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"Medical Scales" is a term that can mean vastly different things depending on who you ask. For the overwhelming majority of the disabled, and for those people suffering with varying degrees of obesity, the standard doctor scales of the type you see in your primary care physician's office are either inadequate to use safely, or simply impossible to use at all. The scale most of us are accustomed to using at the family doctors' office poses substantial, often insurmountable issues for disabled and obese patients.

Here at New Detecto, we offer a wide variety of specialty medical scales for doctors, hospitals and other healthcare facilites such as bariatric scales, bath scales, beam scales, hospital scales, chair scales, wheel chair scales and bed scales. And they are all of the highest quality; all made of rugged construction by none other than Detecto.

Features
Having the right features is very important. Here are some of the ones you need to consider:
  • BMI (Body Mass Index);
  • Auto Off;
  • Weight Hold;
  • Remote display;
  • Tare feature;
  • Low battery indicator;
  • Height rod;
  • Eye Level Display;
  • Waist high;
  • Removable base cover for easy cleanup;
  • Stainless steel for use in wet areas;
  • Portability;
  • Large platform;
  • High Capacity;
  • Easy Readability;
  • Pounds/Kilograms conversion;
  • Power Source;
  • Price.


A Specialized Medical Scale MUST be made available to all patients, in all medical facilities that wish to be considered responsible and ethical. There is absolutely no reason these facilities should not have them; doing so amounts to nothing less than the effective discrimination of the disabled and the obese; that is, they will weigh some patients but not others. A quality, specialized medical scale must no longer be considered a luxury. The evidence is overwhelming and completely too convincing to be dismissed, as it indicates a clear and direct connection between a person's weight and their general health.

Knowing what we do about the benefits of weight management in maintaining a patient's general well-being, we are can do little else but to conclude the following facts.

Weight Scales:
  1. Enhance the overall health care for disabled patients;
  2. Fulfill legal responsibilities under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act;
  3. Lower medical facility accidents; and
  4. Leverage certain tax breaks for increasing scale accessibility.


Doctor scales are sold in a great number of styles to serve numberous purposes. We carry Detecto's Bariatric Flip Seat Scale - Model 6868, as well as their Stationary Wheelchair Scale - Model 495. In addition, we offer a full line of others; we are certain to have the doctors scale to meet your needs.

Moreover, making available a specialized scale designed specifically to be accessible for people with disabilities complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act, by properly measuring all patients' weight at their visits to your medical facility.

To be "accessible", medical scales should be usable by all patients, including wheelchair-bound patients, patients with limits on their activities, and also obese patients who are too heavy for standard doctors scales.

Enhanced Care for Disabled Patients and Limited Activity Levels
In cases where people can not have their weight assessed, a lower standard of care is being provided, period. Proper weighing with a precision doctors scale is critical to effective diagnosis, not to mention its importance in determining appropriate dosage on medications. Carrying excessive body wieght is fast becoming a national epidemic, as we now know it is linked to:

  • Heart Problems,

  • Hypertension,

  • High Cholesterol,

  • Type 2 Diabetes,

  • Cancer,

  • Increased strain on muscle and bones,

  • Liver and lungs complications, and

  • Many other conditions.


Not only that. A Medical Scale is essential for catching oncology-related weight loss, a very serious problem. Weight loss has in fact been linked to a decreased survival rate.

Inadvertant loss of weight puts many patients at increased chance of getting infections, sour mood and even of dying. This type of inadvertant loss of weight is brought about often by depressive disorders, cancer , cardiovascular problems and various 'GI' issues.

Having medical scales for disabled, activity-limited and obese pateints betters your practice.


Fulfill Your ADA Responsibilities
The Americans with Disabilities Act discusses medical care duties of both state and local government. The ADA also discusses private health care facilities, includes health care providers in privately owned homes. Basic exams usually involve the need for a doctors scale, as a weight measurement is typically performed. Without proper access for disabled, activity-limited or obese patients, the office is not in proper compliance with ADA requirements. At the very least, the provider must assist the patient in using a scale. Unfortunately, wheelchair-bound users may still not be able to use them; they need wheelchair scales!

Bottom line: get yourself a High-Quality, Precision Medical Scales that all pateints can use!

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