Context

Contour supplied over 800 low surface temperature (LST) radiator covers and 300m of metal pipe boxing to 3 hospitals.

While the hospitals did have some old and outdated LST radiator covers, a large majority of radiators were not covered, creating a potentially hazardous and extremely dangerous environment.

Challenge

The existing radiators across the entire Hospital Trust were not up to the standards expected within the hospital environment.

On inspection, it became clear that current radiators were a significant health risk and that in order to prevent harm coming to potentially vulnerable patients, low surface temperature radiator covers needed to be fitted.

The inspection also revealed that many pipes throughout the hospitals were also exposed, meaning that additional protection had to be included.

The hospital required the entire retrofit to be completed within 3 months, including surveying live hospitals, supplying the covers and having a contractor install them, all during a pandemic.

Solution

In order to ensure the hospitals were up to current NHS guidelines, over 800 LST radiator covers needed to be installed to replace the out-of-date and unsafe ones.

As well as this, over 300lm of metal pipe boxing was also installed to cover all exposed pipes below 2m in height.

Outcome

The installation of the radiator covers and pipe boxing immediately made the 3 hospitals safer environments for patients, by helping speed up the cleaning process, therefore creating a more hygienic environment.