Bedside safety rails: Assessment of strength requirements and the appropriateness of current designs

Ergonomics

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 631-650

  Boocock, Mark G ^a   Weyman, A K ^b   McIlroy, R ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bed rails; Bedside rails; Cot sides; Design specifications; Entrapment; Force exertions; Safety standards

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; LOAD TESTING; LOADS (FORCES); RIGIDITY; SPECIFICATIONS; STANDARDS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BEDSIDE RAILS; COT SIDES; DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS; ENTRAPMENT; FORCE EXERTIONS; SAFETY STANDARDS;

SAFETY DEVICES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; BEDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33744740973     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130500476292     Document Type: Article

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