Sluice Room Refurbishments & Fit-Outs

Refurbish Your Sluice Rooms To Prevent Infection

Make a difference with our Sluice Room Solutions.

Our knowledge and understanding of the challenges faced by medical and care facilities allows us to provide end-to-end solutions that can be trusted to prevent infection whilst improving efficiency.

We can supply everything you need for new build or refurbishments to sluice rooms and we are your one point of contact for all your sluice room needs.

Get expert advice on creating new sluice rooms

Unique Service For Sluice Rooms

DDC is the only infection control equipment manufacturer able to also offer a full turnkey service for sluice room refurbishments and fit-outs:

initial consultation – free
design survey – free
supplying and installing a powerful but economical bedpan washer disinfector or medical pulp macerator
supplying and installing a UVMATIC air purifier to kill bacteria and stop malodour
supplying and installing robust and hygienic stainless steel furniture
overseeing all plumbing and electrical work
fitting impermeable, impact-resistant Altro Whiterock™ or other similar cladding to the walls
installing healthcare-grade flooring
project managing the entire sluice room installation – so you have just one point of contact and one invoice
delivering excellent aftercare – ensuring your sluice room continues to deliver optimum performance and a good return on your investment.

All work is completed quickly, efficiently and safely by our experienced engineers.

Frequently Asked Questions

What if the intended location for my new sluice room has no electricity and/or water supply? What if it has no drainage? A: This is not an issue. We can install water, electricity and drainage quickly, minimising disruption.

What if my care home is an older building? What if the building is listed? A: Our teams have added new sluice room facilities to Grade II listed buildings. In one instance, the project involved the retention of a treasured leaded window.

What if my care home needs one or more new sluice rooms but there are no old storerooms available for conversion? Converting a bedroom is one option but few care homes want to lose bedrooms and compromise occupancy rates. Other options can include taking space from a hallway or building a small extension on to your existing building. Our expert team can advise you on the best way to provide new sluice room facilities for your care home(s).

What are the regulatory, compliance and best practice issues that I will need to consider? Best practice guidelines for sluice rooms are changing all the time – all with a view to improving standards and preventing the spread of infections. Expect the rules to become stricter over coming years. Adding a small, easily installable new sluice room now can help you to ‘futureproof’ your care home – and avoid having to make larger and more onerous investments if and when more stringent regulations become law.

What if I need a new sluice room during challenging economic conditions? New sluice room facilities need not be costly – and you can spread the capital investment over five years. Furthermore, our 360° Care, Service and Chemicals plans will help you to reduce day-to-day operational costs – extending the life of your equipment and saving you money on machine-care consumables.

How long will my new sluice room last? Well maintained sluice rooms will last 25 years. Machines typically have a 10-year lifespan but some care home owners choose to run DDC Dolphin machines for longer because of their inherent robustness and reliability.

Sluice Room Best Practice

Are you protecting your residents and staff by adopting the current best practices in your sluice room(s)?

Are your care teams still hand-washing commodes instead of using modern bedpan washer disinfectors or medical pulp macerators?

Does your sluice room have signs of disrepair such as broken tiles? Are there malodour issues?

What if there were a change in legislation? Would your care home struggle to improve its current sluice practices?

If any of these questions give you cause for concern, they could be a sign that you need to refit or create one or more new sluice rooms. Contact us now to learn about other potential warning signs.

Fail to provide sufficient or adequate sluice room facilities and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) could decide that your care home ‘requires improvement’ due to poor infection prevention and control procedures.

A lower-tier rating from the CQC would prevent you from taking in new residents. More bedrooms could become empty until you resolve the issue.