The movements of porters in hospitals has recently been tracked and has found hospital porters can walk miles on a daily basis. Whether transporting equipment or patients, porters are a vital cog in the National Health Trusts wheel. One important element of their job is the transportation of gas cylinders. Gas cylinders are required by the operating theatres, intensive care, wards and accident and emergency departments. Traditional methods of transporting cylinders, was on a simple trolley mounted on castors. This gas cylinder trolley was able to carry a maximum of 3 cylinders, and although cumbersome, the castors enable the porters to move the cylinders relatively quickly.

Gas trolleys on castors enables porters to manoeuvre only 3 cylinders at a time. A constant trail of porters using castors trolleys from central stores to the relevant departments is becoming increasingly inefficient. From a health and safety position often porters do not have enough cylinder trolleys on castors, so have to manually lift and transport the cylinders by hand. This is becoming increasingly time consuming, inefficient, and offers a risk not only to the porters but also the patients. Castors on cylinder trolleys can handle a variety of floor surfaces, such as uneven floors, cobbled surfaces and steeply inclined floors. However porters may have to make dozens of journeys every day from the central stores to the relevant hospital departments. This takes up valuable time that the porter may be better utilised elsewhere.

An alternative solution is a specially designed gas moving trolley, sitting upon castors, which can move up to 16 cylinders at any one time. The gas bottle mover is purposely designed to accommodate various cylinder sizes and moves on rubber wheels and castors. As the trolley is power generated it moves effortlessly along on the smooth castors. All the gas cylinders are standing horizontally, which ensures there is no damage to the fragile valves. This gas bottle mover has met stringent health and safety regulations and enables porters not only to carry more cylinders, but also offers a stress free, easily manoeuvrable solution.

Many hospital machinery and trolleys run on castors with rubber wheels. The nature of rubber ensures the equipment travels smoothly around the hospital, with small surface imperfections being absorbed by the elasticity of the rubber castors. Non marking rubber castors offer hospitals and institutions the solution to black skid marks on their floors. Grey non marking rubber wheeled castors are often the most popular choice used in medical environments. And benefit is the stainless steel castors housings. Stainless steel castors are resistant to chemicals and cleaning. These castors do not rust on exposure to water and harsh chemicals, making them ideal.

Modern developments for medical castors have seen the introduction of synthetic castors with non marking rubber wheels. Synthetic castors offer strength and durability, with smooth movement and quiet running noise. Many synthetic castors can be seen on hospital beds and equipment. Any castors that make the movement of equipment, machinery, beds and patients an easier process for the thousands of porters working in the industry has to be of positive value. Making the castors ensure the porters handle with care.

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Keywords: castors