BIFMA HCF 8.1-2019
Health Care Furniture Design Guidelines For Cleanability
standard by Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association, 2019
Full Description
The purpose of BIFMA HCF 8.1-2019 is to provide guidance to furniture manufacturers and healthcareprofessionals in understanding typical cleaners, disinfectants, cleaning methods, and performanceof furniture when exposed to these cleaners and disinfectants. It is the intent of this guideline tobring the recommended manufacturers' standards in line with existing practices and typically usedcleaners. This guideline offers standard test methodologies and specific performancerecommendations to which manufacturers can test; and to which users may evaluate relativeproduct performance. This guideline also provides product design considerations that supporteffective cleanability of healthcare furniture products.