Wrapping nurse call cords around hand rails
Someone asked me recently about whether nurse call pull cords could be wrapped around the handrails in patient bathrooms.
The consensus on these pull cords is that they need to extend down to a point just off the floor so if a patient falls to the floor, he or she can still summon assistance. The cord shouldn’t touch the floor so it doesn’t get all scuzzy--generally speaking, hanging the cord to the top of the baseboard is a good guide.
As far as the wrapping the cord around the handrail, it’s as much a performance issue as it is anything else. If the alarm still works as intended (meaning it activates with the same amount of downward pressure), then it should be fine.
That said, I’ve never really been clear on why folks felt that they had to do “the wrap.” If the cord is too long, then it should be trimmed to the appropriate length and that would do it.
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