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5 Reasons Why Solid Surface Furniture Is Best

An overnight stay in a hospital is vastly different than an overnight stay in a hotel, but both facilities face many of the same demands, including high traffic and exposure to germs and bacteria.

Both must create an aesthetically pleasing environment that meets individual needs while still functioning at the highest level. Furniture in these environments, such as nightstands, have a lot of boxes to check, but solid surface does the job.

Learn about the five necessary elements of healthcare or hotel furniture that describes why solid surface nightstands can’t be beat.

1) Durability

Hospitals see patients come and go daily, and hotels have new visitors every night. Both environments face high traffic and heavy demands. A nightstand in both hospitals and hotels must hold up to the frequent, heavy use without faltering. Solid surface—with its tensile strength and resistance to water, chemicals and bacteria—lasts for decades in even the busiest of environments.

2) Cleanliness

Hospitals must be sanitary at all times. With hundreds of people coming and going daily, every hospital surface is exposed to germs and bacteria, so surfaces must be naturally sanitary and easily cleaned to maintain safety. Hotels, too, must be quickly and easily cleaned for the next guest, because no guest wants to find a messy room the minute they step through the door.

According to the American Society of Health Care Engineering (ASHE) there are five furniture surface characteristic recommendations:

• Durability
• Cleanability
• Inability to support microbial growth
• Surface porosity
• Absence of seams

Shield solid surface furniture is capable of complying with all of these evidence-based recommendations.

3) Aesthetics

Hospitals are stressful. Clean, beautiful, smooth furniture can at least partially contribute to a more relaxing environment. Hotels are simply expected to be clean, luxurious environments. Sub-par, ugly furniture simply won’t do the trick in either environment. Clean, white solid surface will. The material’s color and texture gives it a naturally beautiful exterior, and its ability to be thermoformed ensures a smooth, flowing design that further contributes to a calming environment.

4) Customization

In hospitals and hotels alike, every single patient and guest is different, and each has different needs and preferences. Likewise, each facility has its own needs and requirements. Solid surface, with the ability to be thermoformed into almost any shape, can meet every facility’s needs, and with Shield’s signature manufacturing techniques, the customization comes without a $20,000 price tag.

5) Functionality

The most important aspect of any piece of furniture in any facility is functionality, and our solid surface nightstands maintain their needed functionality in a sleek, small frame. Set on casters, they are simple to move based on facility and user needs. For users with varying needs, there are multiple drawer sizes that easily hold all personal items. Maintaining their most important function, the nightstands seamlessly function as a bedside table in all circumstances, and their durability and aesthetics further benefit the users.

 

A solid surface nightstand meets the needs of any healthcare or hotel facility. It holds up to high use, is easily cleaned, can be customized based on user and facility needs and maintains its role as a functioning nightstand in a sleek, clean frame. Learn more about our Monolith nightstand here.