Welcome to our second blog on mattresses, here we hope to give you an insight into hospital bed mattresses.

Selecting the most appropriate mattress for each user’s needs is crucial to ensuring correct pressure care and management. When selecting a mattress the user’s skin should be assessed to determine the risk he or she is at from developing a pressure ulcer. This assessment can also identify the beginning of pressure damage.

Casaflex/CasaSolo range

The Casaflex range of mattresses are designed with performance and affordability in mind. They offer highly affordable pressure care solutions for those ranging from at risk to at high risk pressure ulcer development.

• CasaSolo and CasaFlex mattresses are designed with performance and affordability in mind.
• They offer highly affordable pressure care solutions for those ranging from at risk to at high risk of pressure ulcer development.
• High weight capacity to suit a wide range of users • Fire retardant to BS7177:2008 Medium Hazard (Crib 5 Composite)
• Sewn, vapour permeable and waterproof cover for breathability and hygiene

There are four different mattresses in this range with increasing protection against ulcers:

Single Foam

Single Foam-Castellated Cut

Single Foam-Profiled on both sides

Basic Foam with Visco Elastic Foam Top

Closure Mattresses

The “Closure” fabric has been developed over a number of years to withstand up to fifty times the normal level of contact with chlorine based cleaners (usually specified as 1,000ppm) which can mean a dramatic reduction in the amount of replacement mattresses needed by a Hospital each year.

Closure has been subjected to over 100 washes with and without rinsing, whilst maintaining waterproof and physical characteristics expected from modern mattress fabrics, providing a major breakthrough in the defence against the effects of using high or inappropriate levels of chlorine.

• Closure mattress covers are PU coated, multi-stretch, vapour permeable and waterproof knitted nylon.
• High frequency welded seams and double-sided flaps protect the zip closures.
• Wipe clean covers are impregnated with an anti-microbial agentin the fabric coating, which are resistant to bacterial growth, including MRSA, fungal growth and house dust mite.
• Light coloured substrate fabric to help identify interior staining. Suitable for profiling and non-profiling bed bases

Triflex Mattresses

Triflex is the most versatile mattress for use in all healthcare environments. Particularly suitable for Palliative Care & Nursing Homes. All these mattresses have been specifically designed to be used with our range of Home Nursing Beds. Notably all these mattresses are CE marked and have been clinically tested which is crucial for bed-bound patients. A wedge can also be supplied in big and small sizes to increase comfort and minimise leg ulcers.

• Excellent clinical outcomes particularly for heels. Case studies show that the healing process of existing sores can be accelerated.
• There are potential cost savings in nursing time and reduced investment in other equipment.
• The finest quality high resilient foams used to provide excellent pressure distribution and improve patient comfort.
• TRI-FLEX provides the resident with a comfortable, static and noiseless mattress which enables them to get a good night’s sleep, whilst relieving pressure from all areas of the body

Casaflex Floor Mats

The CasaFlex safety floor mats have been designed to provide added security in combination with the CasaBeds. There are two versions available: one flat and one space conserving folding mat. These safety mats are commonly used with our low beds with a height range commencing 230mm. The safety mat itself has a height of 76mm. If our low beds are used in conjunction with our CasaFlex mattress CS5 (130mm high), the distance between the top of the mattress to the top of the safety mat without compression is 284mm.

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