Applications/Usage
Product Type
Areas in the Space
General Knowledge
100

Of the Shaw Contract offerings, this type of flooring is used mostly in operating rooms.

What is Homogeneous Sheet?

100

A slip-resistant product often used in patient bathrooms

What is TractionSafety?

100

An area that mixes IV bags and compounds medicine.

What is a pharmacy?

100

The name of special pricing contracts that health systems use for rebates

What is GPO (Group Purchasing Organizations)?

200

Of the Shaw Contract offerings, this type of flooring product is frequently utilized in patient rooms. 

What is Heterogeneous Sheet?

200

A resilient sheet product with a single layer construction.

What is homogeneous sheet?

200
An area where families gather when a loved one is being cared for.

What is a Waiting Area?

200

A concept used within the building industry to increase occupant connectivity to the natural environment.

What is the biophilic design?

300

The largest concern as it relates to performance in high-traffic areas such as lobbies?

What is Scratch Resistance?

300

A resilient category that is GreenHealth Approved and made with rapidly renewable resources

What is bio-based?
300

An caregiver area central to patients

What is a Nurses Station?

300

A sustainability certification derived from a group of healthcare systems limited the use of harmful materials in their spaces. 

What is GreenHealth Approved? 

400

Of the Shaw Contract offering, this type of flooring will be used in compounding pharmacies.

What is a resilient sheet (usually homogeneous for stain) or homogeneous tile (Montage) ?

400

A homogeneous tile construction made in a 36x36 size

What is Montage?

400

An area that supplies patients and families with nutrition.

What is a Cafeteria?

400

A survey instrument and data collection methodology for measuring patients' perceptions of their hospital experience.

What is HCAHPS?

500

To minimize cost and waste, I may use __ in the public spaces and corridors.

What is resilient tile?

500

A resilient construction that mimics the performance of porcelain tile but installation is closer to hardwood.

What is MineralFloor?

500

An area where doctors clean before surgery.

What is a scrub room?

500

A systematic process that determines level of risk to patients and defines controls to reduce risk.

What is ICRA (Infection Control Risk Assessment)?