Swift UltraSlide Single Base Sheet and Half Length 4Way Slider Sheet Pack
Using regular cotton sheets can take their toll on both the patient and the caregiver, causing friction burns on the patient and increasing the risk of injury for caregivers as a result of moving and handling tasks. The Swift UltraSlide Single Base Sheet and Half Length 4Way Slider Sheet Pack is a comprehensive kit that helps reduce the risk of friction burns on patients and the risk of neck, shoulder and back injuries for caregivers.
What's Included in This Pack?
The Swift UltraSlide Sheet Pack includes the following items:
Key Features and Benefits
- Includes a single base sheet and slider sheet for moving patients
- Designed for caregivers who are at an increased risk of suffering from an injury
- Reduces the risk of neck, shoulder and back injuries
- Cost-effective low-friction repositioning aid for improved safety
- Helps ensure patients remain comfortable during use
- Ideal as part of a pressure-reducing system
- Ideal for patients requiring assistance with bed mobility
- Both sheets remain in situ to assist with repositioning and turning in bed
- Thin profile, making them suitable for use with pressure redistribution mattresses
Ideal for Patient and Carer
When you work with patients who suffer from low or limited mobility, they might need additional help with turning or moving around in bed to prevent the build up of pressure. The Swift UltraSlide Base and Slider Sheet Pack is designed with low friction material to ensure the patient remains safe even when they are moving around in bed.
As a carer, you are at an increased risk of suffering from an injury to the neck, shoulder or back, particularly if you move, turn or lift patients. The Half Length 4Way Slider Sheet allows you to position patients easily without having to lift the patient. The sheets help reduce the force required to turn or reposition bed-bound patients and residents.
Easily Differentiated
When you perform care tasks for dozens of patients each day, it can be difficult keeping up with each patient's individual needs and requirements. The Swift UltraSlide Base Sheet and Half Length 4Way Slider Sheet are each designed with distinct patterns and colours on the back to prevent them from becoming mixed up in the wash. While the included base sheet is constructed with a central blue panel, the included slider sheet features a yellow backing, allowing you to see at a glance which sheet is which.
Learn More About This Pack
Find out more about the products included in this pack by watching the video below. These two products help to significantly reduce staff injuries caused by repositioning, lifting and moving patients or residents.
Care Instructions
In line with infection control guidelines, the Swift sheets should be washed prior to use. This also ensures an optimum fit for the first use.
Washing Instructions
- Please treat these sheets as a synthetic and therefore use a standard cycle for synthetic fabrics
- Suitable for use in a continuous batch washer (CBW)
- Maximum main wash temperature: 90°C (65 - 71°C or above achieves thermal disinfection)
- It is advised that the load should be around 85 - 90% of the washer capacity for washing and drying
- In washer extractors, use a reverse temperature wash process to avoid thermal shock or creasing
- Operating the final rinse at around 40°C facilitates faster evaporation rates during tumbling
- Please wash as 100% polyester or 50/50 polyester/cotton
Drying Instructions
- Please note that exact settings will vary by dryer
- As a guideline, dryers should be able to dry a load in 20 to 30 minutes at a medium to high heat (including a cool down time of approximately five minutes)
- Please remove the load as soon as the dry cycle is completed to avoid over drying
Materials of the Base and Slide Sheets
Please see below for more information about the materials used in each sheet. Care instructions can be viewed in the tab 'Wash and Dry Guidelines' above.
UltraSlide Single Base Sheet
- Sheet: UltraKnit
- Central Panel (Blue): Low-friction material with carbon fibres
Half Length Slider Sheet
- Surface: WhooTex
- Backing (Yellow): Low-friction material
Technical Specifications
Please see below for further technical information about the base and slide sheets.
UltraSlide Single Base Sheet
- Width: 32 - 36" (81 - 91cm)
- Length: 78 - 84" (198 - 213cm)
- Depth: 4 - 8" (10 - 20cm)
- Weight: 21.2oz (600g)
Half Length Slider Sheet
- Dimensions (WxL): 50 x 72" (127 x 183cm)
- Weight: 13.5oz (383g)
Please note that although the Swift UltraSlide Single Base Sheet and Half Length 4Way Slider Sheet are pictured on a hospital bed, this is not included with your purchase.
