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Patient Experience - June 2019 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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adjustable chairs enough so patients are able to step out of them instead of having to slide downward off the chair to the floor, and risk a possible trip or fall. Our chairs' slide-back arms and swing-down bed rails allow for easy patient exit from the chair position. Plus, there is risk of injury to staff every time they have to handle and move a patient. If a patient is uncomfortable and wants to adjust his position in PACU, he can easily do so himself by adjusting a stretcher chair's intuitive controls rather than calling for a nurse or an aide to help. Stretcher chairs are easy to steer and fit into tight spaces — includ- ing the restroom, so you won't have to move the patient from a stretch- er to a recliner in order for them to use the facilities. Ours come with optional foot-mounted steering handles. J U N E 2 0 1 9 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 3 9 ENHANCING THE PATIENT AND CAREGIVER EXPERIENCE Learn more at wincomfg.com/stretcher-chairs or call 352.854.2929 ONE Patient ONE Surface ™ From admission to discharge

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