Toli Corporation

Hospileum NW

Low-Maintenance Cushion Vinyl for Healthcare, Aged Care & High-Use Environments

 

Toli created Hospileum vinyl flooring specifically for hospitals to meet strict hygiene, safety, and durability demands in healthcare environments.

Launched as part of their healthcare-focused line, it addresses key hospital needs like infection control, slip resistance, easy maintenance, and acoustic performance while complying with medical facility standards.

Key Design Reasons

• Antiviral/Antibacterial Enhancement: Added antiviral properties to their existing NW-series (Hospileum NW, CareSafe NW) to inhibit viruses/bacteria spread—critical post-2020 for facilities handling high-risk patients.

• Hospital-Specific Performance: Non-porous, stain-proof surface resists fluids/chemicals; high slip resistance (R10+); low VOCs/F☆☆☆☆ for indoor air; seamless sheet option prevents dirt traps.

• Practical Benefits: No-wax maintenance cuts cleaning time/costs; impact-sound reduction suits wards; durable for heavy carts/traffic.



Made in Japan — Engineered for Lifecycle Performance

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Hospileum NW:

Specification Brief for Healthcare & Aged Care Built Environments

For: Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) Leads · Aged Care Facility Managers · Healthcare Architects

Toli Corporation's Hospileum NW is a Japanese-manufactured 2.0mm cushion-back sheet vinyl engineered specifically for clinical and residential-care environments where IPC protocols, resident safety, and 24/7 operational uptime intersect. It is part of a healthcare/welfare system that also includes SF Floor NW (2.8mm) and Caresafe NW (4.5mm), allowing matched specification across wards, corridors, and high-impact areas under one technical system. ecofloors

Why It Matters to Your Discipline

For Infection Control Leads

  • Integrated antibacterial topcoat combined with no-wax surface chemistry — eliminates the wax-strip-reseal cycle that periodically compromises the hygienic barrier and disrupts ward operations.
  • Heat-welded seamless sheet installation removes joint lines as bioburden reservoirs, supporting standard hospital-grade cleaning and disinfection protocols.
  • Non-porous surface resists bodily fluids, blood, and routine clinical chemicals (refer to Toli's chemical resistance chart for specific reagent compatibility).

For Aged Care Facility Managers

  • No-wax maintenance regime materially reduces cleaning labour and lifecycle cost — critical under current staffing and margin pressures. ecofloors
  • Cushion-back construction improves underfoot comfort for residents and care staff working long shifts, and reduces impact noise between rooms.
  • Typical lifecycle of 40–50 years supports long-horizon capex planning and minimises disruptive replacement cycles in occupied facilities. ecofloors

For Healthcare Architects & Specifiers

  • 45-colourway palette (TS2101–TS2145) provides design flexibility for evidence-based design, wayfinding, and dementia-supportive environments without specifying outside the healthcare system.
  • Compatible coving detail for sanitary skirting transitions — meets the floor-to-wall hygienic junction requirement common in clinical briefs.
  • Single-source system (Hospileum 2.0mm / SF Floor 2.8mm / Caresafe 4.5mm) lets you match aesthetic across zones with different traffic and impact loads.

Hospital-Grade vs Standard Commercial Vinyl

Performance Criterion Hospileum NW Standard Commercial Vinyl
Antibacterial performance Integrated into topcoat Not standard
Maintenance protocol No-wax, dry/damp clean Wax, strip, reseal cycle
Seam integrity Heat-welded, seamless Often butt-jointed
Lifecycle 40–50 years typical 10–15 years typical
Specification context Healthcare/welfare system Commercial general

Availability in NZ

Distributed by EcoFloors (Auckland) with technical data sheets, samples, and project-specific specification support: ecofloors.co.nz/Hospileum-vinyl · +64 9 415 7416 · info@ecofloors.co.nz