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Hospitals and healthcare facilities require special flooring needs. Explore our healthcare flooring solutions designed with patients and care staff in mind.

Receptions & common areas

61 collections

Corridors

49 collections

Cleanrooms & operating theatres

14 collections

Imaging areas

17 collections

Patient rooms

34 collections

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Green building certification

Buildings are the largest energy consuming sector in the world. Accounting for over one-third of total final energy consumption, they are an equally important source of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

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Calculate your project’s footprint and find out how you can reduce it with recycling.

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When it comes to people and the planet, we don’t consider one without the other. We commit every day to the design of great spaces. For us, this means exceeding indoor air quality standards, instituting healthy material norms, reducing our carbon footprint and creating a Circular Economy supported by Cradle to Cradle® principles. Doing better, for people and planet.

Sustainable Stories

The world is facing increasingly complex sustainability challenges. Overcoming them is no longer an important ambition, it’s an urgent imperative. At Tarkett, we’re committed to a sustainable, circular economy that creates value for everyone, closing the loop on waste, preserving natural resources and reducing our impact on climate change.

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Defend

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Defend

Affordable but effective, the DESSO Defend indoor entrance mat is made of 100% ECONYL yarn with a built-in scraper that stops dirt and moisture from being transferred further into the building, making sure adjoining flooring is kept clean. Ideal for areas in the building that are subject to increased risk of soiling and heavy wear.

Combine with the high performance DESSO Protect entrance mat for an easy and flexible indoor matting system for entrance areas, providing protection and ensuring a clean environment.

Key features

Technical specifications

Product type: Textile floor coverings

Gauge: 1/10"

Total mass: 4100 g/m² (120,9 oz/yd²)

Total pile mass: 670 g/m² (19,8 oz/yd²)

Effective pile mass: 460 g/m² (13,6 oz/yd²)

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Technical and environmental specifications

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Combine with the high performance DESSO Protect entrance mat for an easy and flexible indoor matting system for entrance areas, providing protection and ensuring a clean environment.

The Defend is suitable for applications in

Defend

Combine with DESSO Protect