spaces,
or healthcare space in general?
PUBLIC/COMMUNITY SPACES:
| USE |
FIRST CHOICE |
SECOND CHOICE |
THIRD CHOICE |
| Flooring |
VCT |
Sheet vinyl |
Carpet (broadloom) |
| Base |
Rubber (cove) |
Vinyl (cove) |
Stain-grade wood |
| Walls |
Type II vinyl |
Water/latex base paint |
Rigid vinyl sheet/ corner guards |
| Upholstery |
Woven Crypton® |
Vinyl |
Solution dyed fabric |
2. "What materials do you specify most frequently within
healthcare facilities?" these were the materials respondents
most frequently selected for patient rooms or long-
term care resident rooms?
PATIENT/RESIDENT ROOMS:
| USE |
FIRST CHOICE |
SECOND CHOICE |
THIRD CHOICE |
| Flooring |
Sheet vinyl |
VCT |
Vinyl plank flooring |
| Walls |
Water/latex base paint |
Type II vinyl |
Rigid vinyl sheet/ corner guards |
3. "What flooring materials do you specify most
frequently within healthcare facilities?" these were the
materials respondents most frequently selected for patient
or long-term care resident bathrooms?
PATIENT/RESIDENT BATHROOMS:
| USE |
FIRST CHOICE |
SECOND CHOICE |
THIRD CHOICE |
| Flooring |
Ceramic tile |
Sheet vinyl |
VCT |
4. When asked to "rate the top five characteristics
that influence your decision on product specifications," these
were the materials for which the highest percentage of
respondents selected this characteristic as most important:
- Aesthetics: vinyl wallcovering
- Durability: Crypton
- Ease of maintenance: Crypton
- Client preference: VCT
- Initial cost: VCT
- Cost of maintenance: rubber flooring
- Infection control: sheet vinyl flooring
- Ease of installation: VCT
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- Wheelchair accessibility: carpet
- Flame resistance: vinyl wallcovering
- Life cycle cost: vinyl wallcovering
- Environmentally preferable: linoleum
- Indoor air quality: water-based paint
- Off-gassing: water-based paint
- Recyclable: carpet
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5. When asked, "If you specify the following products,
what top two manufacturers do you specify the most?" these
were the most frequently mentioned manufacturers in
each product category:
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BROADLOOM CARPET
J&J
Lees
Mannington
Patcraft
Shaw
CARPET TILE
Collins & Aikman
Interface
Lees
Shaw
CERAMIC TILE
American Olean
Crossville
Dal-tile
SHEET VINYL FLOORING
Armstrong
Mannington
Tarkett
LINOLEUM
Armstrong
Forbo
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VINYL UPHOLSTERY
Architex
Designtex
Maharam
Momentum
WOVEN CRYPTON
ArcCom
Architex
Designtex Fantagraph/Standard Textile
Maharam
Mayer
Momentum
Valley Forge
VINYL WALLCOVERING
Genon
JM Lynne
Koroseal
Seabrook
Versa
Wolf Gordon
PAINT
Benjamin Moore
Sherwin Williams
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