American Standard Bedpan Cleanser With Atmospheric Vacuum Breaker and Loose Key Stop - AMS-7582167

The rubber hose runs 45-5/8 inches (1160 mm) from the valve body to the spray end. That is enough to carry the spray head from a wall-mounted valve down into a water closet bowl in a typical patient room layout, and a wall hook is included to hang the spray head when it isn't in use.

Yes, an atmospheric vacuum breaker is built into the assembly. A hose-end fixture dropped into a bedpan or bowl is a submerged-inlet hazard, and the AVB is what keeps contaminated water from being siphoned back into the potable supply when line pressure drops. It's part of the unit, not a separate purchase.

It ships as a complete assembly: loose key stop valve, volume regulator with ceramic disc valve and wheel handle, atmospheric vacuum breaker, spray end, the 45-5/8 inch rubber hose, and a wall hook. For a typical install you're adding the supply nipple and wall anchors for the hook, plus whatever escutcheon your wall condition calls for.

A loose key stop means the isolation valve can only be operated with a removable key, which keeps patients, visitors, and general staff from shutting down or opening the supply in a healthcare washroom. Facilities standardizing on tamper-resistant trim in patient rooms and behavioral-health areas order the loose key version for that reason. Maintenance keeps the key.

There are two separate controls. The loose key stop is the isolation valve, not something you cycle daily. Day-to-day flow is set at the volume regulator, which uses a ceramic disc cartridge and a wheel handle, so staff can dial the spray volume down rather than getting full line pressure at the head. Ceramic disc is the wear surface here, which is what you want on a valve cycled many times a shift.

No. A bedpan cleanser is a wall-mounted rinsing fixture for healthcare use, with an atmospheric vacuum breaker and a volume regulator between the supply and the spray head specifically because the spray end gets carried into a soiled bedpan or bowl. A hose bibb has none of that backflow protection built in, and a bidet spray is a fixture-mounted personal hygiene device. Specify this one where a patient-room or soiled-utility rinse station is called for.