Mental Health Area Bins

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Clinical Waste Bins & Sack Holders Adapted for Mental Health Areas

The EHPL Mental Health Adaptions can be made to clinical & domestic waste bins in both the EHPL Premium Metal and Ultimate Plastic ranges.

The following changes are optional and are often down to the specification or requirements of the Customers:

• Bungee removed – this is to ensure that ligature issues do not occur. As the bins are designed to fit the NHS Supply Chain approved bag supplier, the bungee is not needed to hold the bags.

• All rubber end tips removed – these are essentially cosmetic finishes to the standard bin to cover rod ends. The removal does not affect the usage of the bin and does away with any issues whereby they could be removed by patients for other use.

• Double star locking. The bin assembly is finished with the use of star lock fasteners – the removal of the rubber end tips means that all fastening points can be double star locked. This method of assembly means that the dismantle bin parts, special tools are required.

Recent Mental Health Example

The following is an example of our Ultimate Plastic range that has been adjusted to meet the requirements of Nottingham Shire NHS Trust:

As you can see the bin on the left has had a security panel fitted to the back to restrict access.

The plate fits snugly around to the base. You can also see the pedal pin has even more security over the standard mental health double star lock we use and is in fact bolted on.

Also used are bolts instead of double star locks to the lid pin as well as clutch security screws for the security panel.

This is a 50 litre version for the same NHS Trust:

Wall Fixing Option

Normal wall fixings mean that bins cannot be moved for cleaning underneath, leading to potential infection control issues. The Environmental Hygiene Products Ltd wall fixing allows the bin to be secured to the wall but with enough movement for cleaning (but not enough to lift the bin to use as a weapon for example).

Some of our recent customers for these adaptations have included: Avon & Wilts Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Camden & Islington Mental Health Humber Mental Health (Teaching) NHS Trust Isle of Man Prison Manchester Mental Health & Social Care NHS Trust North East London Mental Health Trust States of Jersey health & Social Care Services West London Mental Health Trust.