Safe Patient Handling Program Introduced at HCMC

Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis has selected Ergolet  to introduce a safe patient handling program for patients who need assisted lifting or transfer to bathrooms, beds or wheelchairs. Ergolet,  manufactures overhead lifts, sit-to-stand aids and mobile lifts to assist in patient transfers that are safe and comfortable for the patient, with improved safety for hospital staff.

“HCMC is committed to enhancing patient and staff safety through a Safe Patient Handling program and is excited to partner with Ergolet,” said Kathy Wilde, HCMC Chief Nursing Officer.  “The equipment and education they provide will help us minimize manual lifting and improveboth patient safety and staffsafety.” The program will include ceiling-based lifting units with in-room overhead tracking, plus portable lifts that will assist HCMC staff as they transfer patients.

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VitalGo Inc. Introduces New Bed for Patient Safety

VitalGo, Inc., a provider of  technology-based solutions for staff and patient safety,  introduced a bed that can raise a patient from a lying position to a fully standing position – with no manual lifting. The Total Lift Bed (TLB) is a solution to the epidemic rise in injuries that caregivers and patients suffer from due to manual lifting patients and transfers to and from bed.

“This new concept changes the way caregivers lift and transfer patients,” says VitalGo CEO Ohad Paz, “It not only minimizes the risk of injury to both caregiver and patient, but it simplifies the transfer process while providing optimal patient comfort.” The TLB can be used in place of regular hospital and nursing home beds at roughly the same cost but with decreased incidence of worker injury and corresponding Workers Compensation cases.

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