Impacting care with high-performing ceilings

Rockfon’s ceiling solutions offer acoustic, infection control and aesthetic benefits that impact the vitally important functionality, safety and atmosphere of medical facilities. 

As healthcare providers work to protect their patients and wider population from the spread of disease, deliver effective care and encourage healing, they rely on their built environment to provide a safe, clean and comfortable space. Perhaps now more than ever, healthcare facilities need to be built and renovated with evidence-based design that supports reduced treatment times and increased levels of patient satisfaction.

With stone wool tiles, metal ceiling panels and suspension grid systems, Rockfon has an acoustic ceiling solution for every design goal.

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Optimized for Better Performance

Rockfon’s acoustic ceiling tiles feature high NRC ratings helping create a comfortable space for recovery.

Affecting recovery time for patients and overall occupant satisfaction, noise in healthcare settings needs to be addressed with acoustic design optimized for the space.  

Using the Optimized Acoustics approach with Rockfon’s high NRC medical ceiling tiles and panels, healthcare facilities can meet and exceed acoustics standards. Download our design guide to learn the standards and guidelines.   

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Stone wool – naturally resistant

Rockfon stone wool (in which the first ingredient is natural stone from the earth) naturally prevents growth of mold and bacteria, helping maintain air quality and cleanliness without the addition of added antimicrobials. In both the design and healthcare community, the safety of antimicrobials is being called into question.

With little evidence proving their ability to prevent infection and their overuse being linked to antibiotic resistance, healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente went as far as to ban antimicrobial use in building materials.3 In a recent white paper, Perkins+Will explain how these “healthy” antimicrobial products are doing more harm than good and are on its official Precautionary List.4  

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Fire-Safe, Flame Retardant-Free

Because the core material is non-combustible, Rockfon’s stone wool ceiling products resist fire. They are Class A Fire Rated, have a Flame Spread Index of 0, and a maximum Smoke Developed Index of 5.  This natural resistance means they are free from flame retardants that have been shown to cause diabetes, neurobehavioral and developmental disorders, cancer, reproductive health problems, and more.2  

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Care and cleaning

Minimize maintenance while maximizing infection control

Specifically designed with durability and cleanability in mind, Rockfon’s medical range of ceiling tiles offer unique benefits. They can easily be cleaned with a vacuum or damp cloth. In areas where infection control is a priority, Rockfon Medical Plus and Medical Air are specially treated to allow cleaning with diluted disinfectants and can be steam cleaned.

Additionally, our stone wool ceiling tiles and metal ceiling panels will not sag or fall out of the grid, making them a high-performing, long-lasting solution. For information on cleanrooms and ISO Class products, click here

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Discover More Benefits of Stone Wool Ceiling Tiles

Learn about ceiling requirements in FGI Guidelines

View Our Healthcare Case Studies

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Sources:

1. BPIE, “Building 4 People:” (2018) p. 4.

2. Perkins+Will, Top 10 Things You Need to Know About Flame Retardants

3. https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/kaiser-permanente-bans-interior-building-antimicrobials-from-its-hospitals-to-curb-antibiotic-resistance-chemical-exposure.html

4. Perkins+Will. Top 10 Things to Know About Antimicrobials

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What we do

We manufacture acoustic ceilings stone wool products, while also providing metal ceiling panels and Chicago Metallic® ceiling suspension grid systems. These are all part of developing effective, architectural ceiling systems.

We are dedicated to making your job easier with ceiling products that are easy to install and that deliver beautiful, comfortable spaces.

Rockfon North America
4849 S. Austin Ave.
Chicago, IL 60638
1-800-323-7164
cs@rockfon.com