2020 has brought a dizzying array of changes to our lives. Not only do we have to be more careful in our everyday lives, we also have to be especially careful at work. In many work environments across the UK, partition screens have become necessary measures. Not only are screens ideal for maintaining privacy and making sure you are able to create segregated rooms and booths for meetings and discussions, they can also help to keep people safe, too.
Privacy screens are especially useful in medical and educational settings. Let’s consider a few reasons why you may wish to invest in partition screens for either setting moving forward.
Privacy is a Must
In the medical industry, privacy is essential. Patients want to know that their examinations and consultations are taking place under the watchful eyes of a medical professional, and them only. In a ward setting, for example, it is basic practice to make sure that different beds and examination zones are cordoned off. This is just as much about privacy, as it is for anything else.
Privacy in an education setting is also important. We need to consider exam situations, for example. In cases where students are sitting tests or exams, you must make sure that you regulate the potential for cheating! While it may seem easy enough to monitor a hall of children taking the same tests at the same time, you have all the more protection against potential copying when you ensure that there are firm partitions on either side!
Do also consider partitions and screens for doctor’s offices, too. These are supposed to be private spaces where patients can discuss anything they like with no fear of intrusion.
Isolation Needs
In both educational and medical settings, partition screens can be useful in helping to define isolation zones. Of course, isolation in education means something very different to isolation in medicine!
In schools, you may wish to set up flexible partition screens to create a ‘time out’ zone. Students who are persistently disruptive may find themselves isolated temporarily. Alternatively, a private space with privacy screens can help to create an area for discipline should you need to take one or more pupils away from a class.
Crucially, isolation in a medical setting means that patients are receiving one on one care without threat of mixing with others. Isolated areas are important when a patient requires specific care beyond the ward, or beyond a GP’s office. This is just as much for their safety as it is for everyone else’s.
Coronavirus isolation rooms are now a feature of workplaces. In some instances, employees may release the need to urgently segregate themselves from other staff members, to await a safe method to get home, and potentially isolate.
Meeting Spaces
Of course, partition screens may also be used to help create flexible meeting spaces in offices and warehouses, or workshops. This can apply to both education and medical settings.
In school and college settings, for example, you may wish to set up privacy screens for private teacher-student meetings. You might even consider setting up these spaces for private group work, too. Regardless of what you use screens and partitions for, they will always come in handy when there is a need for collaborative work.
The same applies in a medical setting. In some cases, medical staff may need to split away to discuss matters regarding patients and cases with data protection in mind. Therefore, setting up a private booth or room is the perfect way to ensure that you can continue to discuss notes without infringing on patient confidentiality.
Create Adaptable Spaces with Partition Screens
In many cases, medical and educational bodies may use partitions and room divisions to help make spaces safer. In the age of COVID-19, keeping socially distant has never been more important. However, it’s also important to remember that choosing a privacy screen or partition system means you are investing in an adaptable and endlessly reusable space.
There is no need to spend substantial amounts of money to create new rooms or to renovate your existing areas. There is a reduced need to spend time planning for space and extension – as we will help to develop a practical and efficient area, without disruption to your ongoing work.
Prodek is pleased to offer a variety of privacy screen and partition choices for businesses and bodies across the medical and educational sectors. For safety, privacy, and practicality, it makes sense to create additional rooms – and we will show you how that is possible, without the need for bricks and mortar. Get in touch with our team to learn more.
