Why Healthcare Facilities in Ontario and BC Are Switching to Antimicrobial Curtains

Hospitals aren’t the only ones making the change; physiotherapy clinics, surgical centres, and community health spaces are moving with them.

Across Ontario and British Columbia, healthcare facilities of every size are re-evaluating how they manage infection control. What used to be a straightforward choice, a standard fabric privacy curtain, has now become an area of focus for many clinics, surgical centres, hospitals, and rehab environments. And one solution keeps rising to the top: antimicrobial curtains.

These aren’t limited to large hospitals anymore. Physiotherapy clinics, private surgical centres, chiropractic and rehabilitation spaces, community care clinics, and even walk-in practices across Ontario and BC are making the switch. The reason is simple: clinicians want safer, cleaner, easier-to-maintain spaces without constantly worrying about laundering schedules, cross-contamination, or replacement cycles.

A Practical Response to Real-World Challenges

Healthcare environments are busy. People move in and out, treatment bays fill and empty, and staff rarely have spare time to think about curtain cleaning or replacement. Traditional fabric privacy curtains can become contaminated quickly, especially in open, high-touch physio and rehab clinics where patients share treatment areas throughout the day.

Antimicrobial curtains were designed to solve this exact problem. Instead of absorbing contaminants, these curtains are engineered to kill bacteria, spores, and viruses on their surface, significantly reducing the risk of transmission between patient areas.

For clinics with constant turnover — physio, massage therapy, multidisciplinary rehab, and sports medicine — this is a major advantage.

Meeting Safety Standards Without Complication

Ontario and BC both have strict guidelines for healthcare environments, and any product used in patient spaces must meet fire safety, infection control, and durability standards.

High-quality antimicrobial curtains check all of those boxes. They meet the fire codes required in both provinces and are designed for environments where safety and compliance can’t be compromised. This is especially important for:

• surgical centres

• long-term care homes

• physiotherapy and rehab clinics operating inside hospitals

• community health centres

These facilities often share space with other providers, so having curtains that are proven safe and compliant makes life much easier for administrators.

A Better Experience for Patients and Staff

Patients notice when a clinic looks clean, updated, and well cared for. Unfortunately, old fabric curtains tend to look worn, faded, or stained long before they’re due for replacement. Antimicrobial curtains don’t show their age the same way, and they maintain a cleaner appearance for far longer.

For physiotherapy clinics in particular — where patients are often only a few feet apart — the visual comfort of a clean divider makes a big difference.

Staff also appreciate not having to fight with tangled tracks, heavy fabrics, or curtains that constantly need changing. It allows them to stay focused on patient care.

Growing Adoption Across Ontario and BC

We’re seeing a surge in interest from:

• physiotherapy and rehab clinics in the GTA, Hamilton, London, Kitchener, Vancouver, Surrey, and Kelowna

• surgical and specialty clinics across Ontario and the Lower Mainland

• long-term care centres in both provinces

• hospital outpatient clinics

• community health and walk-in centres

Many of these facilities started with a small trial — replacing curtains in a few treatment bays — and then expanded once staff and patients noticed the difference.