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My Healthcare Flooring solution: The Mohawk Group family of brands works collectively to address every element in the healthcare environment, from lobbies and family waiting areas to corridors and patient exam rooms. Our broad offering of products, rooted in the principles of evidence based design, make choosing the right product for your installation easier. Covering all flooring types, and all price points The Mohawk Group offers the most extensive range of healthcare flooring in the industry.

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Lees, Autumn Harvest | Coordination

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02 What makes The Mohawk Group’s Flooring exceptional? A solution for every Healthcare space. broadloom Healthcare Flooring hard surfaces Modular Carpet Broadloom Carpet Mohawk Hard Surfaces - VCT - Luxury Vinyl - Rolled Rubber - StoneWalk

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Nurses Station Patient Room We’re with you every step of the way. Outpatient & Inpatient Waiting Janitor Closet Operating Room 1. We take the time to fully understand your unique flooring and business challenges. 2. We apply evidence-based design principles to formulate your flooring plan. 3. We help you choose the right flooring for each of your spaces. 4. We deliver on time and on budget. 5. We follow-up to make sure your installation is successful. 6. We maintain the partnership to help with your future flooring needs.

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04 What makes us healthcare flooring experts? Evidence Based Design* (EBD) is the process of basing decisions about the built environment on credible research to ensure the best possible outcomes. The Mohawk Group has embraced EBD to deliver the optimal flooring solution for healthcare environments. Our recommendations are the result of quantifiable research and data that are specific to the healthcare market. With this approach, you can be sure you’ll get the right flooring solution for every space. * . Kirk Hamilton D WHR Architects & Texas A&M University

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Healthcare Flooring The Charlton Research Group survey* revealed the top three performance categories for healthcare facility flooring: Durable+Maintainable Healthy+Safe Quiet+Comfortable

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06 My Healthcare Flooring solution: When it comes to Healthcare flooring, we understand your mission critical priorities: - Effective Cleaning - Durability - Value - Infection Control - Slip & Fall Injuries - Indoor Air Quality - Acoustic Management - Cushioning - Roller Mobility Durable+Maintainable | Healthy+Safe | Quiet+Comfortable

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What is the value of proper maintenance? How can you stretch your maintenance budget? Effective Cleaning | Durability | Value

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Durable by design. Tough flooring for demanding spaces. Conventional wisdom says carpet is a higher maintenance solution for healthcare facilities. The Mohawk Group has proven conventional wisdom wrong. Our modular and broadloom carpet offerings can take a beating and stand the test of time while actually reducing maintenance costs. That’s because we engineer performance into every product we make. From non-latex moisture barrier backings, to stain resistant fibers, to incredible dimensional stability, we design carpet that works for the long haul – and reduces the maintenance workload....

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- roper maintenance preserves the appearance and retains the P value of your flooring investment. This applies to any category of flooring. LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS Source: TMG Carpet Care 101 Bigelow, Organic Matrix Collection

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Contain your maintenance costs. Duracolor® – 96% of stains removed with clear water. Duracolor is permanent stain resistance – not a topical treatment that can wash off or wear away. Its patented ability to resist stains is engineered into its molecular structure and has been proven effective in millions of yards of demanding installations. No other stain resistance technology comes close to Duracolor’s record of success. The fact that Duracolor can be cleaned with water or a mild detergent means you don’t need expensive chemical cleaners and you can reduce maintenance time and labor costs....

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Choose lasting performance. Soft or hard surfaces: performance products that fit the space. Healthcare flooring needs change throughout a facility. Why should a one-floor-fits-all approach be expected to work everywhere when your priorities vary from stain resistance to rolling ease to resilience under high traffic? Regardless of the space, the demand for maximum performance remains critical. The Mohawk Group specializes in fitting the right high performance product to the space to ensure ease of maintenance and the longest possible life cycle. Our hard and soft surface options promise...

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Can carpet reduce the spread of infectious diseases? Can carpet restrict the spread of airborne allergens? Does carpet reduce the likelihood of slips and falls? Lees, Custom Carpet Infection Control | Slip + Fall Injuries | Indoor Air Quality – VOC Emissions – Asthma/Allergy

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Who pays for in-hospital injuries and hospital-acquired infections? Since October 2008, Medicare and private insurers no longer cover these expenses. Healthcare facilities are responsible for 100% of the costs. Increasingly, flooring is being recognized for its role in infection control and prevention of slips and falls. transmission of bacteria (VRE bacteria) VINYL SHEET GOODS flooring type Source: Leib R., Rhode J. “Are those room cleaners and finishes safe?” Healthcare Design 2007 Vol.7(2). “’ve always thought that soft surfaces I increase the likelihood of infection in hospitals. Is...

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High Traffic = High Dust. Corridors, waiting areas and nursing stations experience a lot of foot traffic on any given day. All of that walking stirs up airborne particulates that caregivers, patients and visitors could potentially breathe. Fortunately, carpet acts like a trap, reducing the amount of dust and allergens in the air. The particulates that fall to the carpet are held there and remain away from the breathing zone until they are removed by vacuuming or cleaning. On the other hand, walking on hard surfaces actually disturbs more particulates than walking on carpet and these remain...

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