4 Advances in Hospital Room Doors | AD Systems

25 Aug.,2025

 

4 Advances in Hospital Room Doors | AD Systems

1. Space-efficient and acoustically rated patient room doors

Commercial sliding door systems dedicate less usable space to door swings and approach clearances. For example, ExamSlide™ sliding doors can save up to 30 square feet per door. This means more square footage can be used for seating and furnishing, cabinets, mobile workstations and other essential items. Further, by eliminating door swing clearances and using no-twist ADA compliant hardware, ExamSlide is more accessible for all.

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These sliding door systems are also available with drop-down bottom seals and gaskets to close up the problematic leaky perimeter gaps between the wall and door while still ensuring ease of operation. They comply with the Facility Guidelines Institute and ADA guidelines and can earn a Noise Isolation Class (NIC) rating of up to 39. Their high acoustic rating helps protect patient confidentiality, which provides necessary acute care room privacy.

2. Easily accessible patient bathroom doors

As evidenced in the first point, acute care rooms can easily become crowded and inaccessible due to the number of essential items and features that need to be present. These accessibility issues increase when patients need bed lifts to move from the bed to a wheelchair and beyond. When a patient room includes a bathroom, installing a sliding door can help save valuable space while also making operation easier, both of which aid accessibility goals for added patient comfort and satisfaction. Further benefiting patient use, the ExamSlide sliding door frame can be made in a Barrier Free configuration. This design option splits the top frame to accommodate a bed lift, allowing patients to be transported through the sliding door opening.

3. Hands-free technology for hospital room doors

Over the past few years, more emphasis has been placed on reducing potential points of infection. Because door handles are some of the most commonly touched surfaces in all buildings, they can host a variety of bacteria and viruses and pose a risk to hospital patients and staff. To reduce touchpoints, hands-free technology, like the AutoMotion™ system, can be added to most of AD Systems’ sliding doors. A quick wave or simple push of a button signals the door to open and close. Low-energy and quiet operators with safety sensors ensure a safe, hygienic and effortless passage.

4. Perimeter gaskets and seals for negative pressure rooms

While perimeter gaskets and drop-down seals can boost acoustic performance, they may also help hospital room doors meet isolation room requirements, per their test results to UL- standard for air leakage. Both sliding and swinging doors are often considered the weak links in a wall assembly since they can have a slight gap between the door, its frame and the floor. The perimeter gaskets and drop-down seals on the ExamSlide system quickly and effectively seal the door’s perimeter to help airflow and pressure management systems create a safe and sealed off environment.

Advances in hospital doors allow for better designs

Advanced hospital room doors can save space, create accessible rooms, mitigate infection risk and provide flexibility in healthcare design. When specified carefully, they can help create a facility that is more efficient and more comfortable for patients and staff. However, to maximize the potential benefits, design teams may need multiple systems. AD Systems sliding and swinging door systems can work together and be customized to fit a wide range of performance goals while also providing a cohesive design aesthetic. 

Hospital Doors | Healthcare Entrances | Installation & Repair

Reliable and Compliant Automatic Doors for Healthcare Facilities

You can’t afford the breakdown of a door in a medical facility, especially during a pandemic. From the hospital entrance doors to the individual hospital room door, each and every door needs to work flawlessly around the clock.

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Our certified technicians keep all your automatic doors in shape. Including, but not limited to, revolving door entrances,swing doors, sliding and folding doors, and even automatic windows for dispensaries. 

Door Services Corporation makes a difference in patient experience and hospital efficiency. Our AAADM certified technicians have extensive experience with any door in your clinic or healthcare facility. Their vans are stocked with door hardware, and they are ready for almost any repair to your sliding door, swinging door or any other automatic door. We offer 24-hour service as well as maintenance contracts that cover regular maintenance for all doors in your medical facility, regardless of the manufacturer.

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Hospital Door Systems

Revolving Doors in Hospitals

Revolving doors are well-suited for anyone wanting to enter or leave a building. In a hospital, however, there are more factors that are important such as the right diameter and speed to accommodate wheelchairs, walkers and gurneys.

Horton Grand® and MiniGrand® revolving door systems are ideally suited to the requirements of health care facilities. They offer impressive architectural appeal, generous openings and the extra advantage of a constant seal for energy efficiency and LEED credits.

Healthcare Sliding Doors

Automatic doors are engineered to meet the 24/7 demands of medical facilities. Horton offers an industry leading range of  sliding door entrance systems, all designed for ultimate dependability.

We service Horton Automatics doors as well as all other brands, and have access to all sliding door parts you may need, from elegant all-glass entrance systems to telescoping sliding doors.

Swinging and Folding Doors

Horton Automatics swing and folding door systems provide a full range of solutions for ADA compliant handicap door openers or high traffic automatic access. These systems come standard with AAADM certified installation. 

  • Swing door operators can be installed in a new construction or to upgrade an existing door. At Door Services Corporation, we assist you with retrofitting an existing swing door and provide support with ongoing maintenance and repair
  • Folding doors are very versatile. They provide a solution for very large openings as well as for narrow corridors that require wide openings in a narrow space.
  • We often install automatic swing door closers when an automatic door is not necessary, or when a manual hinged door is located next to an automatic door.
  • Specialty Operators may be used for extremely heavy doors, such as lead-lined doors for an x-ray room or storage vault systems with fire protection

Patient Room Systems

Patient room door systems allow the option to leave doors completely or partially open without the need to break out the doors. These doors are ideal for rooms that need optimum space utilization.

At Door Services Corporation, we service a broad offering of automatic swing and sliding doors. We also provide manual barn door configurations for patient rooms, exam rooms and toilets.

Hospital Door Hardware

Hospital door hardware needs to withstand more wear and tear than in most other applications. There are also more requirements for doors in health care. Doors need to provide fire protection, access for wheelchairs and hospital beds, access control, etc.

At Door Services Corporation, we carry quality commercial door hardware to maintain and repair all your doors to make sure they are reliable day and night, year-round.


Specialized Healthcare Applications

Our team at Door Services Corporation has vast experience with hospital doors. Call us to address your specific needs, such as: breakaway, self-closing, UL smoke infiltration, AIIR isolation, card access interface etc.

Pressure Rooms

Hospitals have air infiltration requirements for negative, positive and combination pressure isolation rooms. These can be used for an operating theatre and airborne isolation infection rooms.

Horton Automatics offers solutions to address these needs. Our doors can be activated with touchless sensors or hands-free door openers to avoid contamination. The alternative mechanical self-closing system requires no power.

Isolation room doors greatly reduce air leakage and include tested perimeter seals and self-closing devices. These systems are easy to clean and reduce the risk of nosocomial infections. They are available in electromechanical or no power self-closing.

Atmospheric Sliding Doors are designed to meet clean room standards. These doors are excellent for areas such as labs or pharmacies where ultra cleanliness is required.

Critical Care and Intensive Care Systems

In an ICU environment it is important that patients are always in full view through the glass door. When there is an urgency, the full breakaway feature allows for all panels to swing out of the way. The resulting large opening allows swift removal of patients or equipment.

We are proud to be part of the Horton Automatics family, which consistently develops first-to-market systems, such as the self-closing smoke-rated ICU/IMU/CCU door systems and the first airborne infection isolation room door that requires no power.

Staff and patients alike appreciate the design details we provide, such as Mini-Blind and Opaque glass for privacy, light control and hygiene. Larger openings for moving beds and equipment are also now possible with the smoke-rated telescoping door system. 

Security Windows

Hospitals require security windows for drive-through pharmacies, labs, supply rooms and other secure interior areas. These windows can be equipped with transaction drawers, bullet resistant glass, a choice of counter tops and other custom features.

At Door Services Corporation we have extensive experience with the maintenance and repair of these drive-thru windows in healthcare.