Patient transfer scales - 180 x 70 x 3 cm
- Transfer board with built-in scales
- Weighs the patient quickly and accurately during the transfer
- Dignified weighing, less stress for the patient
- Quick, easy, time-saving
- Provides an accurate weight for accurate administration of weight-based medication
- Large display with hold function
- Capacity: 250 kg
- Internet rechargeable battery with 50 hours of continuous operation
The idea of the Patient Transfer Scale (PTW) was born out of frustration: an NHS Lanarkshire nurse working in emergency care was determined to find an easier way to weigh immobile patients.
The Patient Transfer Scale means you no longer have to estimate a patient's weight. During development, the PTW was tested in over 30 hospitals. The result and final design of the patient transfer scale is therefore based on feedback from healthcare professionals.
Healthcare professionals have a duty to ensure a safe environment for patients while preserving their dignity. The PTW provides reassurance to the doctor and carer and ensures a quick and accurate weight. A patient's weight can be critical to providing the right care and treatment at the right time.
With the patient transfer scale, the weight is determined during the Transfer, a process that is already in place. As usual, the patient can be transferred from the stretcher to the bed using a roll board. In the meantime, the PTW is pushed under the patient and the rollboard and the weight can be easily read off. For precise operation, we recommend that you make an appointment with one of our experts and watch the application video.
The patient transfer scale is lightweight and portable and can be moved to exactly where your patient is.
The manufacturer Marsden Weighing Group is a renowned manufacturer of medical and industrial scales from the UK. Their expertise is based on over 90 years of experience in the manufacture, marketing and maintenance of weighing equipment. In collaboration with Scottish nurse and inventor Gillian Taylor, Marsden developed and launched the Patient Transfer Scale in 2019. Our decades of experience in patient transfer makes Transatlantic the perfect partner and offers you a complete solution to ensure your patients receive the best possible and most dignified treatment at critical moments.
This is where our patient transfer scales are used, among other things:
User feedback
Markus Krankenhaus - Prof. Dr Axel Dignass - (Functional department endoscopy/ ward internal + oncology
Feedback from: Alexandra Hofmann (Head of Endoscopy Ward)
How often is it used?
The scales are used several times a week. It is used to determine the weight for an ERCP and also helps to determine the exact dosage of medication.
Why does it help and what for?
The scales have become an important part of our work. Prof Dr Dignass had long been looking for a solution to determine the weight of lying patients reliably, quickly and in a way that is easy on staff. This is important for the radiation dosage during an examination in order to minimise scattered radiation. Weight also plays an enormous role when it comes to medication. As soon as a patient is immobile, weighing the patient poses a greater challenge. Either it was estimated or there was a bed scale, for example. With the patient transfer scale, we can accurately determine the weight when positioning or bedding the patient and thus precisely determine the dosage of medication or document overweight or underweight.
Description / Handling?
Handling is extremely easy. There are 2 buttons (on/off and hold for weighing). The patient is pulled onto the scale with a roll board or a table mat/sheet. As soon as the patient is on the scale, press Hold and the weight is determined and stored within a very short time. As it is so easy to use, it does not require a long and complicated description.
Recommendation?
We can definitely recommend the scales.
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