Our EHR go live date is approaching. We're looking for lightweight, easy to maneuver carts - a few PICC carts, and a number of carts for peripheral IV starts etc.Â
It would be great if they had a drawer or two that were lockable, a table top for our U/S laptop, and be able to have an EHR flip-up laptop fitted to it.
Any of you using carts that you like, especially that meet the above specifications? We're looking for vendors.
Thanks,
MariÂ
Caleb Kent, RN, BSN, CRNI
Hmmmm - that's intriguing. How heavy is it and how easily does it push/turn? Several of the staff members are small/aging and/or have repetitive stress injuries and it's hard for them to get carts across elevator thresholds, etc.
I'll check out Metro Medical. If you can find a model number or product reference number on the cart you use, that would be great.
Mari Cordes, BS RN
Mari Cordes, BS RNIII VA-BC
Vascular Access Department
University of Vermont Medical Center
The cart is very mobile and not very heavy...until we will it with 5 PICC trays, max barrier kits, 2 boxes of prefilled syringes, MST kits, needle guides...you get the picture. It is very mobile.
I have attached a link from the manufacturer that shows what we have. They have many types of cart and most are customizeable. I hope you find what you need and let me know if I can share any other information.
Caleb
http://www.metro.com/healthcare/products_detail.cfm/section/2/subsection/13/category/6/subcategory/26/group/616/product/123
Caleb Kent, RN, BSN, CRNI
The cart is very mobile and not very heavy...until we will it with 5 PICC trays, max barrier kits, 2 boxes of prefilled syringes, MST kits, needle guides...you get the picture. It is very mobile.
I have attached a link from the manufacturer that shows what we have. They have many types of cart and most are customizeable. I hope you find what you need and let me know if I can share any other information.
Caleb
http://www.metro.com/healthcare/products_detail.cfm/section/2/subsection/13/category/6/subcategory/26/group/616/product/123
Caleb Kent, RN, BSN, CRNI
The cart is very mobile and not very heavy...until we will it with 5 PICC trays, max barrier kits, 2 boxes of prefilled syringes, MST kits, needle guides...you get the picture. It is very mobile.
I have attached a link from the manufacturer that shows what we have. They have many types of cart and most are customizeable. I hope you find what you need and let me know if I can share any other information.
Caleb
http://www.metro.com/healthcare/products_detail.cfm/section/2/subsection/13/category/6/subcategory/26/group/616/product/123
Caleb Kent, RN, BSN, CRNI
this is great - thanks, Caleb.
Mari Cordes, BS RN
Mari Cordes, BS RNIII VA-BC
Vascular Access Department
University of Vermont Medical Center
Staff R.N. with no affiliation to any product or health care company(your basic front line grunt/wage slave)
Check out the narrow and mini carts here... http://www.armstrongmedical.com/index.cfm/go/product.listing/sec/1/ssec/49
Peter Marino R.N. BSN CRNI VA-BC Hospital based staff R.N. with no affiliation to any product or health care company.