Couch Roll Buying Guide

Couch roll paper is essential for maintaining cleanliness in your healthcare setting and ensuring patient comfort and safety.

Acting as a barrier between your medical couch and patients, couch roll should be changed between each patient for infection control best practice.

Knowing what qualities to look out for when browsing couch roll can help you make a more informed purchased decision.

What are the benefits of couch roll in a healthcare setting?

Couch roll has become the preferred barrier choice for medical practices thanks to its strength and practicality.

Made from strong GSM paper, typically in 2-ply, couch roll does not rip or break away easily.

The roll is easy to pull over medical furniture to any desired length and then ripped using the perforations.

The strength of the paper makes it a superior choice for protecting your couches and treatment beds from marks and stains, while its resistance to fluid penetration makes it ideal for maintain infection control and quickly cleaning up any spills or leaks.

Is all couch roll paper the same?

Though couch roll is designed to do the same job, efficiency can vary.

• 2-ply couch roll is considered the industry standard thickness and enough to ensure excellent absorbency.
• 3-ply couch roll options can be found, but at a considerably higher price.

Perforations also differ across products, with some designed for easier, straighter tearing whereas cheaper products can lead to uneven tearing and ragged edges.

How to find the best medical couch roll

There are many couch roll paper products on the market, each with their own advantages. Here are three of Henry Schein Medical’s top recommendations: