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For containment and holding areas and walkways with heavy traffic, our products offer high strength, stain resistance, and reduced dirt retention making them easy to clean and maintain. For these areas, we only recommend two-part polyurethane adhesives and we do not recommend our flooring for cells or other areas with little to no supervision.
Protecting the physical well-being of all at the facility remains the most critical design element for incarceration facilities. Individual details, furnishings and finishes used throughout the facility should be carefully specified as to help prevent self-harm or aggressive behavior.
The components of each room vary depending on the level of patient supervision, with specific emphasis on the reduction of ligature points and potential for self-harm. Ligature points refer to fixtures and hardware that could be used to attach a cord, rope or other material for the purpose of hanging or strangulation.
Ligature-resistant
Room fixtures and hardware should be specifically designed to prevent the attachment of ligatures in order to protect patients from inflicting self-harm.
No flooring cap
For safety reasons, plastic or metal flooring caps shall not be used, even in wet areas.
Tamper-resistant
Patients must not be able to pick or remove transition strips between different finishes where floors and walls meet.
Impact-resistant
Walls should be capable of enduring heavy impact without cracking or splintering to create potential health hazards.
Water-resistant / cleanable
Flooring shall be unaffected by wet cleaning, germicides and other types of cleaning solutions.
For more information on what Altro recommends, please visit our Behavioral mental health section of our website where we provide additional recommendations on these solutions.
