Medical carts benefit from the inclusion of wheels and drawers in several ways:

Hospitals are host to all kinds of pathogens. Having a mobile medical cart to transport hand sanitizers and other cleaning products throughout the hospital can be beneficial. You are no longer restricted to finding a wall-mounted sanitizing station when you can perform maintenance on the go.

Medication carts ensure you can always deliver the drugs patients need, regardless of where they’re located in the hospital, and support healthcare professionals during emergencies. Caster assemblies should be durable, allow directional control, and dissipate static electricity to protect onboard computer systems and other electronics. It’s also important that the wheels are easy to clean and provide adequate traction on different types of flooring.

In healthcare settings, nurses and doctors often need access to medications and instruments that can be dangerous if improperly handled, and medical carts with drawers provide continuous availability. Locking drawers are often necessary to prevent unauthorized personnel, including patients, from accessing the contents.
But security isn’t limited to locking drawers. Keeping information on a password-protected computer system rather than paper files protects patient confidentiality.

In addition to increasing the accuracy of data entry, mobile medical carts allow medical professionals to engage more effectively with the patient. Patient-doctor engagement is vital during the healthcare-delivery process. If the patient doesn’t understand the diagnosis or has lingering questions, they can be anxious.

A mobile medical cart allows the doctor to show the patient graphs, images, and articles when explaining the diagnosis, nature of the condition, and available treatment options.

In addition to increased data-entry accuracy, the use of a medical cart on wheels allows medical professionals to have access to up-to-date lab results and other patient information as soon as it becomes available. In many hospitals, the patient-care facilities are in a different location from the labs, and other means of communicating this information can be slow. Mobility saves valuable time.

Mobility increases workplace efficiency by allowing healthcare providers and other staff members to perform various tasks in different locations without being limited to the location of either a computer system or medical supplies. You can simply take both with you, having them available at a moment’s notice.

For a medical cart to be effective at improving patient-care outcomes, regardless of whether it’s a storage cart or a crash cart, it should have its own onboard battery system. This allows you to take a laptop or desktop computer with you throughout the hospital and powers cart-specific security systems.

In addition to computer systems, the power supply also lets you power and charge peripheral electronic devices, such as wristband and label printers, and RFID and magnetic card readers. But keeping your own electronics charged isn’t the only advantage of having a mobile power supply.

Having one or two rechargeable batteries on your medical cart at all times provides you with the ability to recharge everything from your cell phone to medical tablets without the need for an electrical outlet. As a result, you’re free to move throughout the hospital — you’re not tethered to one location.

Traditionally, medical cart drawers would lock with a conventional key. Ideally, the locking drawers should only be accessible to users who can enter a computer password, keypad code, or magnetic keycard. Every time someone accesses the contents of a medication cart, that person’s ID should be logged for future cross-referencing. These systems, whether biometric or digital, require a power system. A battery that allows you to keep the security systems and computer running without interruption is preferable.

Depending on the model, many medical carts are designed to meet standardized requirements, but some hospitals need custom solutions for specific healthcare demands.
At KbPort™ Healthcare, we manufacture various medical cart configurations to suit the individual needs of medical professionals in hospitals. For example, carts featuring large displays, remote-controlled cameras, vitals-monitoring equipment, and electronic signature pads are available on request.
We also offer a custom service for those situations and environments where individualized care options are needed. Contact us today for more information and we’ll help you find the best mobile medical cart for your requirements.

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