What is bedpan macerator?
Hospital macerators, or pulp macerators, are designed to dispose of pulp containers such as bedpans, as well as human waste and maceratable wipes. The big advantage of this over something like a bedpan washer is there is no further interaction with the bedpan.
What are bedpan washers?
Bedpan washers are attachments that allow bedpan waste to be cleaned out into a toilet. Portable toilet flushers are mobile machines that supply water for flushing toilets and cleaning bedpans during water shutdowns.
What can you put in a macerator?
What Can I Dispose Of In A Pulp Macerator?
- Any kind of medical pulp product – DDC Dolphin’s macerators can shred any kind of pulp product; bedpans, urine bottles, bowls, kidney dishes, slipper pans… we could go on.
- Human waste – any kind of bodily fluid or waste, such as blood, vomit, urine or faeces.
What is a macerator pump do?
The macerator pump uses a stainless steel fast-rotating cutting blade to convert solids and fluids into a fine slurry that is discharged under pressure through small-diameter piping (¾-inch or 1-inch) and expelled into the sewage line or septic tank.
What is a bedpan hopper?
♦ The Waste Disposal Hopper unit (SWDH) is designed for efficient. cleaning of utensils and disposal of content. ♦ The footprint of this unit is similar to a toilet, having the advantage of. combined disposal and cleaning tasks of the bedpans and urine bottles.
What is a hospital macerator?
A hospital macerator is a human waste disposal machine, found in sluice rooms (sometimes known as dirty utility rooms), designed to hygienically dispose of single use pulp containers, human waste, toilet tissue and maceratable wipes.
Is a macerator a medical device?
Designed to pulverise and dispose of both single-use medical pulp containers and human waste, DDC Dolphin’s range of Pulpmatic bedpan macerators are the sluice room equipment of choice for thousands of healthcare facilities around the world.
Can you run a washing machine on a macerator?
The important stuff! S1 Continuous duty is the gold standard and means that the macerator can run continuously, shifting waste water through the longest shower or washing machine cycle. The Stuart Turner Wasteflo macerators are all equipped with S1 rated motors.
What are bedpan washers and pulp macerators?
Bedpan washers and pulp macerators are designed to keep the risk to the clinician to an absolute minimum and to either effectively disinfect a reusable utensil or dispose of a pulp one.
Why choose a top loading bedpan washer disinfector?
Because top loading bedpan washer disinfectors are freestanding they are ideal for private or isolation rooms where the risk of infection is simply too great to have a bedpan carried through a facility. Top loading bedpan washer disinfectors are easy to load as the opening is at waist height.
Do bedpan washers take up a lot of space?
Because the top loading bedpan washer is freestanding – and designed to cope with regular use, it naturally occupies more room. If the top loading bedpan washer is replacing a different solution then take into consideration that your sluice/dirty utility/pan room may need to be adjusted to suit.
What is the difference between a Macerator and a disinfector?
The system is safer for patients, as well as healthcare professionals. In a similar ward of 25 beds a disposable Macerator can cost over $22,000 per annum whereas a Washer disinfector costs less than $10,000 per annum.