Emergency Rescue Hardware

All privacy function locksets and most toilet compartment ‘indicator’ bolts offer a means of retracting the latch bolt from the outside – usually via a straightforward tool such as a slotted screw driver. This is a sufficient safeguard in most situations. However, in those instances where there is potential for, say, hospital patients to fall against the inside of doors or for residents of secure units to barricade themselves inside bedrooms then a little more sophistication is called for.