Keeping the Children's Hospital hygienic with Tikkurila Paints

In September 2018, the new Children’s Hospital in Helsinki opened to patients with an important focus on the specialised provision of quality healthcare for Finnish children. The development of the hospital began in 2014, cost around 170 million euros, almost 40 million of which was assembled through the fundraising campaign, the New Children's Hospital has been then perhaps the most talked public opening for the citizens of Finland.

Improvements for the public​

Tikkurila supported the undertaking by donating the inside paints and fillers for the new emergency clinic. As a company, Tikkurila understands the importance of promoting the improved wellbeing of all gage groups in projects where paints and colours can be used to bring joy and comfort, and bring beauty to different spaces and conditions.

In an emergency clinic climate, paints can be utilized to make surfaces that meet the most requesting sturdiness and cleanliness prerequisites; the correct selection of shadings can likewise advance prosperity and recuperation for individuals, everything being equal.

The protection of Argentum 20 paint

The main paint used in the venture, Argentum 20, is a waterborne semi-matt topcoat for interior walls and ceilings, intended to help maintain hygiene standards cleanliness. The paint contains active silver, which – along with great emergency clinic cleanliness – prevents bacterial development on the surface.

Argentum 20, a M1-class paint, was chosen for the New Children's Hospital as it has many spaces with especially strict hygiene requirements; from the laboratories to the examination rooms - and all the spaces in between!