With the CareFit Pro Medical Cart, clinicians are able to maintain the triangle of care between user, patient and the cart.
Physical design also matters. Released this year, Ergotron’s CareFit Pro Medical Cart keeps cables tucked inside to make them easier to clean. The cart also features smooth surfaces to enable easy and effective sanitation.
“Putting all of those cables within the unit supports infection control and reduces the potential for healthcare-associated infections, which can drive pathogen transmission,” Brandenhoff explains. “Cracks, crevices and lots of places for things to hide have been eliminated.”
3. Flexibility of Motion for Optimal Use and Comfort
In most hospitals, clinicians usually stand at a medical cart, but the CareFit Pro design allows users to sit as well. “The extra rest benefits clinicians, who may walk between 10 and 12 miles per day doing rounds,” Brandenhoff says.
An electric lift option allows healthcare professionals to adjust the height of the cart’s screen at the push of button, and keyboard and monitor mobility boost ergonomics for optimal use and comfort.
“The 180 degrees of rotation, for both the keyboard and the display, allows clinicians to maintain that triangle of care between user, patient and the cart,” Brandenhoff says. He added that Ergotron’s patented Constant Force technology facilitates easy movement and monitor positioning on the cart.
“It’s the same force throughout the full range of motion,” Brandenhoff says. “If you apply 10 pounds of force to the handle, it's the same force required to move it throughout its full length of travel, both up and down.