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High Hygiene Solutions

Trusted solutions that can ensure safe and hygienic environments.

November 2025

Designing for Long-Term Safety and Performance in Interior Flooring

With Polysafe, Polyflor provides solutions that integrate durability, compliance, hygiene and design, delivering confident specification outcomes in the spaces that need them most.

Smart, Touch-Free Hand Drying Built for High-Hygiene Spaces

Smart, Touch-Free Hand Drying Built for High-Hygiene Spaces

Hand hygiene doesn’t stop at washing, drying matters too. Mitsubishi Electric Jet Towel Hand Dryers are touch-free, fast, and NSF-certified for sanitary performance, making them ideal for hospitals, healthcare, and aged care projects. Available in Slim and Smart models with White, Silver, or Dark Grey finishes, Jet Towels deliver hygiene, efficiency, and design flexibility.

Healthcare Ceilings and Helipads

Healthcare Ceilings and Helipads

Asona ceiling tiles with an anti-microbial facing allowed the team at Chow:Hill Architects to create a consistent, clean look throughout the centre all while controlling both internal noise and high levels of external noise from the helipad.

Belgotex + Gerflor: Delivering Hygienic and High-Performance Flooring for Wakefield Hospital

Belgotex + Gerflor: Delivering Hygienic and High-Performance Flooring for Wakefield Hospital

Delivering over 10,000m² of specialised Gerflor vinyl, Belgotex New Zealand played a key role in the redevelopment of Wakefield Hospital — Wellington’s largest private hospital — ensuring hygienic, resilient, and high-performance flooring across critical healthcare environments.

Infection Prevention and Control: Selecting the Right Flooring for Healthcare

Infection Prevention and Control: Selecting the Right Flooring for Healthcare

The COVID-19 crisis was a powerful reminder of how infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies are essential in healthcare and aged-care environments to stop the development of infections and antimicrobial resistance. It highlighted the importance of effective cleaning protocols for preventing transmission.

Dyson Announces the Return of an Icon: The Dyson Airblade dB Hand Dryer

Dyson Announces the Return of an Icon: The Dyson Airblade dB Hand Dryer

The Dyson Airblade dB hand dryer is one of the most hygienic options available, thanks to its touch-free operation, HEPA filtration, and rapid drying technology.

Designing for Hygiene and Humanity: HIMACS at Allevia Hospital Epsom

Designing for Hygiene and Humanity: HIMACS at Allevia Hospital Epsom

Klein Architects have delivered a benchmark in healthcare design with the new Gilgit Wing at Allevia Hospital in Epsom, now Aotearoa’s largest private surgical facility. This $150 million, four-level expansion sets a new standard for clinical environments that balance infection control, durability, and emotional wellbeing.

Local Solution Selected for High Hygiene Environments

Local Solution Selected for High Hygiene Environments

Allproof works with designers to provide smart drainage solutions that meet the hygiene, cleaning and maintenance requirements of food processing facilities.

Potter Interior Systems: Acoustic Ceiling Tiles Engineered for Medical Environments

Potter Interior Systems: Acoustic Ceiling Tiles Engineered for Medical Environments

Creating hygienic, high-performance environments is essential in healthcare design. From hospitals to aged care, every surface plays a role in infection control and acoustic comfort. Potter Interior Systems delivers ceiling solutions that meet these demands without compromising on performance or aesthetics.

Robust and Secure Drainage Solutions for Commercial and High-Demand Facilities

Robust and Secure Drainage Solutions for Commercial and High-Demand Facilities

JESANI’s stainless steel drainage systems are purpose-built for commercial and high-demand facilities where durability, hygiene, and tamper resistance are non-negotiable.

Fenta Ceiling Tiles: UV-Coated, Impervious Ceiling Tiles

Fenta Ceiling Tiles: UV-Coated, Impervious Ceiling Tiles

A practical ceiling finish for hygiene-critical spaces, Fenta Ceiling Tiles combine a fibre-cement core with an ultra-hard UV-cured coating to create a smooth, impervious surface that cleans easily and stands up to routine use.

Airtight and Antimicrobial Access Hatches Maintain Hygiene Across Healthcare and Research Facilities

Airtight and Antimicrobial Access Hatches Maintain Hygiene Across Healthcare and Research Facilities

Como hatches ensure compliance with hygiene standards while enabling easy access to services above the ceiling for maintenance.

Prefinished Wall Linings and Ceiling Tiles with Tested Antimicrobial Performance for Education, Healthcare and Food Prep Areas

Prefinished Wall Linings and Ceiling Tiles with Tested Antimicrobial Performance for Education, Healthcare and Food Prep Areas

Climateline wall linings and Ecotile ceiling tiles feature a Biocote antimicrobial additive incorporated into the powder coating, resulting in durable, non-porous, easy to clean surfaces that actively reduce bacterial growth.

Elevating Hygiene Standards: Multicube Bathroom Cubicles at Auckland University

Elevating Hygiene Standards: Multicube Bathroom Cubicles at Auckland University

Discover how Auckland University is raising the bar in campus hygiene with the installation of Resco’s advanced Multicube bathroom cubicles — a durable, easy-to-clean system built for high-traffic environments.

Drainage Selection for Fast-Paced Restaurants: Metabronze Contributes to Hygiene, Safety, and Durability at McDonald's Stores

Drainage Selection for Fast-Paced Restaurants: Metabronze Contributes to Hygiene, Safety, and Durability at McDonald's Stores

SPS Floor Wastes and Cleanouts from Metabronze have been installed for the floors of several new and refurbished McDonald's stores, ensuring hygiene and durability for the high-traffic restaurants.

Designing for Hygiene and Wellbeing in Healthcare and Aged Care

Designing for Hygiene and Wellbeing in Healthcare and Aged Care

Staron Solid Surfaces deliver proven performance, combining seamless hygiene, design flexibility, and long-term durability for environments that prioritise wellbeing.

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