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We design and manufacture innovative skin-safe Dartex® brand textiles for a wide range of healthcare furniture applications for global manufacturers.

Why Choose Trelleborg for Specialist Seating?

Trelleborg Engineered Coated Fabrics is the sustainable choice for seating applications within Healthcare & Medical environments.

This is because polyurethane-coated fabrics are by their nature PVC-free.

 

The need to eliminate PVC in medical settings has long been recognized:

  • Flexible PVCs can contain endocrine disrupting chemicals (phthalates) which are known to be damaging to health and the environment
  • Chemical degradation caused by rigorous cleaning with sodium hypochlorite will crack the structure of the PVC polymers and result in the fabric failing over time exposing threads and becoming an infection control risk
  • As most clinical waste is incinerated, there is a risk of toxic dioxin formation when PVC is burned in poorly managed high temperatures
  • Upgrade your PVC coated fabrics to polyurethane - Polyurethanes do not need plasticizers, and do not create dioxins when incinerated.

 

The right choice for complex patient needs

 

 To help keep a patient’s skin cool and dry, it is important to consider the Mositure Vapour Permeability (MVP) or ‘breathability’ of the fabric. How much it ‘breathes’ is determined by the Moisture Vapour Transfer Rate (MVTR), which essentially means how quickly moisture vapour travels through the fabric and away from the patient’s skin.

 

For patients that are seated for prolonged periods of time, Dartex® fabrics can help the patient stay cooler for longer. Keeping vulnerable skin cooler for longer could help reduce the occurrence of pressure injuries.

 

Dartex® polyurethane coated fabrics also provide immersion and envelopment properties; these are fundamental to helping redistribute pressure and preventing avoidable pressure injuries in patients that are seated for longer periods of time.

 

Manufactured in the UK and USA, Trelleborg Engineered Coated Fabrics are:

 

  • PVC Free/Latex Free/Phthalate Free/Halogen Free FR
  • REACH & RoHS compliant
  • BS EN ISO 9001:2015 (FM 14842) certified
  • BS EN ISO 14001:2015 (SE006995) certified

 

ALSO AVAILABLE – Selected Dartex® Performance products available to purchase by the roll. Download the Dartex® PER464 Stock card in ‘Additional Resources’ for more information.

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Application Areas

Healthcare Furniture & Specialist Seating covers a range of categories within Healthcare and Medical applications.

 

This includes, but is not limited to:

 

  • Bedside chairs
  • Chemotherapy chairs
  • Dialysis chairs
  • Dental chairs
  • Recliners
  • Spinal beds
  • Treatment tables
  • Wheelchairs
  • Other specialist medical seating & devices

Additional Resource

Download Healthcare Furniture Textiles brochure

Product Factsheets

Dartex-Leather

Support Surfaces

Luxury coated PVC-free fabric for specialist medical furniture and seating
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Endurance

Support Surfaces

Highly durable, chemical resistant coating designed to withstand heavy duty cleaning

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Support Surfaces

Keeps patient’s skin cooler and dryer at support surface interface with 20%-80% MVP

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Performance

Support Surfaces

Industry-standard Dartex® Performance coating provides all-round performance
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Healthy Interiors Compliance

All healthcare textiles from Trelleborg Engineered Coated Fabrics comply with the following requirements for Healthy Interiors from Healthcare Without Harm & Practice Greenhealth:
  • Formaldehyde: Complies with ANSI/BIFMA e3-2011, Sections 7.6.1 and 7.6.2
  • PFCs: Does not contain PFCs
  • PVC: Does not contain PVC
  • Antimicrobials: Included for the sole purpose of preserving the product

In addition, fabrics can be supplied:
  • Without the inclusion of any flame retardants
  • Or, if required by code: Using a flame retardant that complies to the GreenScreen Benchmark 3 criteria.
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Key Range Attributes 

As standard, all Trelleborg Healthcare Furniture & Specialist Seating fabrics are:
Gold Strip V3 - Seating
Need something different? Talk to our Technical Team to find out how we can help