BIFMA HCF 8.1 2019
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BIFMA HCF 8.1-2019 Health Care Furniture Design Guidelines For Cleanability
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BIFMA | 2019 |
The purpose of BIFMA HCF 8.1-2019 is to provide guidance to furniture manufacturers and healthcare professionals in understanding typical cleaners, disinfectants, cleaning methods, and performance of furniture when exposed to these cleaners and disinfectants. It is the intent of this guideline to bring the recommended manufacturers’ standards in line with existing practices and typically used cleaners. This guideline offers standard test methodologies and specific performance recommendations to which manufacturers can test; and to which users may evaluate relative product performance. This guideline also provides product design considerations that support effective cleanability of healthcare furniture products.
PDF Catalog
| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cover Page |
| 2 | Foreword and Acknowledgements |
| 3 | Table of Contents |
| 4 | 1. SCOPE |
| 5 | 2. PRODUCT ASSESSMENT |
| 6 | 3. BACKGROUND |
| 7 | 4. DEFINITIONS/TERMINOLOGY |
| 12 | 5. CLEANING AGENTS / DISINFECTANTS TYPICALLY USED FOR HEALTHCARE FURNITURE |
| 15 | 6. SCREENING OF FINISHES TO LIQUID CLEANER RESISTANCE |
| 17 | 7. ASSESSING COATED FABRICS FOR RESISTANCE TO LIQUID CLEANERS AND/OR DISINFECTANTS |
| 18 | Figures Page FIGURE 1 – LIQUID CLEANER TEST APPLICATION |
| 20 | 8. RESISTANCE OF FURNITURE TO STEAM EXPOSURE FIGURE 2 – STEAM EXPOSURE |
| 22 | 9. RESISTANCE OF FURNITURE TO UV LIGHTS |
| 25 | 10. ASSESSING WOVEN FABRICS FOR RESISTANCE TO LIQUID CLEANERS AND/OR DISINFECTANTS |
| 27 | FIGURE 3 – GRAY SCALE FOR COLOR CHANGE |
| 29 | APPENDIX 1. FURNITURE CLEANABILITY DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS |
| 32 | APPENDIX 2. SUMMARY OF CHANGES |
