Custom Dimensions
Forté Product Sizing & Dimensions Customisation
Mental Health
Hospital
Aged Care
Specialised
Long Term and Homecare
Bariatric
Paediatric
Every patient is unique and no two care environments are necessarily the same.
All Forté Healthcare products are manufactured and designed in the state of the art manufacturing facility in Armidale, Australia. Common sizes and models are held in stock, the rest is made to order. This means Forté can customize any product to suit your specific needs.
Any standard or custom product can be made to suit any requirement and bed platform – from neonatal and paediatric needs through to king size luxury domestic beds, truncated stretcher mattress or complex acute care bed systems.
Features
COMMON SIZE CUSTOMISATIONS
- Split Double/Queens/King (consists of two separate single or narrow single mattresses)
- Double/Queen/King Size Zephair Air Mattress System Partner mattress
- Cuddle Beds
- Extra Height – 250-350mm increased height to match existing bed frames or achieve optimal transfer height
- Shape. i.e. truncated corners
CLINICAL & PATIENCE COMPLIANCE
- with patient’s well-being and staff safety at stake, there cannot be a ‘one-size suits all’ approach.
- No longer do caregivers and patients have to compromise on achieving the perfect fit and function. We ensure comfort and aesthetic requirements are met.
- There is so much depending upon the Sleep Surface performing correctly. Our bespoke, individualized approach ensures optimal outcomes.
- Rest assured, All customisations are checked off by our Research & Development team to ensure the therapeutic function of the mattress is not impeded by the requested customisation.
About Custom Dimensions
Forté Customisations & Accessories
Entrapment Protection
High Durability
Safety
Customisation
ENTRAPMENT
If your mattress does not fit the bed platform perfectly, there is risk of entrapment.
The term “entrapment” describes an event in which a patient/resident is caught, trapped, or entangled in the space in or about the bed rail, mattress, or hospital bed frame. Patient entrapments may result in deaths and serious injuries. Patients are the highest risk for entrapment are older or frail adults and those who have conditions such as agitation, delirium, confusion, pain, uncontrolled body movement, hypoxia, fecal impaction, or acute urinary retention. These conditions make them likely to move about in the bed or to try and get out of it.
There are typically seven zones of entrapment: within the rail, under the rail (sides and/or ends, between the rail and the mattress, Between split bed rails, between the end of the rail and the side edge of the head or foot board, between the head or foot board and the mattress end.
The space between the inside surface of the rail or foot/head boards and the mattress can compress by the weight of a patient’s head or body part, or if there is any shift of the mattress or rail looseness.
Contact Forté today if you need a mattress customised to suit a specific bed platform.
AUSTRALIAN MADE
The Forté production facility in Armidale is specifically dedicated to Medical Mattress’ design, development, and production. This ensures unrivalled expertise and process control for superior quality, value, and performance. Forté utilizes leading global technology and research in the design and development of each medical device. Products manufactured by Forté in Australia are produced in compliance with local regulatory standards and exceed clinical standards recommendations such as European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel and Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance – a quality you can trust!
Australian made by Forté Healthcare in Armidale NSW, Forté products are synonymous with quality, performance, longevity, and functionality and is trusted by leading Hospitals and healthcare professionals to deliver clinical results and positive outcomes.
Why is it important to purchase Australian made products?
By purchasing products from Forté you are investing into the future of pressure injury prevention in Australia, creating regional jobs and boosting our economy for the better of everyone. Australian Made for Australian Care.
VERSATILITY
The Forté production facility has the capacity to custom make any product – including unique dimensions, without compromising on the clinical function. This capacity ensures our clients can have much more choice with what mattress and bed they purchase – and, being Australian made means lead times are not much longer than the lead time for standard products.
Contact Forté today to discuss your requirements and the helpful team will provide you with all the details and specifications required to proceed with your order.
IMPORTANCE OF PATIENT SAFETY
According to the World Health Organisation, Patient Safety is a health care discipline that emerged with the evolving complexity in health care systems and the resulting rise of patient harm in health care facilities. It aims to prevent and reduce risks, errors and harm that occur to patients during the provision of health care. A cornerstone of the discipline is a continuous improvement based on learning from errors and adverse events.
The occurrence of adverse events due to unsafe care is likely one of the 10 leading causes of death and disability in the world. In high-income countries, it is estimated that one in every 10 patients is harmed while receiving hospital care. The harm can be caused by a range of adverse events, with nearly 50% of them being preventable. Each year, 134 million adverse events occur in hospitals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), due to unsafe care, resulting in 2.6 million deaths.
Globally, as many as 4 in 10 patients are harmed in primary and outpatient health care. Up to 80% of harm is preventable. The most detrimental errors are related to diagnosis, prescription and the use of medicines.
Investments in reducing patient harm can lead to significant financial savings, and more importantly better patient outcomes. An example of prevention is engaging patients, if done well, it can reduce the burden of harm by up to 15%.
Manufacturing
Leveraging clinical expertise, with leading raw material technology and in-house manufacturing capabilities Forté Healthcare ensures optimal outcomes for pressure injury prevention, infection control and patient comfort.
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Hear what Health Professionals say About Forté Healthcare Mattresses…
I really like your products and I have been to training held at AMS. I love the fact your products are Australian made and considered “local” for us in Newcastle.
Occupational Therapist
Newcastle, NSW
Forté Healthcare has been a pleasure to work with – the team is always easy to talk to and quick to respond to questions, queries and issues. We also had difficulty with a product and a new one was delivered the following business day ensuring participant safety and satisfaction.
Occupational Therapist
Sydney, NSW
We are really happy with the mattresses. Fantastic product especially given the short time frame for supply
Facility
Burnett Heads, QLD
You are amazing, it is on site with the client the day after it arrived. Can not thank you enough, really appreciate it. Hope you have a great week, you certainly made mine
Distributor
Melbourne, VIC
Great product and Australian made. Locally owned and run as well as being a team of lovely people.
Customer
Sydney, NSW
Customer service is fantastic. Products are of a high quality. A pleasure to deal with Forte.
Distributor
Sydney, NSW
Excellent company to deal with, quick turnaround. Carol fabulous to work with
Distributor
Sunshine Coast, QLD
Have I mentioned what a fabulous company Forte is to deal with? It’s rare these days to have such tremendous support.
Distributor
Sunshine Coast, QLD
Your products are easy to recommend as they are perfect for so many of our clients.
(And it helps that they are made in NSW too)
Distributor
Sunshine Coast, QLD
Always an efficient and reliable service backed up by the personal, genuine communication.
Distributor
Adelaide, SA
You guys are amazing! The service and follow up care is next to none. Love working with you guys!
Occupational Therapist
Sydney, NSW
Really helpful team at Forte, prompt with communication, great product knowledge, and they have gone above and beyond to support our purchase experience.
Aged Care Facility
Melbourne, VIC
I couldn’t speak highly enough of the team at Forte Healthcare. The team are a pleasure to work with, always professional, prompt and knowledgeable in their responses.
If you’re searching for an Australian made QUALITY medical mattress, look no further than Forte Healthcare, you won’t be disappointed!
Distributor
TAS
An awesome team here and some Very, Very innovative products!
Hospital
Sydney, NSW
Love the products, can not fault it in any way, the service from sales staff is exceptional.
Distributor
Townsville, QLD
Always reliable, responsive, knowledgeable, helpful and suppliers of quality products. I’m a Forte fan!
Distributor
Melbourne, VIC
An amazing team of experts in the Medical Mattress world, with fantastic products!
Distributor
Melbourne, VIC
10/10 for mattress quality and selection and 10/10 for service from Bradley, Carol and Crystal.
Distributor
Melbourne, VIC
We love forte !!! Carol and the team at forte are amazing to deal with. The forte products sell themselves.
Distributor
Melbourne, VIC
You’re Covered by Forté Healthcare’s ‘Successful Solution Guarantee’
At Forté Healthcare, we are so confident in the care and performance our support surfaces deliver, that we back our products and expertise with our ‘Successful Solution Guarantee’.
Here’s how it works:
Our team of specialists will help you navigate our product range to correctly match our support surfaces with your care environment and patient risk profile. This ensures you achieve the highest levels of patient care and pressure injury prevention.
If, for whatever reason the product we recommend isn’t helping you achieve the outcome you expected, we’ll work with you until it is. And in the unlikely event we still cannot provide the right solution.
We’ll refund you 100% of the charges to date.