furniture
Bed replacement increases comfort in brief
and Vale University Health Board, endorses the benefits of ultra-low beds with split side rails: “We worked with Medstrom to increase the fleet of high- low beds, while also looking at opportunities to improve bed rails. “In a bed with full rails, patients can
become agitated, so the design of split bed rails was essential to reduce risk and improve patient comfort and confidence. “This increased patient confidence
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ardiff and Vale University Health Board is taking advantage of the very-latest hospital bed designs
to vastly improve the care available to elderly people. The trust is replacing 750 beds and
mattresses across its sites as part of a contract with Medstrom Healthcare. The implementation makes the trust
the first in the country to use the combination of P.R.O. Matt Plus semi- dynamic surfaces and MMO 5000 ultra- low beds. Benefits of the semi-dynamic surfaces
include Pressure Redistribution Optimisation (PRO) technology, which replicates the surface profile of a therapeutic air mattress and requires no manual inflation, providing benefits to both patients and staff. Denise Shanahan, consultant nurse for older and vulnerable adults at Cardiff
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comes from a much-more-flexible approach, with patients feeling and being less restricted thanks to the split bed rail design. “Given my role working with older
adults and those with dementia, the bed changes were something I felt very strongly about.” Dr Linda Walker, surgery clinical
board director of nursing, added: “With an ageing population comes the need for higher-quality, more-clinically- effective products; hence the need to standardise our beds and mattresses to ensure all patients are cared for at the highest standard on a consistent basis. “We have utilised P.R.O Matt Therapy
across several hospitals and could see the benefit of implementing these surfaces across the Health Board. “That, combined with the innovative
design of split rails on the ultra-low beds, provided us with a reliable approach in caring for our patient population.”
www.medstrom.com
• Sleep tight Innova Care Concepts has secured a £75,000 contract with Spire Healthcare Group to provide its Interlude hospital bed range at the company’s London East Hospital campus. The contract covers a wide variety of different products for various areas of the facility, including 26 Interlude Newcare V3 beds for standard wards, five Interlude Newcare narrow beds for the paediatrics ward, and one Interlude Platinum in a wide version for the bariatric ward. The footends of the beds have been tailored to match the firm’s branding.
www.innovacareconcepts.com
www.spirehealthcare.com
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