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

ABSTRACT: 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 heig

SUBMITTER: Morse JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5371163 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature