Recommendations on Standards for the Design of Medical Diagnostic Equipment for Adults with Disabilities, Advisory Committee Final Report

M302 Diagnostic Equipment Used by patients in Seated Position

• Sub-Committee Recommendation

May be seen as applying to some versions of “Stretcher Chairs” used in Emergency Departments. These include products produced by Stryker, Hausted, Transmotion, etc.

Recommendation is that this section does not include “non-clinical” products (general chairs and/or recliners) used to support patients in a sitting position in “Fast Track”, “Urgent Care” or Triage settings.

It is important to create a distinction in the definition of these products so as to ensure that clinical products such as Examination Chairs and Stretcher Chairs fall under the extent of the rule, but that General Chair Seating or Recliners do not fall under the extent of the rule. Discussion regarding if stretchers fall under this criteria. Stretchers have a head & back support that keep the patient in a semi-reclined position, however the patients legs are not in a dependent position such as that when sitting in a chair. Stretchers are accessed when the stretcher is in a flattened position. Recommend that stretchers not be included in Diagnostic Equipment used by patients in a seated position.