Requirements for Medical Hand-washing Sinks

1. Material selection

Stainless steel and artificial stone should be used; these are corrosion and heat-resistant, and easy to clean. These materials are resistant to chemical disinfectants on the one hand, and cannot be easily cleaned and disinfected on the other hand, all of it helping to preclude the development of bacteria.

The materials should adhere to any given health and safety standards for them not to threaten users’ health.

2. Design and Structure

The design of the Medical Hand-washing Sinks should be made ergonomic in order for medical staff to be comfortable to use them and save unnecessary physical work.

Since the Medical Stainless Steel Sinks are sharp at the corners and edges, it is important to consider rounding up its corners and edges to avoid scratches due to sharp edges, and corners from scratching the medical personals’ hands.

The sink bottom should slope sufficiently to allow for drainage, to prevent stagnant water at the bottom of the sink or in drainage pipe, and, therefore, the growth of bacteria.

Inside of the medical hand-washing basin needs to be processed in angle, seamless welding and deep grinding and polishing, to eliminate the so-called dead corners, making it easy to clean and disinfect.

3. Functional requirements

It should be installed with fully automatic induction or knee control along with other ways of water supply to prevent the limb touching of healthcare staff and minimize cross infection during hand washing.

The devices for water heater or constant temperature water supply appliance should be installed on it to let the temperature on the water can be freely adjusted within some range according to the use habits of healthcare workers.

Touch sensitive mirror lamps should be installed to give adequate cover of mirror light illumination.

4. Production quality

Production process, must be rigid quality control in order to make sure that every medical hand washing basin conform to design requirements and functionality requirements.

Every medical hand-washing basin must undergo tough inspection and testing to guarantee its stability in performance, safety and reliability.