PRODUCT INNOVATION WINNERS 2018 GOLD Ligature Resistant Sliding Door System Product Introduction Date: November 2017 Submitted by: Accurate Lock & Hardware (203) 348-8865 www.accuratelockandhardware.com The Ligature Resistant Sliding Door System was designed with patient care and staff safety in mind, with the goal of further eliminating self-harm risks inherent in swinging doors, and addressing privacy and health-related concerns associated with door substitutes. The sliding door also helps to improve visibility, and may allow staff to respond more efficiently to patients in times of need. Additionally, the LR-SDS helps to reduce noise throughout behavioral healthcare facilities. The dampened closure was designed to eliminate door slamming and allow quiet operation around the same level as ambient noise in the room. Due to the concealed locking mechanism and track, there is no appearance of bulky hardware or anti-barricade accessories that may need to be present on swinging doors in high risk areas. This design supports the concept of patient empowerment and respect. The LR-SDS is a surface applied sliding door system able to convert conventional swing doors into ligature-resistant patient safety openings. This allows older facilities to easily update existing doors with this sliding door solution. JURY COM M E NT S: * Sliding doors are becoming a common element of inpatient environments due to their space-saving attributes. This product attractively solves this concern for the challenging behavioral health environment, and does so in an attractive way that also adds to patient and staff safety. * While barn doors in healthcare bathrooms are not new, creating them in a safe, aesthetically pleasing way is! These Ligature Resistant sliding doors will make creating safer rooms with greater patient dignity possible. * Beyond its targeted use in behavioral health environments, the simplicity and clean design of the sliding door quite literally opens the door to a much broader use in general healthcare environments such as exam rooms or toilet rooms where swing doors consume valuable functional area. 56 MAY 2018 / SPECIAL SUPPLEMENThttp://www.accuratelockandhardware.com