Considerations for bariatric equipment
Learn about a range of equipment available and particular factors when assessing specific needs for this client group.
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Christa Roessler
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I'm just going to give it a minute to wait for everybody to link in.
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Excuse me.
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We had quite a high number of registrations for this webinar, so we're not sure how many people are actually going to join.
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So it just give it another half a minute.
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I did put in the chat.
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Of course, if you can't hear us, you won't hear me saying in the chat that if you're having trouble with the sound, make sure your speakers are turned on.
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Just give everybody another couple of seconds to join in.
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And then we'll start with some introductions and a Charak here.
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OK, we might get started.
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So thank you for joining us today.
Christa Roessler
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Christa Roessler 50 minutes 36 seconds
Yes, that's right.
Jolene Young
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Jolene Young 50 minutes 37 seconds
I understand.
Jolene Young 50 minutes 38 seconds
Umm but yeah, please do let us know if it does end up being any issues with that.
Christa Roessler
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Christa Roessler 50 minutes 43 seconds
But it will take a week or so to have all that of sent out and the recording put up on the website.
Christa Roessler 50 minutes 48 seconds
So that doesn't happen immediately, yeah.
Jolene Young
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Jolene Young 50 minutes 52 seconds
Which companies will make custom bariatric equipment?
Jolene Young 50 minutes 55 seconds
I know Cubro is really good at being able to customize equipment.
Jolene Young 50 minutes 59 seconds
There is some other suppliers.
Jolene Young 51 minutes 3 seconds
Also.
Jolene Young 51 minutes 4 seconds
Umm.
Christa Roessler
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Christa Roessler 51 minutes 7 seconds
Good question, though I don't think we've got a list of companies that, yeah.
Jolene Young
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Jolene Young 51 minutes 8 seconds
Yeah, we might need to.
Jolene Young 51 minutes 10 seconds
Umm make sure we have a more and that's something we could also add to the comparison chart as sort of indication on if they can customize.
Jolene Young 51 minutes 19 seconds
It's there as actually a really good point that we can tie in.
Christa Roessler
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Christa Roessler 51 minutes 20 seconds
Umm.
Christa Roessler 51 minutes 24 seconds
Yep.
Christa Roessler 51 minutes 28 seconds
Any.
Jolene Young
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Jolene Young 51 minutes 28 seconds
A question around options for bariatric heavy duty commodes.
Christa Roessler
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Christa Roessler 51 minutes 34 seconds
Yep.
Christa Roessler 51 minutes 35 seconds
So that's definitely on the comparison chart that we have for shower and Arthur equipment.
Jolene Young
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Jolene Young 51 minutes 40 seconds
Yeah.
Christa Roessler
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Christa Roessler 51 minutes 40 seconds
So there's some a couple of really high safe workload shower commodes available which I can look up while you're talking.
Jolene Young
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Jolene Young 51 minutes 50 seconds
And there's a question around moving bariatric equipment to band One for the whaikaha list.
Jolene Young 51 minutes 55 seconds
That's a great, great point and that's something we can feed back up to the likes of procurement and talk about that with them.
Jolene Young 52 minutes 4 seconds
We personally don't have the power to do that.
Christa Roessler
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Christa Roessler 52 minutes 9 seconds
I'm just going to have a quick look if.
Jolene Young
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Jolene Young 52 minutes 10 seconds
Ah, sorry.
Christa Roessler
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Christa Roessler 52 minutes 16 seconds
If I can find it quickly on the website.
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If you want to keep talking.
Jolene Young
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Jolene Young 52 minutes 19 seconds
I don't know if I do.
Jolene Young 52 minutes 21 seconds
I'm just trying meeting.
Jolene Young 52 minutes 24 seconds
Yeah, we've had someone say that medifab also do customized options so.
Christa Roessler
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Christa Roessler 52 minutes 30 seconds
I think most suppliers have capacity to do some level of customization, but it's definitely something that we could provide better indication around.
Jolene Young
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Jolene Young 52 minutes 45 seconds
Alright.
Christa Roessler
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Christa Roessler 52 minutes 47 seconds
No, I've just.
Jolene Young
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Jolene Young 52 minutes 48 seconds
The questions seemed to have like that.
Christa Roessler
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Christa Roessler 52 minutes 49 seconds
Ohh Yep.
Jolene Young
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Jolene Young 52 minutes 50 seconds
No, you you too.
Christa Roessler
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Christa Roessler 52 minutes 51 seconds
No, no, you're right.
Christa Roessler 52 minutes 52 seconds
I've just downloaded our comparison chart to have it look and in terms of bariatric shower commodes, there is a Kobe rehab XXL provided by Cubro that's got a safe workload of 325 kilos.
Christa Roessler 53 minutes 10 seconds
There's a Raz heavy duty also from Cubro, which has a safe workload of 275 and this even a they both non tilting and there is a Raz tilting heavy duty shower commode to 72 safe workload and even the multi Chairs have 180 safe workload and there's three or four more active healthcare have a spy about bariatric shower commodes got a 400 KG safe workload Joe have a Carey Carmina 320.
Christa Roessler 53 minutes 42 seconds
The brothers got 363.
Christa Roessler 53 minutes 44 seconds
That's active healthcare.
Christa Roessler 53 minutes 45 seconds
There's actually quite a few options in a very high safe workload for shower commodes, so that's where that comparison chart can be quite useful.
Jolene Young
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Jolene Young 53 minutes 53 seconds
Yeah.
Jolene Young 53 minutes 53 seconds
And as mentioned, feel free to contact us if you wanted to talk about possible options before submitting your order or the advice request and we can help look at what options are out there.
Jolene Young 54 minutes 11 seconds
Ohh it was got some more questions about products being added to band One so we can take that away or for consideration.
Jolene Young 54 minutes 19 seconds
I'm just mindful of time, so if if there's any questions we haven't been able to get back to you, we'll do our best to try and answer these unanswered questions.
Jolene Young 54 minutes 30 seconds
We want to thank you for your time with us today.
Jolene Young 54 minutes 33 seconds
We'll now close today's session with a karakia Kia Ficaria tapu Kiwi, Tio tiara, Kia Turuki fattahi Kia Turuki, whakataha AI Homier, Hoyer Tahir.
Christa Roessler
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Christa Roessler 54 minutes 49 seconds
Great.
Christa Roessler 54 minutes 50 seconds
Thanks everybody.
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Have a great day.
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