Sustainability · Better for your patients, better for the planetTested — and published in full.
Safe-T-Secure® & STS-Body Pad™ foam biodegraded nearly 3× faster than The Pink Pad® Biodegradable foam at 120 days* in independent laboratory testing. We publish the results exactly as tested — methodology and disclaimers included.
STS-Body Pad™ foam
Biodegradable foam
*Independent laboratory testing using modified/extended ASTM D5511 protocol at 120 days.
ASTM D5511 is an accelerated test designed to measure intrinsic biodegradability of plastic materials in a high-solids anaerobic digestion process (such as a landfill) under optimal conditions at 30 days.
Actual landfill conditions and biodegradation results may vary. The stated rate and extent of biodegradation of Safe-T-Secure®/STS-BodyPad™ foam and The Pink Pad Biodegradable® foam does not mean that the products will continue to decompose after the test period cited.
The time for Safe-T-Secure®/STS-BodyPad™ foam to decompose completely into elements found in nature has not been determined.
Single-use doesn't have to mean forever.
Single-patient-use foam is the standard of care for infection control in surgical positioning — but most of it is discarded after one case. That's why we had our foam independently tested for biodegradability and why we publish the full results above, rather than a summary claim. Questions about the testing? Ask us — we'll share the data.
The standard behind the number — and the bigger picture
We cite the test standard we were judged by, and the wider conversation on sustainability in surgery:
ASTM D5511 — the official standard ↗
The ASTM International test method for determining anaerobic biodegradation of plastic materials under high-solids anaerobic-digestion conditions — the protocol behind our published result.
Practice Greenhealth — sustainability in healthcare ↗
The leading nonprofit helping hospitals reduce operating room waste and environmental impact.
Sustainability in Surgery: Problems, Solutions, and Recommendations ↗
Peer-reviewed review of where OR waste comes from — up to 30% of a hospital's waste — and what teams can do about it.
AORN — Patient Positioning resource hub ↗
Evidence-based positioning practice from the perioperative nursing association.
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