Search Results "MDE: Medical Diagnostic Equipment"

• Additional Access Publications > 5 “G’s” Getting Access to Health Care for People with Physical Disabilities
  2.2 Entrances

  Are there signs showing the locations of accessible entrances? If there are stairs at entrances, are there also ramps or lifts? Can...

• Additional Access Publications > Accessible Health Care Briefs: HEALTH CARE (Clinic/Outpatient) FACILITIES ACCESS
  2. d. PATIENT RECEPTION DESKS

  Reception desks should have a lower section where scooter and wheelchair users and people of short stature can easily communicate with staff. Compliant height range is 28 - 34...

• Federal Documents > Technical Assistance > The ADA: Your Employment Rights as an Individual With a Disability
  The ADA: Your Employment Rights as an Individual With a Disability

  The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) makes it unlawful to discriminate in employment against a qualified individual with a disability. The ADA also outlaws...

• Rulemaking Process Documents > Committee Activity and Reports > Recommendations on Standards for the Design of Medical Diagnostic Equipment for Adults with Disabilities, Advisory Committee Final Report
  5.4.2.1 Transfer Support Length for Stretchers

  5.4.2.1 Transfer Support Length for Stretchers. Transfer supports on stretchers should be a minimum of 15 inches long.

• Rulemaking Process Documents > Committee Activity and Reports > Recommendations on Standards for the Design of Medical Diagnostic Equipment for Adults with Disabilities, Advisory Committee Final Report
  5.4.4.1 Transfer Support Distance from Transfer Surface Recommendation for Stretchers

  5.4.4.1 Transfer Support Distance from Transfer Surface Recommendation for Stretchers The Committee recommends locating the transfer support along the long side of the of the...

• Rulemaking Process Documents > Committee Activity and Reports > Recommendations on Standards for the Design of Medical Diagnostic Equipment for Adults with Disabilities, Advisory Committee Final Report
  M301.3 Transfer Supports

  M301.3 Transfer Supports Proposed requirement: Transfer supports shall be provided for use with the transfer sides required by M301.2.3 and shall comply with M305.2. •...

• Rulemaking Process Documents > Committee Activity and Reports > Recommendations on Standards for the Design of Medical Diagnostic Equipment for Adults with Disabilities, Advisory Committee Final Report
  5.3.2.1 Transfer Sides for Stretchers

  5.3.2.1 Transfer Sides for Stretchers. The transfer surface shall be located to provide the ability to transfer from a mobility device onto both long sides of the surface.

• Rulemaking Process Documents > Committee Activity and Reports > Recommendations on Standards for the Design of Medical Diagnostic Equipment for Adults with Disabilities, Advisory Committee Final Report
  5.4.4.1 Transfer Support Distance from Transfer Surface for Stretchers

  5.4.4.1 Transfer Support Distance from Transfer Surface for Stretchers. Transfer supports should be located along the long side of the transfer surface on the opposite side of the...

• Rulemaking Process Documents > Committee Activity and Reports > Recommendations on Standards for the Design of Medical Diagnostic Equipment for Adults with Disabilities, Advisory Committee Final Report
  5.3.2.1 Transfer Sides Recommendation for Stretchers

  5.3.2.1 Transfer Sides Recommendation for Stretchers On stretchers, the transfer surface is oriented along the long dimension of the surface on which patients are in the supine,...

• State and Local Documents > Codes and Standards > 2025 California Standards
  907.5.2.3.3.1 Wired equipment.

  Where wired equipment is used to comply with the future capability required by Section 907.5.2.3.3, the system shall include one of the following capabilities: The replacement of audible...

• Additional Access Publications > Using a Fitness Center Does Not Have to be an Exercise in Frustration: Tips for People with Mobility and Visual Disabilities
  4.1 Plan Ahead

  (If you are looking for specific features or equipment) does your facility have that (whatever you need, e.g., swimming pool, swimming pool lift, hand cycle-type ergometer, yoga classes)...

• Federal Documents > Technical Assistance > Guidance on the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design
  205 and 309 Operable Parts

  The 1991 Standards, at section 4.27.3, contain an exception, “ * * * where the use of special equipment dictates otherwise or where electrical and communications systems receptacles are...

• Federal Documents > Technical Assistance > Access to Medical Care for Individuals with Mobility Disabilities
  Additional Transfer Techniques: Use of Stretchers and Gurneys

  Additional Transfer Techniques: Use of Stretchers and Gurneys Some equipment, including radiologic equipment, lacks space underneath necessary for a portable floor lift to be used....

• Rulemaking Process Documents > Committee Activity and Reports > Recommendations on Standards for the Design of Medical Diagnostic Equipment for Adults with Disabilities, Advisory Committee Final Report
  8.1 Excluded Populations Needing Future Attention

  Therefore, future efforts must consider standards to ensure that medical diagnostic equipment is accessible to children and youth with disabilities....

• Rulemaking Process Documents > ANPRMS > Withdrawn: 28 CFR Parts 35 and 36, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by State and Local Governments and Places of Public Accommodation; Equipment and Furniture (ANPRM)
  vii. Ancillary equipment

  Ancillary equipment Ancillary equipment is equipment used with other medical equipment, such as examination tables or chairs or MRIs, and adapted to or adjustable for use by individuals...

• Federal Documents > Preamble to Standards > 36 CFR Part 1195 Standards for Accessible Medical Diagnostic Equipment - Preamble
  a. Structural Strength

  by the intended use of the equipment....

• Webinars, Videos, and Training > Spirit of the ADA
  ADA25: #10 of 25 -- Hospital: VRI
  

  What does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mean for VRI usage in hospitals? Find out as NAD intern Brian Lucas explains. View the entire #ADA25 series at...

• Rulemaking Process Documents > NPRMS > 36 CFR Part 1195 Proposed Accessibility Standards for Medical Diagnostic Equipment NPRM - Preamble
  M102.1 Defined Terms

  The following terms are defined in the proposed standards: Enforcing authority, medical diagnostic equipment, operable parts, and transfer surface....

• Rulemaking Process Documents > Committee Activity and Reports > Recommendations on Standards for the Design of Medical Diagnostic Equipment for Adults with Disabilities, Advisory Committee Final Report
  How to Measure Transfer Surface Height

  Many medical examination rooms are equipped with fixed height examination tables, with a typical 32-inch seat height....

• Additional Access Publications > Accessible Health Care Briefs: HEALTH CARE (Clinic/Outpatient) FACILITIES ACCESS
  2. b. WIDE AND EASY­ TO­ OPEN EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR DOORS

  [See subsections ...]

• Additional Access Publications > Accessible Health Care Briefs: HEALTH CARE (Clinic/Outpatient) FACILITIES ACCESS
  2. a. iii. Clear (Path-of-Travel) Floor Space

  Access also includes how people will move into and around lobby and office reception areas, and determine the unobstructed floor or ground space to accommodate a wheelchair user....

• Rulemaking Process Documents > Committee Activity and Reports > Recommendations on Standards for the Design of Medical Diagnostic Equipment for Adults with Disabilities, Advisory Committee Final Report
  M301.2.2, M302.2.2 Transfer Size

  M301.2.2, M302.2.2 Transfer Size Proposed requirement: 30" wide minimum and 15" deep minimum • Sub-Committee Recommendation: 28" wide minimum and 17" deep minimum. This...

• Rulemaking Process Documents > Committee Activity and Reports > Recommendations on Standards for the Design of Medical Diagnostic Equipment for Adults with Disabilities, Advisory Committee Final Report
  M301.2.3 Transfer Sides

  M301.2.3 Transfer Sides Proposed requirement: The transfer surface shall be located to provide options to transfer from a mobility device onto one short side (depth) and one...

• Rulemaking Process Documents > Committee Activity and Reports > Recommendations on Standards for the Design of Medical Diagnostic Equipment for Adults with Disabilities, Advisory Committee Final Report
  17 Inch Low Height

  Studies of Wheeled Mobility Devices and Transferring Abilities Accessible medical equipment needs to facilitate safe transfers that accommodate the largest possible portion of people...