Constant trolley and bed movement
Clinical corridors are used continuously by people with both hands full. A door that has to be pulled is a door that gets propped open.
Industry
Healthcare
Corridors carrying beds and trolleys, doors carrying compartment lines.
01Industry challenges
What makes these openings hard
Compartment lines through clinical areas
Hospital fire strategy puts rated lines through corridors that must stay usable every hour of the day.
Shielded rooms
Imaging and diagnostic rooms need doors that shield as well as open automatically.
Cleanable surfaces
Infection control governs surface selection as much as durability does.
02Recommended solutions
Products specified for healthcare
Fire & Safety
Fire Rated Sliding Doors
Automatic sliding doors with HPL, painted steel or powder-coated aluminium leaves, lead-lined options and glazed vision panels, for hospital, clean room and cold store openings.
3 configurations
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Entrance Automation
Automatic Sliding Glass Doors
Sensor-operated sliding glass door systems for lobbies, retail and healthcare entrances, in single-leaf and bi-parting arrangements with defined egress behaviour.
4 configurations
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Access Control
Flap Barriers
Flap barrier lanes with retracting acrylic or glass wings for corporate lobbies and high-footfall entrances, including wide accessible lanes.
2 configurations
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Automatic Gates
Automatic Swing Gates
Single or double leaf swing gates with articulated arm, linear ram or underground operators, and nothing crossing the driveway.
3 configurations
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03Engineering considerations
What to settle before you order
- 01
Hands-free activation matters more here than anywhere else — specify elbow, foot or sensor operation.
- 02
Every clinical corridor door on a compartment line needs its fire behaviour agreed with the fire strategy.
- 03
Lead lining and lead glass have to be specified with the room, not retrofitted.
- 04
Surfaces should be wipeable with the cleaning agents actually used on the ward.
- 05
Escape route behaviour on entrance doors must be defined before ordering.
Typical applications
- Ward and theatre corridor doors
- Imaging and diagnostic rooms
- Main entrance lobbies
- Compartment openings on clinical routes
- Staff-only access points
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