Why the healthcare industry uses stainless steel

Few industrial or commercial environments are challenged to maintain more stringent hygiene standards than hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, and continuing care facilities.  And that means even more now during the pandemic.  For a myriad of reasons, generations of healthcare decision makers have chosen the inherent advantages of products composed of commercial-grade stainless steel.

Learn why health institutions use Sheila Shine to clean and polish their stainless steel.

Stainless steel products are not only environmentally sustainable materials, they also provide many functional and health benefits.  Here are a few reasons why stainless steel products are the best choice for healthcare design.

Continuously heals itself

Stainless steel is essentially low-carbon steel, which contains chromium.  It is this addition of chromium that gives the steel its unique stainless, corrosion-resisting, and enhanced mechanical properties.  The chromium content of the steel allows the formation of a rough, adherent, invisible corrosion-resisting chromium oxide film on the steel surface.  Because of this, bacteria can’t grow on stainless steel surfaces.

Highest degree of cleanliness

Stainless steel surfaces have greater hygiene value and require lower concentrations of disinfectant to achieve the level of hygiene required.  This is very important in healthcare environments, which are filled with chemical compounds such as iodine, bleach, peroxide, dyes, human tissue, blood and bodily fluids.  When properly cleaned and maintained, stainless steel surfaces reduce bioburden that can cause disease and infection.

Lasting beauty, resistance to scratches and stains

The bright, easily maintained surface of stainless steel provides a modern and attractive aesthetic to appearance that lasts year after year.  Experience has shown stainless steel to be a superior material because it is highly resistant to chipping, cracking, staining, scratching, as well as overall porosity issues.  Stainless steel withstands everyday usage in heavy-use commercial environments without the need for repair.

Unsurpassed durability

Steel is one of the strongest materials known.  Compared with other types of solid surface products, stainless steel has a remarkable strength to weight advantage that makes it ideal for healthcare environments that rely on liquid containment and sanitary conditions.  Stainless steel lavatory sinks, for example, can withstand impacts and thermal extremes, making them the best choice for medical, laboratory, and industrial environments.

There are many good reasons why stainless steel fixtures and equipment are the best choices for high-traffic and high use installations.  Stainless steel’s superior features and benefits in commercial and healthcare applications greatly reduce surgical site infections.  Within the medical industry and overall commercial market, stainless steel is used for its high corrosion resistance, formability, strength, reliability, and hygiene, all of which combine to make stainless steel safe and cost-effective.

Healthcare industries must maintain a level of sanitary procedures for all of their surfaces and fixtures and they do, but for cleaning, polishing, and shining stainless steel, nothing works better than the 3-in-1 solution of Sheila Shine.  Sheila Shine is the only stainless steel cleaning product on the market that is safe enough to clean but also polishes and shines its surfaces.  The result is beautiful stainless steel that continues to shine and resist corrosion, a necessity in the healthcare industry.

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