What is Anti Ligature?

The load-release safety solution is designed to have the object fall away when an abnormal load is applied. These products are designed to be easily put back together (usually with magnets) and can be done time after time. There is no decline in performance and no mechanical restraint, nothing can jam, break or wear out. These parts are also designed so that they can't be used to create harm even when detached. After an incident, all that is required is for the suspended item to be held immediately below the magnetic bracket or brackets. The magnetic force will then raise the item and reseat it in its correct position.

This range is continually expanding to cover a wide range of bedroom and bathroom essentials such as coat hooks, shelves, curtains and blinds, and toilet roll holders.

These items are designed to be weight bearing and destruction resistant. The structural integrity ensures that despite constant everyday use, they are incredibly long lasting. Items such as locksets and handles and grab rails by design are required to take weight and hard movement. Other items such as vision panels are designed to withstand purposeful attempts at destruction. 

All of the Hipac load bearing products are carefully designed to ensure that there are no potential ligature points or potential use for harm.

Items that can be removed from their intended location by force, such as a wardrobe rail, can potentially be used as a weapon by a patient. Whilst staff members are trained to overcome confrontation with violent patients, it is best to minimise this risk through innovative product design. Hipac offers a range of solutions to reduce the risk of harm.

The perfect example of this is the Ensuite Door where it functions as a traditional door, offering privacy. Once abnormal weight is applies, it will fall. The foam construction  makes them very ineffective weapons.

For more information click here to view DHF TS001 - Door Mounted Anti Ligature Devices for Safety and Security Purposes