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How Safe Are Your Patients? - June 2016 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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In addition to charging and stock- ing backup batter- ies, don't forget that you'll also have to replace them regularly. "You'll have to continue to purchase batteries for the life of the stretcher-chair," says Ms. Arcuri, who installs fresh batteries every 2 years. 3 Positioning and headpieces Surgeons who sit or use microscopes regularly, like ophthalmol- ogists, will be concerned with the height of the chair and the headpiece's movement, say managers. The chair will likely need to have specific height requirements to give the surgeon adequate legroom, says Ms. Getlan. The surgeon may also need a special or removable headpiece, or a wider range of positioning options, to get the surgical site access he needs. You'll find more chairs with adjustable heights and articulating headpieces that can tilt and move several degrees to get the perfect position. "Test if the headpiece is one that your physicians like," says Ms. Arcuri. "Our chair had to have a headpiece that could detach when needed, and it had to make our patients' faces accessible in a temporal or superior approach." If the chair will be your go-to for moving patients from admission to J U N E 2 0 1 6 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 8 7 • EASY POSITIONING Simply press a button on battery-operated stretcher tables to comfortably move patients.

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