Emergency department are unique setting for privacy in the health care industry. Maintaining patient privacy in the hectic confines of the emergency department has always been a dilemma and concern. When the federal government raised the stakes in 2003, when the privacy requirements of the HIPAA when into effect, healthcare professionals had to make a reasonable efforts to the disclosure of health care information.
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Polytronix, Inc.® Film and Glass Division found a problem in the healthcare industry and Polyvision® Smart Glass windows are the solution. The problem is that patients are often getting their recovery time interrupted by healthcare staff coming into their rooms to check their viral signs.
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Technology of the Future
The future is here! Polytronix, Inc. Film and Glass Division has been the leading innovator and the only US manufacture of Smart Film Products since 1986. Our Switchable Privacy Film is UL certified and our operating and management systems are both ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified.
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PDLC switchable privacy glass and film products can be used with a host of compatible hardware and framing, including automatic doors, manual sliding doors, folding doors, modular wall systems, and window framing. Although Polytronix, Inc.®, Film and Glass Division doesn’t provide the hardware, we do offer a list of hardware that is compatible with our smart glass products.
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Features and Benefits
The PDLC switchable privacy glass application can be used in many innovative ways. Here is a summary of some of the main features and benefits of using PDLC switchable privacy glass:
Continue ReadingLighting Conditions and Haze in Regular and PDLC Glass
As previously noted, one of the most common misconceptions relates to clarity of the PDLC technology because of customers’ preexisting expectation that the optical clarity will be the same as with regular float glass. That level of clarity is not possible with PDLC products, however, as they contain liquid crystal materials that optically manipulate light; therefore, glass products with PDLC technology naturally have some level of haziness to them (even regular glass has some haze, albeit at much more extreme lighting conditions). This haziness effect with PDLC glass products is magnified at larger viewing angles and with certain high-intensity lighting conditions. This, however, does not detract from its wide-ranging use as a practical alternative.
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