BeShield™ Hamper Bag
BeShield™ - Nearly all BeShield™ barrier bags have elastic in the top to make sure they do not slide off the stand.
Many are screened. However, this is more cosmetic than useful because a hospital using BeShield™ barrier bags tends to use them throughout the hospital; thus, they do not require special markings.
Use BeShield™ barrier bags where great fluid resistance is desired, but 100% fluid repellency is not required.
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BeShield™ fabric is 100% filament polyester fabric that is fluid resistant.
Note: BeShield™ fabric is not guaranteed to be leakproof; it is only resistant to fluid. Fabric will remain fluid resistant for approximately 85 washings.
- Biohazard logo
- Decontamination flap
- Color coding stripe
The type of fabric you use depends on 3 things:
- How roughly the bags will be treated.
- Whether you want liquid resistance or water repelling.
- What sort of controls you have? Will you lose the bags before they wear out, or do you get the full useful life out of most bags.
There is one other thing to remember: bags are normally made to fit x-stands of one kind or another. These give some, so bags fit snugly, which is good.
However, some stands are circular, triangular, or square. These stands do not give at all, so a normal bag, after normal shrinkage, may end up too small for the stand. Those stands usually require that bags be about 2 inches longer. Those must be specially made, and are, therefore, more expensive.