Morley Glass has launched a new system designed specifically for hospitals, medical schools and other health and social care facilities.

ScreenView is designed to balance the need for patient privacy and observation, allowing for easy switching between the two at different times of the day.

Unlike the Venetian or pleated blinds available in the current Uni-Blinds range, ScreenView has two layers of wide slats arranged in a ladder style, which move up and down to provide an open view for observation or complete closure.

The blind is said to be perfect for door vision panels and other windows that separate a healthcare facility’s communal or public areas from private spaces such as treatment facilities, consultation rooms, operating theatres and patient rooms.

Unlike vision panel flaps and externally mounted blinds, ScreenView blind requires no cleaning or maintenance and is protected from the daily knocks that can damage blinds in busy public environments.

As an additional safeguard, the blind’s control mechanism is protected with an antimicrobial coating to help with infection control.

Thanks to Morley’s partnership with Pyroguard, ScreenView blinds can be specified to provide passive fire protection, with assured performance of 30, 60 or 120 minutes, depending on the building requirements.

Ian Short, managing director of Morley Glass, said: “ScreenView gives specifiers and facilities managers a new option for controlling privacy and shading in healthcare environments that allows other important design objectives such as fire safety, hygiene, infection control and aesthetics to be met.

“We can provide specialist specification and design guidance to help achieve the right solution using ScreenView, as well as the other integral blind solutions in our Uni-Blinds portfolio.”