Disposable Slings | Hygienic Patient Lifting

Summary. Oxford Healthcare offers disposable slings for hoists, ensuring both patient safety and infection control measures are accounted for. Ideal for acute care environments, these single-patient-use slings support various lifting and transfer needs. Enhance your care provision with Oxford Healthcare’s ergonomic and comfortable disposable slings.

Oxford Healthcare is a world-leading supplier of patient handling and rehabilitation equipment. Our company is committed to manufacturing and supplying equipment that meets the varying care requirements of patients, truly enhancing their lives. Our slings are designed and made with careful attention to ergonomic principles, comfort, and safety.

Slings can support with a range of moving and handling scenarios such as:

  • Standing up from a chair
  • Getting in and out of a bath or pool
  • Toileting transfers
  • Bed to chair transfers

Within this scope, certain sling models and material options can help cater for differing patient specific conditions. For instance, this might be things like amputee compatibility, tissue viability issues, head and trunk control, and behavioural issues. Typically, a care plan will specify the equipment needs for each individual.

Qualified Sling Selection

Choosing the most suitable sling can be a tricky task when there are so many models and variations available. At Oxford Healthcare we have an invaluable and free to use online tool that can support you in making more qualified decisions. The tool requires you to answer a series of multiple-choice questions based around the patient’s needs, as well as the environment and task in hand. It will then determine the most suitable sling(s) to accommodate those needs. If you require support in sling selection, why not use our Oxford Sling Selector tool!

Oxford Disposable Slings

As well as more traditional launderable slings for hoists, Oxford Healthcare have a range of disposable slings. These slings are more commonly in use in acute care and larger nursing facilities. They can help avoid cross-infection risks and are therefore not suitable for washing or cleaning.

Our disposable slings are designed for single patient application. However, as with all of our lifting and handling equipment, these slings are still designed to achieve the highest levels of comfort and safety during transfer. Oxford disposable slings are available in loop and clip variants and are compatible with a range of patient hoists and associated spreader bar/cradle combinations.

 

Disposable Slings Improve Infection Control 

Alongside the same benefits that multi-use slings can provide, the core benefit that disposable slings have is that they can support care facilities in achieving improved infection control. With the sling being used by just one person, cross contamination risks are largely eliminated.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, disposable slings played an important role in patient protection within hospitals and care home environments. Once the sling becomes soiled, wet, or when the patient no longer needs it, they can be disposed of in accordance with a facility’s infection control protocols.

Disposable slings are less costly in comparison to their washable counterparts and can provide significant cost savings for facilities. There are no associated laundering expenses, and they are much easier to store prior to use.

Here at Oxford Healthcare, you can choose from four different types of disposable sling models that cater for a wide range of patient needs:

We offer these slings in a range of sizes from XS – XL and they have colour-coded binding for quick reference. There are models to suit both passive style hoists and active stand aids with clip and loop attachment options as listed above.

Contact Us Today

For more information on our disposable slings for hoists, please visit our website today, or call +44 (0)344 811 1158 to speak to a member of our helpful and friendly team.

If you have found this blog helpful, then you may wish to read a related blog on Sling Selection: Getting it Right.

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