Safety Castors
The importance of central locking for medical castors
Working in a care and hospital environment can be very demanding. Medical equipment like hospital beds need to be constantly stopped, pushed and continuously locked and unlocked. Some locking devices on castors even require the staff to search with their foot for the lever to activate locking. Most of the time two to four castors have to be locked one after the other. This takes up an enormous amount of time and reduces efficiency. The loss of time quickly leads to increased stress in order to make up for lost time. Increased stress, in turn, can quickly lead to careless mistakes in which, for example, castors that still need to be locked are overlooked or forgotten. This can lead to a strong risk factor for the nursing staff and the patients.