Health and safety--9. foam--the critical two minutes.
The recently published Home Office report on the Woolworth's fire in Manchester, in May 1979, which involved furniture containing polyurethane (PU) foam, must inevitably re-open the debate on whether this material should be used for hospital mattresses. A. Smith outlines the arguments.
D001512:Bedding and Linens; D005390:Fires / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006761:Hospitals; D011140:Polyurethanes; D006113:United Kingdom