| One of the major difficulties in hospitals and clinics is | | | | The stationary model of a wheelchair scale features a |
| weighing the non-ambulatory. These patients, who | | | | padded handrail for ambulatory patients, a non-skid |
| range from the very ill to the elderly and overweight, | | | | mat and a die-cast, dual-sided, eye-level weight beam |
| require several people to move from a wheelchair to a | | | | in either 4-ounce or 100-gram increments. Battery |
| scale, even a chair scale. In many cases, moving these | | | | operated, this model allows medical personnel to either |
| unhealthy individuals is not advised, either for their own | | | | key in the weight of the chair or use preset options. |
| health and safety, or for the safety of the individuals | | | | Wheelchair scales for bariatric patients will read values |
| who need to move them. | | | | up to 1,000 pounds, and the portable model - reading at |
| One of the best inventions of the 20th century, in | | | | 800 pounds - features integral wheels and handles for |
| terms of protecting patient and healthcare worker | | | | complete portability, as well as battery power and the |
| safety, is the wheelchair scale. Even the most | | | | option to enter the chair weight so that the readout |
| common model, built for use with any standard | | | | displays only patient weight. |
| wheelchair, offers such options as eye-level readability | | | | The ultimate wheelchair scale, offering weighing |
| for nursing staff, a dual-sided readout beam, a | | | | options for both geriatric and bariatric patients, has two |
| detachable ramp for easy movement on and off the | | | | non-skid rubber platforms, one for wheelchair weighing |
| platform (and for use as a stand-alone scale), and an | | | | and the other for ambulatory patient weighing. It also |
| optional kit that converts the scale to work in tandem | | | | has a remote weight display on a 15-foot cable |
| with existing Detecto scales. | | | | suitable for either desk or wall mounting. |