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Home My WebLink About1992-08-24 92-395 RESOLVEGounol Action Date E-24-92 Item No._21-1v5. IR5 Wt Mak rxg art P{Ipmpriation Within the City Item/Subject: Marsong PaoilitP Hari fox tle Purpose of a....>use rI Patiaxt Lifts Responsible Department: City Nursing Facility Commentary: Tue Murairg Facility has ra ently becmu aorta of patient lifts with rex deeima sAxich can assfat ataff in moselnl patients in a variety of cim stances which ass cw.sm lifts cave: accmvptlete. Purchase of twee lifts will lead to a reduction in or 4bxlens' Cmpaeetim liability evlosure. Our tureen evIrmae is pximrily Ase to hack Iuoblem are muscle pulie exei strains; resulting fron the frequency with witch staff =set lift patients. the INisirul Facility xem=etrla Ulm purchase of too lifts in an burr not to eumeed B9rOB0. _Managei s Comments: In W epiruenr these lifts will pry fartR selves by eschcing our injuries at the Facility aid I your ap uveal. (Mania MiecMll tln hagles our hhxloas' Capaeati=x prognart also centers. Cirynfnnngcr Asxoaatcd Information: Rtmelver Moro Budget Approval: a Dire Legal Approval: City Selicimr Introduced For Passage First Reading Page —of El Referral 92-395 Assigned to Councilor Soucy, August 24, 1992 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE) AgOVI Pr.Mdcig en xguolirtaeioncfl the City a rglFacility____. F for the Pmsaw of AnMiasing Patient Lifts By W City Cour oft City ofBasyor: RESOLVED, there is hereby a iffier the ams of $9,000 within tha City Narsing Facility Fund for the prtpc of lwmhoei g t o patieeR lifts. 19ie City Fi>•arce Direobar shall assign thio ai4+.opria;ian to tTe apprclrriafa operating accmmt within the Nursaug Facility's budget. 92-395 R E S O L V E i IN CITY COUNCIL Nayyng an Appropriation Within the City August 24, 1992 Referred Co App[ p[Iate coamittfie. Nursing Facility Fund for the Purpose of — /F/._ CITY IN CITY LL Septr 14, l4, 1992 CITY CLORK a Vdg Of PurgaI, fflahQ RANCOR CITY NURSING CENTER 92-395 * \\ one fi of /09 Memo To: Bangor City Caucil Ananre Cmmi.ttee 6ub(eo; Encumber aM rchasePuof tun) Mechanical Patient Lifts not blSgeteIS for. On 6/16/92, the physical therapy assistant and myself attended ron re ucing back injuries. At the end of that senuner sales- man frantso ornponu s demonstrated their mechanical patient lifts. Tun of the lifts demonstrated were considerably better for certain tasks than what we nnrreotly have. We currently have five Myer lifts (picture 31). This is an adequate nerber. However the Sara lift (picture 32) is far superior for the specific task of transferring a patient from a chair to the toilet. line hoyer lift can only ;Sart- Wly do this. Two staff still have to lift the resident twice to rearn.-e and put back clothing. with the Sara lift, clothing can be to Bred arcl raised while the lift suppcats the patient, requiring only the -staff and minimal strain. This lift would act be appropri- ate to transfer a patient from a lying down position in heel into a chair. The Sara lift is designed for the specific task of Chair to toilet transfer. Although it is limitel to this task it does it so MI tetter, it is worth having one. The Maxilift ( picture p3 ) is mare similar to the Hager lifts we have, yet sup:aior. Phis sling is position'] Ground the patient with Reticently less effort. Ths bar that holds the sling allows for greater positiordag of the resident. the lift is battery opera- ted rather than a hydraulic Pero. The lift can go all The way to the floor to lift a resident from the floor. Although this is a rare Mppe+ung we Can only Manually lift the Patient now. for present lift cannot go down low enough for a Patient on the floor. line Hoyer lift erns not designed for transporting a resident to a tub Senn. we INS use it that way aM require two people. In fact we require two people all the time then using the lift. The Maoilift has greater stability and would only require ore staff person. it was also designed to be stable to transport a resident. 92-395 ane super lifts that we have are superior to manually lifting resident. The Sara and Maxilift even further reduce the strain of lifting on staff. We would continue to use the Hoyer lifts we have for appropriate tasks. I would remnrend we purchase one sera and one Maxilift and use these for appropriate tasks. I cannot guarantee tlat we will no linger have back injuries or that we will be able to prove that these have prevented injuries. ane type of back injuries we have are a result of marry years of abuse and excess strain. Mything tbat we can do to reduce the strain on the backs of the nursing staff is a positive preventative mea- sure and should pay for itself in creating a safer work envirornmset. ane price quoted at the seminar for the Sara lift was $4,000, for the Maxilift $5,000. I request that are encumber fmis from FY P92 for the, purchase of these. 92-395 �p �ansfer the burden P of patient Ding to us. trnlc3 ftt o°j 11Ride Chair This rural p qp INCA I pm IR wu mm a - $ ran lWm Arn9e 5 I "he is Wally Ilan a d� AI IM1 IM Nf cry fasked turmoil a p p land embl 9 addI "' E I II (adding t eM Avail al Ndt iG q/Ira MtnA ble IA 0 Wae 1 m.TA IA ppm q Lap fll A d pl I `' \ [twit e)slem asprea mpmrctl Idll Nat with bruper.I'I I paradsladllly -scale accogrady 0 entirelyfar one pumm emblem d with the sing, rt_ v ,l raxilifr This new generation of Arlo. 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