Benefits
Cut times on your critical care pathway
Getting an accurate weight quickly can help save a life. Weighing a patient during lateral transfer means that no additional time is added to a care pathway. ‘Door to Needle’ times can be reduced. Healthcare professionals can administer drug dosages or medication with the maximum of confidence and minimum of fuss.
Weigh with dignity; better patient care
Weighing as part of an existing process means the stress of weighing the patient is reduced. No need for the cumbersome, difficult process of hoisting a patient to weigh them, and no compromise on their dignity. Take the scale to the patient, not the patient to the scale. The result is a better experience for both patient and staff.
Reduce costs throughout the hospital
It currently takes two or more staff ten to twenty minutes to hoist an immobile patient, or position a bed scale, to get a weight. The PTS weighs a patient during the existing process of lateral transfer. Therefore, staff costs are reduced throughout the hospital or care home - particularly Emergency, ICU, HDU, Stroke, Cardiac, Spinal, Renal and X-ray.
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- Patient Transfer Scale: 8 best practice steps for weighing immobile patientsThe Patient Transfer Scale is so easy to use when you need a quick weight for immobile patients, because it’s used in just the same way as you would a transfer board or transfer slide. It’s important, though, to remember that the PTS is a weighing scale too, and a few pointers on technique will […]
- Best practice: How to get a patient out of a wheelchairChair scales are a popular choice for weighing patients in care homes, nursing homes and hospitals. We are focusing on how to get a patient out of a wheelchair or chair scale safely. Chair scales allow a patient unsteady on their feet to be weighed easily and comfortably. And, the scale can be taken to […]
- Focus on: Reducing door to needle timeReducing door to needle time in hospitals has been a conversation in patient care for years. The question is how do we first qualify what counts as ‘door to needle time,’ and where can improvements be made? In cases such as stroke and myocardial infarction, reducing ‘door to needle’ time is vital to patient outcomes. […]
