Primera Passport antiligature locksets have been purpose designed for mental healthcare applications, and to satisfy growing demand for service users to have complete control over access to, and from, their personal living space.
Primera says this ‘reduces demand on clinical staff, and eliminates the indignity of patients being forced to seek help when doors need locking or unlocking to protect their valuable personal possessions’. The company added: “In what probably feels a very alien place, such cherished personal possessions might provide significant comfort, and recollections of home, and give hope that, one day, things might return to how they were.” “Passport operates without the need for ordinary mechanical keys, via proximity cards, key fobs, or wrist straps, to unlock the door. This reduces opportunities for self-harm or injury to clinical staff. Increased independence, privacy, dignity, and personal security, all help to minimise potential flashpoints, confrontation, and situations that could jeopardise peace and calm on the ward.”
