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Glenn Bacon, DO, FAAP,
would trip on the bed cords
most every time he wheeled a
patient from the OR to the
recovery room. "I'd stuff them
under the mattress or wrap
them around a handle, but
invariably they'd fall out while
I was walking down the hall-
way," says the anesthesiologist
from Wentworth Douglass
Hospital in Dover, N.H. Dr.
Bacon invented a simple
bracket that he hopes will
solve the tripping problem. It's
called the Utility Guardian
(
$20, bavecllc.com
). The easy-
to-use bracket hangs on hospi-
tal bed headboards to keep
those heavy electrical cords
and plugs neatly stowed, easi-
ly accessible and out from
underfoot.
— Dan O'Connor
: The Cure
for Wayward
Bed Cords
OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD Wrap coiled
electrical cables on the beveled side
of the Utility Guardian's bracket.
TRIPPING HAZARD
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