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Both visitors and patients need comfortable seating when in a hospital. Infection control is a key consideration but so too is the seating itself – ask yourself if it can it be used by someone of a larger size. It is for this reason that you need to cater for both the visitor as well as the hospital patient.
Most hospitals opt for one particular style of chair for their patients and a separate style for visitors. The patient chairs you are likely to find in hospital bedrooms are going to follow a similar style, which will mean it will be high-backed and very supportive for optimum comfort. Some hospital chairs even have a form of neck support which is great for those patients that have suffered head injuries or suchlike.
It is not uncommon for visitors to be offered a smaller chair for use when they stop by, as this helps to allow more room to walk about in small rooms, rather than have the space filled by numerous chairs. These chairs will be light enough for visitors to move around themselves. These hospital chairs might be upholstered or have plastic seating so that they can be cleaned much easier.
In a hospital, infection control is of paramount importance and hospitals are trying to take every minute detail into consideration. Even the chairs might not seem like a major concern, but consider the sheer number of people use them – you need to be sure that they can be cleaned easily.
Hospital chairs are essential for both the patient and visitor needs, but both might require different furniture styles. Most hospitals are thinking about their appearance and ensuring that the hospital reception area has chairs that are all the same and comfortable. You wont see sofas or big comfy armchairs in a hospital though, as these wouldn’t meet the hospital standards and would be a nightmare to clean! In the patient rooms, the focus is always on the support element.
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