Medical cabinet, specifications and product requirements

The production of medical equipment has high requirements. This furniture is different from everyday models. Unlike home furniture conditions, its use requires high resistance to wear. She will get to a medical institution only after issuing a mandatory certificate. That is why a medical cabinet, like all other pieces of furniture, must meet certain requirements.

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To choose a really high-quality product, you should remember that it must have:

GOST certificate of conformity;
registration certificate;
passport.

Such measures are not accidental: medical cabinets are specially designed structures, they store tools, dressings, medicines, there are structures with a safe for documents, other equipment. Specific requirements allow the use of only furniture with a narrow specialization, from certain types of materials. To a greater extent this applies to laboratory furniture. But to medical cabinets for medicines there remain high requirements of reliability, safety, resistance to aggressive environments when treated with cleaning and detergents.

Despite the extensive list of special furniture, not one of the modern clinics, research centers, hospitals can do without medical cabinets. Their varieties depend on the technical characteristics of the premises, on the functional orientation. Models may differ in manufacturing material, construction, design. But the main criterion for the difference is their purpose of the function, involving the storage of content. A medical cabinet is equipped depending on these criteria:

the presence of drugs that exclude unauthorized access. This category of furniture has reliable locks;
use for documents;
ensuring sterility;
the need to place staff clothing;
inventory placement;
used as pharmacy equipment;
storage of dressings, tools;
for storing medicines and medicines;
file cabinet placement;
storage of surgical instruments (endoscopes with tinted doors and a lamp for ultraviolet radiation).

The furniture is intended for laboratories, doctors' offices, manipulation rooms, physiotherapy rooms, dental clinics, diagnostic centers, pharmacies, wardrobes, corridors, vestibules, office rooms (for documents). The various types of cabinets will be placed in various function rooms. In the laboratory, for example, the following cabinets are needed:

for overalls for laboratory assistants;
for storage of acids, reagents;
pharmacy cabinet;
laboratory cabinets.

All cabinets must be made of medical steel, have a corrosion-resistant coating, be resistant to the aggressive effects of disinfection, chemical cleaners.

Kinds

In accordance with the purpose and purpose of use, medical cabinets are:

cases for medicines;
for the maintenance of clothing;
for the tool;
for documents.

For documents

For tool

For medication

For clothes

A cabinet for storing medicines is considered the most complex in terms of internal structure. Its feature is a large number of drawers, compartments and shelving, rotating structures of various sizes, designed for a compact and convenient location of the medicine. Separate cabinets are made by a safe, lockable to protect against unauthorized access.

A wardrobe is used to store clothes. Models provide safety, protection against bacteria, dust, dirt, and are also equipped with ventilation devices. Such samples correspond to a high level of sanitary-hygienic content of staff clothing.

Furniture for tools is needed in treatment rooms for procedures. It allows you to maintain cleanliness and sterility, conveniently decompose the tool and provide its protection. There are special areas where the equipment, dressings, and sterile items are located.

Some models are made for storing documentation: archives, cards, medical records. This helps to improve the work of accounting documents:

creates access to them;
comfortable conditions for documents;
increases the efficiency of the search for the necessary information;
help streamline paper flow.

The furniture provides for the possibility of arranging documents taking into account their priority: rational distribution of medical records, according to calendar dates, frequency of need. Most of the models relate to modular designs with glass doors and equipped with adjustable sections. Strong shelves are able to withstand archival documentation in large volumes.

The main types of cabinets by design features include:

single-door medical cabinet is made of thin-walled steel profile and sheet steel, has a polymer, powder coating. It has two compartments, one of which uses lockable glass on the doors. The shm is equipped with metal shelves. Two shelves are provided for the upper compartment, one for the lower. Adjustable feet are installed on the front legs. The cabinet has a collapsible design. Such a cabinet is installed in small rooms. The sizes of the models allow you to choose the desired sample;
a medical double-wing cabinet differs from a single-wing cabinet by the number of doors and dimensions. This furniture is used to store tools, drugs, documents. The double-wing medical cabinet is equipped with a lock. May have metal and glass shelves;
cabinet for cleaning equipment - belongs to the mandatory category of furniture. It is provided in connection with high requirements to the sanitary and hygienic regimen in medical institutions. It must meet the following requirements:
- Consist of careable materials
- be durable and safe.
a closet for linen is provided in the premises of pharmacies, medical stations, clinics, hospital departments for sterile clothing for staff.

Bivalve

For linen

Single leaf

Economic

Cabinet designs can have features:

individual models have metal legs or ball bearings;
the assembled and disassembled model may be a medical bivalve cabinet, but there are also its stationary models;
it can be locked in sections or in whole;
there are models with glass or blind doors;
with a different number of shelves, sections and drawers.

Despite the variety of forms, each medical double-wing cabinet always complies with the requirements of medical certificates.

Materials of manufacture

Medical equipment strictly complies with GOST standards. It is made from materials resistant to processing by aggressive methods: ultraviolet, chemical cleaning agents, and the use of disinfectants. In this regard, cabinets are made of high quality steel grades. The design of the products is tough. For staining, durable polymer paints with high chemical resistance are used, which makes the cabinets:

safe for others;
resistant to moisture;
not exposed to fire;
not susceptible to temperature fluctuations.

Some types of medical furniture are made of chipboard or wood. These include models for the following purposes:

specialized;
for documents;
for medications;
for shoes, hats and clothes;
for the wards.

Sizes and shapes

For medical furniture, special sanitary requirements are taken into account when manufacturing it. It must be compact so as not to create traffic congestion. During sanitation, comprehensive access is provided, so it is made on legs or make mobile models. During general cleaning, furniture is pushed away from the walls, so it should be compact and not heavy. Given all these requirements, manufacturers produce medical furniture in the following shapes and sizes:

on casters or legs;
with the right number of baskets, trays, drawers and shelves;
with locks, glazed doors, display cases or blind doors.
with hinged doors or coupe;
floor or mounted;
bicuspid and single-leaf;
closed or open;
high and low;
small and big.

The sizes of medical cabinets are also subject to certain requirements. They are designed for different needs, so their sizes are standard in one type. Each view has several dimensions. The unit of measurement is millimeters. For each item are given:

vendor code;
height;
depth;
width.

Tricuspid, designed for drugs, instruments, sizes are represented by the following numbers:

article - 44.19;
depth - 460;
width - 1300;
height - 1870.

For the post of medical worker has the following parameters:

article - 44.15.01;
depth - 460;
width - 880;
height - 1870.

Linen, material, chemical reagents, laboratory glassware have the following parameters:

article - 44.14;
depth - 460;
width - 880;
height - 1870.

Standard sizes are available for all categories by purpose:

for various types of file cabinets (ECG, fluorographic maps, for reference books, archival documentation: depth - 460; width - 840; height - 1930);
general purpose (460/456/1870);
clothes (single-leaf: 460/440/1870; two-piece: 460/880/1870);
endoscopes (460/800/1870).

Furniture is made of steel with a thickness of 0.6 mm. Doors are made with a thickness of 0.7 mm. The maximum load on a shelf made of metal is 30 kg, on a glass shelf - 10 kg.

Filling

Cabinets have their own content. It depends on the functions of furniture and nomenclature. For the convenience of using items in the cabinet, it is provided to fill it with various elements. For certain categories of cabinets, the filling is classic:

trays;
baskets;
drawers;
shelves;
departments.

For certain types of cabinets, the filling is the non-standard sizes of the storage compartments:

ultraviolet lamps;
tools;
endoscopes;
other medical devices.

Medical furniture requirements

In matters relating to the restoration of human health, every detail matters. Equipping with the latest achievements in the field of medical equipment is paying close attention. It helps provide people with high quality services. Furniture also has high requirements:

steel furniture with a rigid structure;
have resistance to abrasion, since the sanitary regime requires that wet cleaning be carried out on schedule;
be resistant to disinfection, household chemicals;
furniture should be environmentally friendly and safe for others.

When placing furniture, do not try to fill the space, filling with furniture. View all accommodation options to save it. In institutions of this type is always crowded. Excess furniture will hamper the movement of staff and patients. But this is not the most important thing. Cluttering up space can be an obstacle to emergency assistance. Massive equipment is installed in separate rooms. Excess furniture will overload him.

It is better to choose functional furniture with compact forms. It will be easy to arrange it in the room, without prejudice to the free space. When choosing medical furniture, you need to take into account all these nuances so that the situation in the medical institution is comfortable.