Healthcare environments pose a higher risk of fall accidents on stairs, Gradus points out.
When installed in line with the latest legislation and guidelines, stair edgings can aid navigation for all building users – by highlighting the step edge, and protecting the edges of stairs from becoming worn and damaged, reducing further trip hazards.
Contract interior solutions specialist, Gradus, claims that its Gradus XT range offers ‘the ultimate solution for protection against the risk of slips, trips, and falls, on stairs’. The company said: “The range is available with a choice of slip-resistant inserts that extend around the leading edge of the stair edging, to ensure that foot contact is always made with the slip-resistant element of the stair edging, enhancing safety, and reducing the number of accidents.”
With it also important to achieve a visual contrast between floorcoverings and stair edgings, to ensure that partially sighted patients and staff can perceive step edges, Gradus XT stair edgings come in a range of colours, all measured for light reflectance values, so specifiers can achieve the correct contrast.
