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Vapour permeability of furniture especially for clinical or palliative care

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Some fabrics are simply more comfortable than others when used on furniture and this is even more apparent when it comes to the fabrics used in clinical palliative care.  For example, chairs or mattress covers based on vinyls can not only be relatively inflexibility but reduce breathability to near zero.  This means become very much warmer, which has a negative effect on patient comfort, skin protection and pressure care.

The answer seems simple - vapour permeable fabrics (i.e. breathable), but the story is more complicated as these materials not only vary enormously but some are little better than vinyls.  To make matters worse, the manufacturing process can also alter breathability – for formed pieces this may amount to 400% in some situations.  And that is where Versaperm comes in.

Versaperm manufactures instruments that measure vapour permeability both quickly and accurately, what's more they can measure this not only for material samples but, when appropriate, on finished products and component parts.   The company also offers a laboratory testing service and consultancy covering in this area.

One of the big problems in clinical and palliative care is the high cost spent year on year in preventing and treating pressure ulcers.  With poor quality solutions pressure builds more quickly resulting in a detrimental outcome with increased susceptibility to pressure injuries and skin degradation.

Versaperm's permeability measuring equipment is simple to use and provides an accuracy in the Parts Per Million (PPM) to PPB range.  This is particularly important for both new developments and quality control.

Traditionally, measuring vapour permeability has been highly expensive and could take several weeks, but with the latest product range from Versaperm it can now be done in as little as thirty minutes for some materials at the same time as producing increasingly more accurate results.

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Please send any sales enquiries to Christopher Roberts, Versaperm Limited ,
10 Rawcliffe House, Howarth Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 1AP, UK, Tel: +44 1628 777668,
e.mail info@versaperm.co.uk Web http://www.versaperm.co.uk

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