LCR Hallcrest has been working with Insight Medical Products Ltd on the development of their range of safety Hotspot products for use in bath water.
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The colour-changing thermochromic plastic safety Hotspot rings have been developed using LCR Hallcrest’s latest thermochromic materbatch and have been designed to highlight overly hot water temperatures. By changing colour at specified temperatures they inform and warn the user in a visual way.
Gilly Beaumont, Marketing Manager, at LCR Hallcrest, said: "Safety is always an issue, particularly with the young and elderly and these superb safety devices which are very visual and easy to use and understand, communicate the message well."
The Hotspot Scald Warning Devices offer an excellent visual aid to provide a safe check to ensure the bath or basin water is not at dangerously hot temperatures which may cause scalding. Hotspots ensure a fast visual check to ensure safety, which is particularly important for both the elderly and infants, whose skins are more susceptible to burning.
Consumers are directed to place the Hotspot in the water before getting into a bath and if it turns from its dormant safe 'purple' state to its vivid 'pink' warning, then water is too hot and could be very uncomfortable or dangerous for the bather.
Hotspot Warning Devices can be used repeatedly and represent superb safety value.
The Hotspots have been developed in a range of four temperatures: 34°C for babies or frail skin, 27°C for children and adults, 41°C for hotter baths and 27°C for sinks and hand basins.