Types of Exam Rooms and Bariatric Patient Equipment

Types of Exam Rooms and Bariatric Patient Equipment

Chapter 6 focuses on Exam Rooms.  In your facility what specific TYPE of exam rooms will you be using and why?

I am designing a Cancer Inpatient/Outpatient center

What design and equipment modifications would you make when remodeling an inpatient unit for use by bariatric patients? How might equipment needs differ for this population? What tools, standards, or concepts would you leverage?

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 One of the important items to modify is the bed, Bariatric patients should have specialized beds which are large enough and power driven for ease of movements. Another modification should be on the chairs. By designing chairs that are providing more support and are boosting their moral the patients will feel encouraged and relaxed.  At the same time designing their chairs to be of a similar design to a normal patient’s chairs is also encouraging since they will not feel…..

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