Guidance for Designing and Purchasing Accessible Medical Instrumentation

2. Specific Guidance for Medical Devices

Overview

This guidance addresses specific classes of medical instrumentation, and it is based on expertise of staff of the RERC-AMI, and especially studies conducted by the RERC-AMI for various medical devices (e.g., hospital beds, examination tables, weight scales, dental chairs) with subjects with various disabilities.

A compiled list of all the numbered guidance statements for the separate Specific Guidance sections is provided here as an abbreviated reference. Numbered links to the 7 individual documents are provided for more details.

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To view the Specific Guidance details, click the numbered link beside each statement to navigate to the relevant detailed document.

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2.1 Specific Guidance for Medical Tables

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2.2 Specific Guidance for Medical Chairs

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2.3 Specific Guidance for Weight Scales

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2.4 Specific Guidance for Imaging Technologies

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2.5 Specific Guidance for Infusion Pumps

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2.6 Specific Guidance for Exercise Ergometers

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2.7 Specific Guidance for Medical Dosing and Dispensing Technologies (including Glucometers)

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