New Bed from VitalGo, Designed to Reduce Patient-Lift-Related Injuries
VitalGo, Inc.,has introduced the world's only bed that can raise a patient from a lying to a fully standing position; with zero manual lifting.This bed can change the way caregivers lift and transfer patients and provides a solution to injury risk.
Online, February 1, 2011 (Newswire.com) - VitalGo, Inc., a provider of advanced technology-based solutions for staff and patient safety, has introduced the world's only bed that can raise a patient from a lying to a fully standing position - with zero manual lifting. The revolutionary Total Lift Bed (TLB) provides a solution to the epidemic rise in injuries to caregivers and patients, related to manual lifting 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.
Eliminating an Unsafe Practice
Every day in the US, 9,000 health care workers sustain a disabling injury while on the job. Many of these injuries are related to lifting patients manually. In even the most advanced facilities, caregivers risk pain and injury when lifting patients from reclining to sitting and standing positions. On average, one in ten healthcare workers experience a job-related injury resulting in lost work time annually. At home, recuperating patients and the elderly are also at risk, as well as their spouses (56% of whom are the at-home caregiver) and other family members. The TLB eliminates this risk.
Additionally, the TLB provides a variety of patient care benefits. By continuously displaying the amount of pressure on the patient's feet and legs, the TLB allows caregivers to raise patients incrementally, based on their ability to bear their own weight. This new tool, for the first time, gives physicians a better method of evaluation in developing optimal therapy programs, based on Weight Bearing Control for each patient. The TLB also helps in early mobility and pulmonary therapy.