Vendlet Powered Turning Aid
VENDLET is a powered turning aid for moving, transferring and handling patients or clients in bed.
Vendlet powered turning aid allows healthcare staff and caregivers to easily reposition and turn the patient or clients in bed without pushing and pulling. They can be turned to supine, prone or lateral position and it is also possible to move them up or sideways in bed.
- Improved work health and safety leading to fewer work injuries
- Increases efficiency and better usage of resources
- Improved patient or client comfort and preserved skin integrity
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VENDLET Standard
Our newest turning system, VENDLET Standard, can be washable in automated tunnel washers and is easy to mount. Furthermore, the system is made from environmentally friendly materials and is our most sustainable powered turning aid to date.
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VENDLET Bari
VENDLET Bari is an assistive device for moving and handling bariatric patients in bed. The patient turning system relieves the task of turning and repositioning obese clients, while also improving the quality of care, providing a more gentle and comfortable repositioning.
Safe Working Load: 400 kg.
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What Is a Patient Turning System?
A patient turning aid is an assistive device that allows for gentle turning or repositioning of a patient or client in bed, while not straining healthcare staff, nurses, caregivers or loved ones assisting the moving and handling of the patient. The patient turning system even makes it possible for some patients to turn themselves, increasing independence and dignity.
The patient turning aid is used in place of positioning bed pads, transfer boards or other mobility aids.
Improve Workplace Health and Safety in Healthcare
The patient turning aid helps ensure safety for both the client and the helper whether being a healthcare professional or family member.
This assistive device eliminates the need for lifting, pushing, and pulling on the client when turning them. This creates sustainable work health and safety for staff as it reduces the risks of injuries to the neck, shoulders, arms, and back, often associated with moving and handling.
Dignified and Independent Living
Clients using the transfer aid on their own can obtain a more independent life, where they can manage some situations requiring turning or repositioning themselves, such as turning during the night. This means that the client will have fewer disturbances through the night, as they can adjust their position as needed without having to wait for help from others. As such the individuals functioning and independence is improved, thereby promoting their well-being.
Whether a client can use the system on their own depends on an individual assessment of their cognitive and physical capabilities.
Target Group
The turning aid provides dignified care for people with disabilities, elderly people, and people with health conditions such as Alzheimer’s Disease, ALS, Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy, Parkinson’s Disease, and more.
When using this patient transfer equipment, the client will experience more dignified and gentle care as any pushing or pulling is eliminated from the moving and handling process.
The patient transfer aid can be used in any setting such as the client’s own home, in hospitals, care homes or nursing homes.
Simple and Safe Resident Positioning
Carefully and comfortably moving residents isn’t always easy
With the VENDLET you can position residents easily without needing multiple carers to manually move a resident and risk personal injury.
The VENDLET uses two motorised roller bars operated by a handset. The VENDLET system gives professionals complete control over the repositioning of a resident, without lifting or adjusting the individual’s position manually. When one roller bar turns, it winds the slide sheet in, which initiates a highly controlled and comfortable turning motion. Carers can then use their free hand to guide the positioning of the resident.
Resident Turning Device
Allow carers to work with residents on a one-to-one basis
By offering carers a simple resident turning device to safely move residents, the VENDLET system ensures that carers can work on a one-to-one basis with clients.
The VENDLET is fitted with an actuator at each end, which allows for the sides to be raised and lowered. The VENDLET can be individually adjusted to suit most mattresses or beds.
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Tiffany Simpson
National Work Health & Safety Manager
Featured Testimonial
At Japara we began implementing specialist bariatric equipment in our homes from HLS Healthcare and in doing so we are now able to care for our residents with a greater level of respect and dignity than ever before. In addition, we have improved the safety of our staff and residents by eliminating the manual handling risk that came with so many of the tasks associated with caring for residents with extreme care needs.
The team at HLS has been instrumental in ensuring that we get the right equipment and the right fit for us. The service levels, quality, training, support, and advice has been wonderful and appreciated by us all. The staff could not wait to trial and try the equipment, it has made such a difference. Thank you Team HLS Healthcare!
Frequently Asked Questions
HLS Healthcare answers common queries about the VENDLET
What is the VENDLET system?
The VENDLET is an intuitive positioning system is an intuitive device that requires very little manual input from a carer. The turning system is made up of two bars with automated motors. When the bars move, they pull a sheet carefully from one side to another, adjusting the position of a resident without needing to rely on the physical strength of the carer.
This effective moving and handling tool can assist with:
- Preparing a resident for hoisting
- Moving an individual for hygiene-based activities like washing and cleaning
- Adjusting a residents position for wound management and examinations
- Moving residents from one side of the bed to another
- Preventing the formation of ulcers and pressure sores
- Transferring a resident from one bed to another, or from a bed to a chair
What is the VENDLET used for?
The VENDLET is used when moving a resident in a variety of situations, such as:
- Hygiene procedures
- Medical examination
- Positioning purposes
- Pressure Ulcer prevention
- Applying a sling
- Applying bandage
- Rotating sleeping positions
- Sitting the resident up in the bed
- Transferring the resident from one bed to another
- Reducing carer injury and workplace injury claims
What are the advantages of using the VENDLET?
The VENDLET provides many advantages carers and residents, allowing both to experience greater comfort, independence, and dignity.
Work health and safety
When using the VENDLET, carers are spared the physical strain of lifting handling bedridden residents. The maximum capacity is up to 400 kilograms.
Resident comfort
Because VENDLET supports the entire body, find the process of moving more comfortable and dignified.
Use of resources
The VENDLET carers, in most cases, can work alone with their residents. This simplifies planning daily care routines. The VENDLET results in fewer and simpler work procedures, allowing resources to be used elsewhere. This, in turn, reduces absenteeism due to work injuries and MSD.
Target group
- Bedridden residents with few physiological and/or cognitive issues and palliative residents.
- Bedridden residents who receive care and hygiene.
- Residents at risk of pressure ulcers. The comfortable and steady transfer in the sheet minimises tissue damage and pressure ulcers.
- Residents who have issues with space and direction awareness.
- Bedridden bariatric residents weighing up to 400 kg (VENDLET V5S+)
Why is having the right resident positioning equipment so important?
Moving and handling is a common part of a carer’s role when looking after a bedridden resident. Residents who spend a lot of time in the same position, unable to move by themselves, need to be regularly repositioned for examination, hygiene, and to reduce the risk of sores and ulcers.
With a tool like the VENDLET automated positioning system, bedridden residents can maintain their independence, dignity, and comfort. It’s possible to move a resident within a matter of minutes, and there’s no need to call for a second carer to help.
A single carer can initiate the moving process at the push of a button. There’s no risk to the carer, and the resident doesn’t have to worry about an uncomfortable and awkward moving experience. Combined with other tools like ceiling and floor hoists, the VENDLET makes comfortable moving and handling for bedridden residents easier than ever.
How do you move a resident between beds?
- Double click the power button to activate.
- Press both the red and blue downward arrow buttons to lower the bars
- Use the bar on the side where the resident needs to be moved to tighten the turning sheet and shift the resident towards the other bed.
Who is the target market for the VENDLET?
- Bedridden residents with few physiological and/or cognitive issues and palliative residents
- Bedridden residents who receive care and hygiene
- Residents at risk of pressure ulcers. The comfortable and steady transfer in the sheet minimises tissue damage and pressure ulcers.
- Residents who have issues with space and direction awareness
- Bedridden bariatric residents weighing up to 400 kilograms (VENDLET V5S+)
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LEJRELET Positioning Pillows
Positioning is always an important part of resident or patient treatment. However, there are situations in which correct positioning is even more paramount these situations include
- Permanent or long-term bedridden patients.
- Patients with reduced mobility.
- Patients with pressure ulcers or pressure ulcer risk.
- Patients receiving hygiene procedures in bed.
- Restless and unstable patients.
Accessories & Videos
Learn more about practical applications and technical specifications
Accessories for VENDLET
Vendlet Resident Positioning Systems
Vendlet Resident Positioning Systems
Videos
Turning the client with VENDLET V5S
Applying a sling with VENDLET V5S
Easily Apply a sling with VENDLET Basic Powered Turning System
How to turn a client to prone position using VENDLET Basic
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Quality Standards Assessment
Vendlet Resident Positioning System
Umbrella Solutions has assessed VENDLET against the Aged Care Quality Standards. The Aligned assessments assist aged care providers to understand how products are aligned to the Quality Standards which supports their audit and accreditation responses.
Assessment Date: 14/09/2020
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| Requirement | Response VENDLET | |
|---|---|---|
| 3a | Each consumer is treated with dignity and respect, with their identity, culture and diversity valued. | The use of VENDLET supports the dignity and respect of consumers, provides low impact, low risk and low touch movements in bed. VENDLET also enables a single carer to safely complete movements, reducing staff effort and total movement time. |
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| Requirement | Response VENDLET | |
|---|---|---|
| 3a | Each consumer gets safe and effective personal care, clinical care, or both personal care and clinical care, that: (i) ) is best practice; and ii) is tailored to their needs; and iii) optimises their health and well being | VENDLET provides consistent, safe and low impact movements for consumer's. The system allows for tailored movements based on the consumers needs. VENDLET reduces overall the time to turn, as the system only requires one carer to perform, avoiding the latency of finding two available carers. |
| 3b | Effective management of high impact or high prevalence risks associated with the care of each consumer. | VENDLET reduces risk to consumers by providing low impact movements at a consistent speed. The process is controlled by a single carer, one handed, allowing them to focus on the wellbeing of the consumer during the movement. VENDLET Bari support bariatric consumers which often present as higher risk, allowing for consistent, dignified, low impact movements. |
| 3c | The needs, goals and preferences of consumers nearing the end of life are recognised and addressed, their comfort maximised and their dignity preserved. | VENDLET assists in maximising the comfort of consumers during movements. Often this activity can be obtrusive and disruptive. VENDLET supports the dignity and respect of consumers, provides low impact, low risk and low touch movements in bed. |
| 3d | Deterioration or change of a consumer’s mental health, cognitive or physical function, capacity or condition is recognised and responded to in a timely manner | Using VENDLET for mobility challenged consumers reduces the physical impact that restricted bed rest can cause. Regular turning helps prevent risk of pressure wounds and bed sores through increased hygiene activities. VENDLET reduces overall the time to turn, as the system only requires one carer to perform, avoiding the latency of finding two available carers. |
| 3g | Minimisation of infection related risks through implementing: (i) standard and transmission based precautions to prevent and control infection; and (ii) practices to promote appropriate antibiotic prescribing and use to support optimal care and reduce the risk of increasing resistance to antibiotics. | VENDLET supports low touch movements with only a single carer, reducing the risk of infection transmission. With regular turning, the likelihood of pressure wounds and associated infections are greatly reduced. |
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| Requirement | Response VENDLET | |
|---|---|---|
| 3a | Each consumer gets safe and effective services and supports for daily living that meet the consumer’s needs, goals and preferences and optimise their independence, health, well being and quality of life. | The use of VENDLET supports the dignity and respect of consumers, providing low impact, low risk and low touch movements in bed. |
| 3g | Where equipment is provided, it is safe, suitable, clean and well maintained. | The VENDLET design makes it easy to clean and maintain hygiene standards. VENDLET equipment can be cleaned with a damp cloth using warm water and a mild soap solution. For disinfection, disinfectant wipes with up to an 85% solution of isopropyl or a damp cloth using warm water and a disinfectant cleaner. The VENDLET Slide and turning sheets can be removed and cleaned, independently of each other. Slide Sheet washing instructions: 60 degrees, do not tumble dry, do not iron. Turning sheet washing instructions: max 95 degrees, tumble dry at normal temperatures, iron at approximately 150 degrees. HLS recommends an annual maintenance check by a qualified technician. |
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| Requirement | Response VENDLET | |
|---|---|---|
| 3b | The service environment: (i) is safe, clean, well maintained and comfortable; and (ii) enables consumers to move freely, both indoors and outdoors. | The VENDLET design makes it easy to clean and maintain hygiene standards. VENDLET equipment can be cleaned with a damp cloth using warm water and a mild soap solution. For disinfection, disinfectant wipes with up to an 85% solution of isopropyl or a damp cloth using warm water and a disinfectant cleaner. The VENDLET Slide and turning sheets can be removed and cleaned, independently of each other. Slide Sheet washing instructions: 60 degrees, do not tumble dry, do not iron. Turning sheet washing instructions: max 95 degrees, tumble dry at normal temperatures, iron at approximately 150 degrees. |
| 3c | Furniture, fittings and equipment are safe, clean, well maintained and suitable for the consumer. | The VENDLET design makes it easy to clean and maintain hygiene standards. VENDLET equipment can be cleaned with a damp cloth using warm water and a mild soap solution. For disinfection, disinfectant wipes with up to an 85% solution of isopropyl or a damp cloth using warm water and a disinfectant cleaner. The VENDLET Slide and turning sheets can be removed and cleaned, independently of each other. Slide Sheet washing instructions: 60 degrees, do not tumble dry, do not iron. Turning sheet washing instructions: max 95 degrees, tumble dry at normal temperatures, iron at approximately 150 degrees. HLS recommends an annual maintenance check by a qualified technician. |
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| Requirement | Response VENDLET | |
|---|---|---|
| 3a | The workforce is planned to enable, and the number and mix of members of the workforce deployed enables, the delivery and management of safe and quality care and service. | VENDLET reduces staff requirements for consumer's in bed movements and allows carers of lower strength to manage movements on their own. |
| 3b | Workforce interactions with consumers are kind, caring and respectful of each consumer’s identity, culture and diversity. | The use of VENDLET supports the dignity and respect of consumers, provides low impact, low risk and low touch movements in bed. The process is controlled by a single carer, one handed, allowing them to focus on the wellbeing of the consumer during the movement. |
| 3c | The workforce is competent and members of the workforce have the qualifications and knowledge to effectively perform their roles. | VENDLET allows for more carers to perform consumer movements by reducing the physical requirement for lifting and turning. |
| 3d | The workforce is recruited, trained, equipped and supported to deliver the outcomes required by these standards. | HLS provides VENDLET training courses, material and attendance certificates to aged care staff. This includes online content where in person training is not available. |
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| Requirement | Response VENDLET | |
|---|---|---|
| 3b | The organisation’s governing body promotes a culture of safe, inclusive and quality care and services and is accountable for their delivery. | Investing in VENDLET solutions delivers enhanced quality services and reduced risks for consumers and carers. |
| 3d | Effective risk management systems and practices, including but not limited to the following: (i) managing high impact or high prevalence risks associated with the care of consumers (ii) identifying and responding to abuse and neglect of consumers (iii) supporting consumers to live the best life they can. | VENDLET reduces risk to consumers by providing low impact movements at a consistent speed. The process is controlled by a single carer, one handed, allowing them to focus on the wellbeing of the consumer during the movement. VENDLET Bari supports bariatric consumers which often present as higher risk, allowing for consistent, dignified, low impact movements. |
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