VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC. & OUTPATIENT IMAGING AFFILIATES, LLC. DJ# 202-62-458
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VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC.
&
OUTPATIENT IMAGING AFFILIATES, LLC.
DJ# 202-62-458
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Best Practices in the Design of Toileting and Bathing Facilities for Assisted Transfers
Best Practices in the Design of Toileting and Bathing Facilities for Assisted Transfers Final Report August 1, 2001 Jon A....
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382.81 For which passengers must carriers make seating accommodations?
382.81 For which passengers must carriers make seating accommodations? ETA Editor's Note This section has no content in the original document.
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Types of Alternative Designs
Although the question was broadly posed, requesting any designs that varied from ADAAG, not only those that would promote assisted toileting and bathing, providing for caregiver assistance...
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Shower
Although not a transfer issue, lowered sidewalls were intended to facilitate assisted showering....
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Users and Needs
Hospital patients, and especially nursing facility residents, due to their stature, reach, and strength characteristics, typically require the assistance of caregivers during transfer maneuvers...
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Meeting User Needs
Meeting User Needs The primary goals of the alternative designs were to accommodate independent transfer and use of a toilet, tub, or shower as well as assistance by as many as two care...
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4.16.2 Clear Floor Space
However, in accommodating assisted transfers, these guidelines were less of an issue than providing space adjacent to the water closet for caregivers and including a 5’ turning radius in...
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Water Closet Location.
Nonetheless, this deviation from ADAAG as well as Wisconsin’s accessibility code was requested by the owner to facilitate assisted transfers and required a variance from the City of Madison...
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4.16.4 Grab Bars
general, including diameter, spacing, and structural strength (ADAAG 4.26) and for toilets in particular, including length and positioning, only the latter two were adjusted to accommodate assisted...
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Bathtubs (ADAAG 4.20)
Therefore they are more likely to transfer into the tub from a standing position regardless of whether they used a wheelchair, walking aid, or no aid at all....
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4.20.2 Floor Space
min depth depending on the direction of travel by the length of the tub including a seat at the head of the tub) is based on positioning a wheelchair along side the fixture for a sliding transfer...
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Shower Stalls (ADAAG 4.21)
Shower Stalls (ADAAG 4.21) Although ADAAG permits both transfer and a roll-in showers, roll-in showers were found in institutional facilities....
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4.21.2 Size and Clearances
expected to independently maneuver their wheelchairs, the critical issues regarding floor space both outside and inside the shower were the amount of space available for caregivers to provide assistance...
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4.21.3 Seat
Seats are only required in transfer showers, which were not used in any of the designs reviewed....
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4.21.4 Grab Bars
On the one hand, transfers are typically only made into shower chairs outside the shower and with a caregiver’s assistance....
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Accessible Medical Equipment
Designated staff get annual training on safe transfer techniques. E.2....
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Features of Accessible Exam Tables
Exam surface lowers to 17” to 19” above the floor 4. 36” wide minimum accessible route 5.Exam surface may articulate to provide support during patient transfers and positioning...
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Using Patient Lifts
Using Patient Lifts Medical providers may need a lift in order to transfer some patients safely onto an exam table....
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Portable Floor Lifts
To properly and safely assist patients with transfers, medical staff will likely need training on how to operate the equipment and on safe patient handling techniques....
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Overhead Track Lifts
Overhead Track Lifts Overhead track lifts include ceiling mounted lifts and lifts mounted on a frame supported from the floor.
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Ceiling Mounted Lifts
Assisted Transfer with Ceiling Mounted Overhead Track Lift 1. Ceiling structure must support weight of lift and person 2....
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Free-Standing Overhead Lifts
Assisted Transfer with Free Standing Overhead Track Lift 1....
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Additional Transfer Techniques: Use of Stretchers and Gurneys
Once the stretcher is positioned next to the equipment and set at the right height, many people will require assisted transfers utilizing devices such as transfer boards or slip sheets to...