Hi-Slip

Slide sheets and repositioning aids exist for one moment that recurs dozens of times a day in care settings: moving a person who cannot move themselves. The Hi-Slip range is built around that moment — reducing the friction and shear that make transfers and in-bed repositioning hard on both the resident and the caregiver's back.

A low-friction slide sheet lets one or two carers reposition a patient up the bed, roll them for pressure care, or transfer them laterally with far less physical effort. That matters because manual handling injuries are among the most common reasons care staff leave the profession, and because dragging a patient across a surface damages fragile skin. A good slide sheet addresses both at once — protecting the caregiver's musculoskeletal health and the patient's skin integrity.

When people search for products like these, the practical questions come down to sizing (single-patient tubular sheets versus flat sheets, and whether they suit a standard hospital bed), whether they're launderable and reusable or single-use for infection control, and how they pair with existing hoists and transfer boards. Facilities generally weigh reusable options for cost over time against disposables where cross-contamination is a concern.

Hi-Slip products fit naturally alongside the wider handling and hygiene ranges. If skin protection and continence are part of the same care plan, it's worth looking at Hi Guard and Hi-Genic, and for adjustable-height bed setups that ease repositioning, the Adapta Hi-Low range.