What are bedside medical cabinets, tips for choosing
For the period of treatment in the inpatient department of a medical institution, the patient needs to create the most comfortable conditions. Comfortable and functional furniture plays an important role here. In addition to the bed, the patient needs a medical bedside table, which makes it possible to properly organize his individual space, to store personal items, necessary medicines and hygiene items.
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Medical bedside tables are universal equipment for equipping medical rooms, various hospital rooms, creating a cozy and functional interior in the wards of the hospital of medical institutions. This piece of furniture is practical and adapted to solve specific problems:
- divide the area of the hospital ward into access zones for each patient, determining personal space;
- to store various necessary things in convenient and compact drawers;
- if necessary, move freely around the room due to the small size of the cabinet, lightness and mobility.
In addition to its main purpose (storage of personal items of use), the medical cabinet is designed and used to care for patients in addition to the bed, and has a number of other functional features. It all depends on each specific model. Since it is possible to move a piece of furniture, it can be used as a table for patients to eat.
Design Features
Each clinic is trying to provide its patients with the most comfortable conditions for hospitalization, equipping hospital rooms with comfortable furniture of modern models of various designs. The assortment is large, each table or bedside table has its own design features and meets established furniture standards for various medical institutions. Depending on their functional purpose, bedside tables can be equipped with:
- shelves of various heights;
- drawers of different sizes;
- right-side, left-side doors;
- special compartment for storing bulky items;
- castors for free and smooth movement around the room.
Medical bedside tables in the simplest form are presented with one shelf and an internal compartment with a door. More complex and functional models can be additionally equipped with various devices, a special hole for waste, and even a refrigerator. The surface of the cabinets is durable, because it is constantly treated with various disinfectants and water, it is resistant to such contact. For greater ease of use, bedside tables can have characteristic design features, which greatly facilitates the work of medical personnel and creates more comfortable conditions for the patient:
- adjustable or removable table for reading and eating;
- devices (stops) for the patient to get out of bed, making less effort;
- low sides at the edges of the surface for the safe location of things placed on the countertop;
- devices (clamps) for droppers;
- holders for phones, razors, bags.
All structural elements are reliable and designed for a long service life. Technologies are constantly updated, designs are being modernized, manufacturers offer updated models, for example, with a sliding table, which is conveniently adjustable in height, tilt and rotation, creates convenience for the patient during meals, reading. The tables turned around their axis perfectly proved themselves, and the modern technological design of the furniture makes the atmosphere of an ordinary hospital room more comfortable and attractive.
What types exist
Medical bedside tables in all their diversity can be divided into two groups:
- attached (stationary) - move with the use of force;
- mobile (mobile) - designed for free movement around the ward.
The main difference is the configuration of the lower support of the piece of furniture: the side tables have a horizontal base, sliding - special wheels with locks.
Attached
This type of curbstones is most often used in hospital wards; it is installed next to the patient's bed. Usually they are roomy enough, and even without a large number of compartments and drawers (usually this is one upper open compartment in the form of a niche and one or two lower ones with a door equipped with a magnetic lock) allow the patient to store there all necessary things, personal items hygiene, medicines. In some more advanced models, the internal shelves can be adjusted in height. A flat, flat tabletop makes it possible to use the cabinet as a dining table or to decorate a room by placing a vase of flowers on it. Manufacturers offer a huge number of side tables with a variety of additional elements:
- retractable handles for towels;
- rotary countertop;
- convenient rolling out boxes;
- vents for ventilation.
Rolling
Often in hospital wards there is a need to move, swap furniture. Mobile stand is very convenient for such cases. Equipped with small wheels with clamps, it easily moves around the room and can be installed in any convenient place. Such pieces of furniture are highly maneuverable, light, they are durable, light and safe. Some models have a mobile support, made in the form of an additional folding tabletop, which creates convenience for medical personnel during therapeutic manipulation actions. As well as stationary bedside tables, sliding ones can be equipped with open and closed shelves, drawers, many additional structural elements, such as a bedside folding table, height-adjustable. For safer operation, the edges of the pedestals are made rounded.
For patients with bed rest, manufacturers offer a bedside mobile table, which has a convenient tabletop of a fixed height, a lower shelf for placing various objects (products, dishes), and roller wheels for free movement.
Materials of manufacture
Since bedside tables are a necessary attribute of any hospital ward, where patients with different severity of diseases are constantly located, the materials of which it is made are important, as is the functionality of the furniture. The main requirements for such:
- safety (non-toxicity);
- simplicity in caring for a piece of furniture;
- durability in use.
Medical bedside tables are made of various materials, the common property of which should be complete environmental safety. The basis is used composite material and aluminum profile. In addition, in the production of apply:
- laminated particleboard;
- plastic;
- tree;
- stainless metal;
- sheet steel with a special polymer powder coating;
- melamine.
Usually, glass elements are avoided in bedside tables to avoid traumatic situations.
Convenience and ease of care also depends a lot on the material used, because this hospital interior item is constantly disinfected with various active drugs, and there should be no risk of damage to the outer surface. The color palette for furniture in hospital rooms is traditionally chosen in pastel, unobtrusive, calm tones that produce a pleasant aesthetic impression.
What to look for when choosing
The presence of high-quality, harmoniously selected furniture in the hospital room increases the prestige of the medical institution. It is not only private clinics that strive to create an atmosphere of comfort, state medical institutions make every effort to the best of their ability, so that patients feel comfortable.
There are a lot of options for various bedside tables, when choosing, attention should first be paid to the functionality of the piece of furniture, the safety of the material from which it is made. Even if this is the simplest model with a minimum number of shelves, drawers, it should be strong, roomy, with well-selected high-quality fittings, have rounded corners to avoid injury, since it is available for general use, withstand heavy loads.
When choosing a cabinet on wheels, you need to pay attention to their strength (it will be very sad if the chassis falls off at the first turn). A medical bedside table with closed compartments (things are not visible) and pull-out drawers is very convenient. A folding table is a good functional addition. And of course the color, it should not be bright or pure white (creates a depressing impression), the best option is a salad, beige, blue or steel shade. Paint for such furniture should not contain toxic additives.
The designs of bedside tables are constantly being updated, new models are being created with the maximum set of functions for the convenience of each patient. Beautiful, modern design, additional devices make finding a patient in a medical facility not such an unpleasant event. With the right furniture, the interior of the hospital room becomes more attractive, does not put pressure on the patient, but rather contributes to his speedy recovery.
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