The Safety of Hospital Beds: Ingress, Egress, and In-Bed Mobility

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• Personal Author:
  Bloswick, Donald S. ; Doig AK ; Gervais P ; Merryweather A ; Morse JM ; Pooler C
• Description:
  To explore the safety of the standard and the low hospital bed, we report on a microanalysis of 15 patients' ability to ingress, move about the bed, and egress. The 15 participants were purposefully selected with various disabilities. Bed conditions were randomized with side rails up or down and one low bed with side rails down. We explored the patients' use of the side rails, bed height, ability to lift their legs onto the mattress, and ability to turn, egress, and walk back to the chair. The standard bed was too high for some participants, both for ingress and egress. Side rails were used by most participants when entering, turning in bed, and exiting. We recommend that side rails be reconsidered as a means to facilitate in-bed movement, ingress, and egress. Furthermore, single deck height settings for all patients are not optimal. Low beds as a safety measure must be re-evaluated. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Hospitals Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Safety Behaviors Falling Falls Gerontological Health Care Health Care Facilities Hospital Equipment Long-term Nursing Observation Patient Patient Handling Risk

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• ISSN:
  2333-3936
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-20
• Volume:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067367
• Citation:
  Glob Qual Nurs Res 2015 Apr; 2:1-20
• Contact Point Address:
  Janice M. Morse, Professor and Barnes Presidential Chair, College of Nursing, The University of Utah, 10 S 2000 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5880, USA
• Email:
  Janice.morse@gmail.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Global Qualitative Nursing Research
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6ec8c29eb80ea6a449b3a7e32abeddf039f5f34417af9df4c1a45487a50750d3ccc8d400593e73e15a19d81746ba16870d3dc82ec8b21cc67eda5623183d490a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230904/cdc_230904_DS1.pdf
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