Pegasus Hygieia Aluminum Racks, Salus CSSD Shelving, CSPS and Medical Supply Cabinets

Hygieia is the manufacturer’s current rack for areas with the strictest cleaning routines: the sterile core, the OR supply room and the clean side of sterile processing. Its defining design decision is a sealed structure. The manufacturer states there are no open holes in the frame profiles, so every surface is reachable with a cloth, and the whole system is powder-coated or anodized aluminum that it says will not rust and can be cleaned with a wide range of liquids.

The rest of the system is about keeping supplies findable. When a basket or shelf is pulled for washing, its label stays on the frame at the original position, so the basket goes back where it came from. Levels reconfigure without tools on standard rails or on heavyweight telescopic slides, which the manufacturer specifies for loads over 10 kg.

Hygieia carries the same ISO 6040 baskets and trays as Pegasus carts, so a tray filled here rides a Salus transport cart to an Ecoline drawer without repacking.

Alongside baskets and trays, Hygieia takes integrated heavy-duty polymer shelves. The manufacturer publishes three sizes to match the rack widths, each supported by an anodized aluminum lateral support set sold as three rails per box:

The manufacturer rates the shelves at up to 220 lb (100 kg) each, states a temperature range of -22°F to +194°F (-30°C to +90°C), and offers both a standard shelf and a version it describes as antimicrobial. We repeat those as manufacturer statements. For a general comparison of polymer, wire and stainless shelving in clinical rooms, see Polymer Medical Shelving.

Salus CSSD is the sterile-processing shelving in the Salus family: a sealed 20-micron anodized aluminum structure the manufacturer describes as having no open holes and no paint to fail, designed for ISO 60-40 stainless shelves and standard containers on telescopic or fixed guides. Published features include shelf heights adjustable every 120 mm, a load capacity of 1,000 kg per unit, a temperature range of -20°C to +80°C, flat packaging, and assembly without special tools.

Like Hygieia it comes in U and E types and uses a labelling system where the label stays on the frame when a shelf or container is pulled. The manufacturer pairs it with its no-touch handling method for central sterilization departments. The mobile Salus CSSD units that move containers between SPD and the OR are covered on our Pegasus transport carts page.

Top Salus and Max Salus, the general-purpose aluminum shelving in stationary I-, L- and U-shaped runs or on casters, are quoted the same way; tell us the room and we will propose the run.

The cabinetry line takes the same baskets and puts them behind doors. Pegasus builds supply cabinets around pull-and-tilt baskets on telescopic slides: the manufacturer states upper baskets tilt to 116 degrees when opened for a clear line of sight, that no gaps are needed between baskets because each one fully retracts, and that this yields 33 to 50 percent more storage per square meter than flat shelving. Slides are rated for loads up to 40 kg.

Published construction: a fully glued carcass of 19 mm dense chipboard with ABS interior side panels, a 10 cm laminated plywood plinth with leveling feet, anodized aluminum door hinges, a polymer dust and noise seal, and doors in tambour, solid (HPL/Formica finish) or glass at a published height of 210 cm. Basket handles take interchangeable color strips for color coding.

Nurse servers are the pass-through version: a cabinet built into the wall between the corridor and the patient room, restocked from the corridor and used from the room, with the manufacturer’s pass-through tilt-down basket system and optional locking pass-through medication or sharps drawers. Pegasus supports these with CAD blocks, Revit files and 3D room drawings for the design team; we coordinate that with you and your architect.