HOSPITAL USES
HILTI FIRESTOP
SPEED SLEEVE
To help protect frontline workers
during Covid-19
One of the
Speed Sleeve
CP 653 installed
at Riverside
Medical
As the COVID-19 pandemic
continues, frontline healthcare
workers continue to be particularly
vulnerable to contracting the virus.
After much deliberation, one hospital in
Newport News, Virginia sought to create
an effective barrier between medical
equipment and patients.
Riverside Regional Medical Center
enlisted the services and products
of global firestop
leader, Hilti, to
help reduce the
spread of potentially
harmful airborne
pathogens. The
hospital installed
Hilti’s Firestop
Speed Sleeve CP
653 in the facility,
allowing hospital
engineers to
position ventilators
and IV pumps
outside patient
rooms, thereby
reducing the
potential exposure of COVID-19 to its
healthcare workers.
This also enabled the medical team to
monitor ventilators more effectively,
with less downtime and more efficiency.
Additionally, “equipment safely placed
outside a room reduces the need to
wear Personal Protective Equipment,
helping us conserve our supply,” said
Robert Maynard, Business Process
Improvement Manager at Riverside.
Equipment safely placed
outside a room reduces
the need to wear
Personal Protective
Equipment, helping us
conserve our supply…
“It’s a thinking-outside-the-box type of
concept.”
The Speed Sleeve is generally
designed to address the specialized
cabling penetrations through firerated
assemblies. In addition to the
firestopping capabilities, it’s simple twist
mechanism results in industry-leading
airflow control. Inside the Speed Sleeve,
the inner fabric liner twists close for a
custom fit around
the cables. Although
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not designed to
hermetically seal
openings, it does
effectively help
restrict the passage
of air, an essential
factor for the life
safety of the facility.
“I am so proud
that Hilti was able
to make a positive
contribution to help
protect healthcare
heroes during
this public health crisis,” said Martina
McIssac, President and CEO of Hilti
North America. “Riverside’s use of our
firestop technology is a testament of
how we can come together in this time
to jointly handle the challenges this
crisis brings to construction projects.”
Officials are discussing a plan to
install the Speed Sleeve at all hospital
locations to help the fight against
COVID-19.