Absorbent & patient care
Absorbent walking pad
Disposable operating-room floor pad that absorbs 1.5 to 3 litres and can be walked on.
- Industry
- Healthcare
- End use
- Absorbent & patient care
- Material
- Laminate
- Technology
- Hot melt lamination
Overview
A three-layer pad: a spunbond, drylaid or chemical-bond nonwoven with a hydrophilic, high-absorbency layer, laminated to a micro-embossed barrier film by hot melt. Its outer surface keeps pilling very low, and the pad can be walked on. Anti-skid surfaces are available in 1 to 1.3 m formats for operational safety.
After fluid-intensive surgeries, it makes room cleaning faster and easier than saline-based cleaning, which takes longer and can cause complications. Fabrics are manufactured to EN 13795 at values at least twice the minimum limit.
Specification
- Production technology
- Hot melt lamination
- Raw materials
- Spunbond nonwoven / SAP / film
- Laminate weight
- 60–300 g/m²
- Absorbency
- Up to 800 %
- Capacity
- 1.5 / 2 / 3 litres
- Formats
- 1–1.3 m, anti-skid surface
- Standard
- EN 13795
Construction
Spunbond / drylaid nonwovenAbsorbent (SAP)Barrier filmExploded view, not to scale. Layers as listed by Felix.
Performance characteristics
- Absorbs 2× faster than a standard product
- High tear resistance
- Anti-skid surface
Applications & typical end uses
- Operating-room floors after liquid-intensive surgery
Standards & test references
- EN 13795
