But the main reason hospitals specify stainless
steel rests in its surface properties, which help it conquer the
constant corrosive substances and sterilizing characterizing daily
operating-room processes.
Stainless steel is a low-carbon steel containing at least
10% chromium by weight. The chromium gives stainless steel its
corrosion-resistant properties. In the presence of oxygen, stainless
steel forms an invisible chromium-oxide film that protects against
corrosion. Adding other elements to stainless steel, such as nickel and
molybdenum, can further enhance this surface resistance. The invisible
chromium-oxide film makes stainless steel remarkably impervious and
easy-to-clean, and thus the ideal choice wherever hygiene is critical.
Stainless steel is also prized for its resilience in
fluctuating temperatures. It retains its strength at higher
temperatures, while maintaining integrity at a wide range of
temperatures, from elevated to well below freezing.
Moreover, stainless steel is easy to customize. It can be
cut, welded, formed and machined virtually at will...making it ideal
for customizing products to customer specifications. Since space in
operating rooms increasingly comes at a premium―due to the
proliferation of medical devices required to be within a surgeon's
reach―this customizing ability can be crucial to making the whole
operating room set-up work.
Blickman utilizes 300 series, or Austenitic, stainless
steels, which contain chromium and nickel and serve a wide range of
applications. The 300 series has good formability, is MRI-Safe, has excellent
corrosion resistance, and withstands many chemicals and rusting. In
fact, Blickman is the only manufacturer in its class to offer a Lifetime Limited
Warranty!
Essentially, Blickman stainless steel stays strong and
clean, helping operating rooms to perform their essential function:
helping surgeons and their staffs save lives. That's why, when
major hospitals specify stainless steel for their operating rooms,
invariably they specify Blickman.
For all your healthcare and
medical equipment needs...
Our many product lines serve both inpatient and
outpatient operating rooms, endoscopy suites, post-anesthesia care
units, labor and delivery, nursery, sterile processing, catheterization
labs, G.I. labs, emergency room and storage areas. Blickman can also
customize its products to meet particular space requirements,
procedures or techniques.
Blickman offers a wide variety of models to meet every
modification. In addition to cabinetry, surgical scrub sinks and warmers, our tables,
carts, portable furniture (stools, poles, stands, hampers, receptacles, etc.) utensils and more, in both stainless steel and chrome, can meet
every medical-office need.
