What is an anti-ligature door knob?
Anti-ligature door hardware is designed specifically for safety. When this hardware is in place, no fabric of any kind, whether bed-sheets, shoelaces, cord or anything else, can be looped through it to create a ligature (or, something used to tie or bind tightly).
What does anti-ligature mean?
With that in mind, anti-ligature refers to something that is designed in such a way that deters Service Users from tying or binding a rope or cord.
What is anti-ligature ironmongery?
An anti-ligature product is one from which it is not possible for a ligature to remain secured. The purpose is to deny individuals the opportunity to use the ironmongery as a means of attaching a ligature for the purpose of inflicting harm to themselves or others.
What is ligature resistant hardware?
This situation is where ligature resistant hardware is applicable. It is designed to limit the possibilities of personal harm by restricting the attachment of a cordlike object to door closers, hinges, knobs, levers and handles that are designed to not release under abnormal load.
What is a ligature used for?
Ligature: Material used to tie something in surgery. Ligatures are used to tie off blood vessels, and they may be made of silk, gut, wire, or other materials.
What is ligature risk?
A ligature risk (point) is defined as anything which could be used to attach a cord, rope, or other material for the purpose of hanging or strangulation. Ligature points include shower rails, coat hooks, pipes, and radiators, bedsteads, window and door frames, ceiling fittings, handles, hinges and closures.
Do we still use ligatures?
Now, with modern printing and desktop publishing, ligatures are rarely used. When they are, it is simply out of stylistic preference.
Are ligatures still used today?
How do you create a ligature?
Ligatures can be created in 3 different ways:
- Individually, by pressing the Create Ligature button (first select your ligature shape, then type all of its letters in the text field Type any character).
- Or you can simply rename an existing glyph into a ligature in the Fontself panel.
What’s the purpose of ligatures?
The ligature creates a smoother transition or connection between characters by connecting crossbars, removing dots over the i, or otherwise altering the shape of the characters. Standard ligatures may include fi, fl, ff, ffi, ffl, ft.
Why do ligatures exist?
Ligatures were invented to solve a practical typesetting problem. In the days of metal fonts, certain characters had features that physically collided with other characters. To fix this, font foundries cast ligatures fonts, which combined the troublesome letters into one piece of type.
Should you use ligatures?
The only time ligatures are mandatory is when you have an actual overlap between the letters f and i. Check this combination in the bold and italic styles too. The font in the first row, Concourse, has an fi combination that doesn’t collide. That font will work fine without ligatures.
Are there any anti ligature resistant door locks?
We offer a wide range of anti-ligature/ligature resistant (aka suicide resistant) locks from door hardware leaders like Ives-Glynn Johnson, Schlage, Town Steel, and Assa Abloy brand Corbin Russwin. What is a anti-ligature/ligature resistant lock?
Are there any handles that are anti ligature?
Robust and anti-ligature, our anti-ligature handles are tried, tested and proven in the Mental Health environment. They’re also designed for service users with different needs and varying levels of strength and manual dexterity.
How many ligature points should a patient room have?
As you can see in the diagram below, the average patient room provides at least five ligature points around the frame and door. To successfully prevent door related sentinel events a facility must incorporate both anti-ligature hardware and door alarm system.
How many ligature points are around a door frame?
Patients often use “pinch points” or “anchor points” on and around a door to assist in self harm. As you can see in the diagram below, the average patient room provides at least five ligature points around the frame and door.