Mary Ruth Gutierrez

It’s Time to Switch to Disposable Curtains Antimicrobial and flame retardant disposable cubicle curtains are the quick, economical, and hygienic alternative to conventional cubicle curtains. Disposable curtains that are made from polypropylene weigh far less than conventional curtains and so are easy and quick to fit and replace in less than 60 seconds! Now more and more hospitals have changed to disposable curtains as it’s really an amazing product that saves money and time. Advantages and Benefits of Disposable Curtains A. Cost - Effective For pacesetters in the industry, they are able to price its products lower than their competitors because they believe they pioneered the technology for disposable curtain manufacturing. They can provide a calculator that forecast the cost - savings of customers should they decided to replace their traditional curtains with disposable ones. A.1 Disposable Curtains are cost - effective because it: A.1 Eliminates Capital Expense. Traditional cubicle curtains are assets that incur depreciation expense because its value decreases over a period of usage. Since disposable curtains are products designed for a single use, it has no depreciation cost. It is designed for short - term use rather than long – term usage. Compared to the material of disposable curtains, traditional curtains cost more because its fabric are more expensive. A.2 Eliminates Repair & Maintenance Expense. Fabrics of traditional curtains suffer from constant wear - and - tear, discoloration and damages over long periods of use. Expectedly, a chunk of the budget are allotted for repair expense. Disposable curtains have absolutely no damage repair cost because they are designed to be discarded after a period of use. Disposable curtains are always fresh, clean and neat - looking compared to discolored hospital curtains that has undergone several repairs. A.3 Eliminates Laundry - related Expense. Traditional cubicle curtains incur laundry cost since they are made from washable fabrics or textile. Regular laundry services represents a substantial expense in the operational budget whether it is performed in-house or outsourced to a laundry company. Disposable curtains have zero laundry cost. A.4 Reduces Labor - related Expense. Handling the inventory, maintenance and replacement of traditional curtains requires added manpower and labor. Thus, it results into added cost for employee salaries, benefits and incentives. By using disposable curtains, health facilities cuts down labor - related expenses since the product require less manpower for inventory and handling and one size. In order to substantiate the claim that disposable curtains are more cost - effective compared to hospital curtains, disposable curtain vendors devised a cost - saving calculator in Excel. Since people have different business metrics, the projected cost saved is different for every customer. By using this Cost Saving Calculator, you would be able to appreciate the savings it’s likely to incur once it uses disposable curtains. Learning to use this cost saving calculator is a plus for every member of the sales and marketing teams of disposable curtain vendors. Disposable but Quality Disposable Curtains are suggested to be made from non-woven polypropylene materials. This material is defined as a web of polypropylene fibers bonded together by entangling fiber mechanically, thermally or chemically. They are flat, porous sheets that are made directly from separate fibers. They are not made by weaving or knitting and do not require converting the fibers to yarn. Nonwoven polypropylene is also dubbed as a “miracle fabric” because it is non-depleting, very durable and yet lightweight. In the manufacturing of Disposable Curtains, the polypropylene goes through a process called “extrusion”. In this process polypropylene pellets are fed into an extrusion machine and mixed with a flame retardant agent and color concentrate. As the material moves through the extruder, it goes through several chemical and heat processes. Uniquely, Disposable Curtains are good quality when it is made of three layers. Two layers of flame retardant clad polypropylene are extruded onto either side of one thin, solid polypropylene sheet. At the end, the result is a wide, flat material which gets embossed to give it a cloth look. The material is then spooled onto large rolls.