Ten advantages of ceiling lifts in a healthcare environment

Safety and productivity

1. Ceiling lifts are always there, so busy clinicians tend to comply with using the lifts and stay safe
2. Ceiling lifts usually have higher weight limit capacity compared to portable floor lifts
3. Ceiling lifts allow you to move a patient along with a motor and you don’t have to manually push them along compared to a floor lift
4. Ceiling lifts provide more lifting range than floor lifts since it's not limited to the height of the lift
5. Ceiling lifts allow users to lift a patient who has fallen to the floor and transfer them safely onto a bed or chair and this can often be performed with just one caregiver
6. Ceiling lifts are extremely versatile. You can reposition a patient in bed, boost them up in the bed, transfer them out of the bed, turn them in the bed, hold the arms or legs while they are in the bed, and you can even ambulate your patient outside the bed
7. Ceiling lifts take up no storage or floor space, allowing staff the space and productivity flow needed to provide good patient care
8. Ceiling lifts can be installed in almost any building whether it's attached to the ceiling or even as a wall mounted overhead system
9. Ceiling lifts can support your best patient care goals with a broader Room Covering layout or a more precise Linear layout. Curves, turntables and exchangers are also available to help you focus on the patient and not the system
10. Ceiling lifts can be installed where the tracks are embedded into the ceiling or stored in a cabinet to minimize the visual impact on the aesthetics of the physical environment
    
    

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