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1 7 J U LY 2 0 1 4 | O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E 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 OSE_1407_part1_Layout 1 7/3/14 8:59 AM Page 17

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