Marking off amb distances in hallways (Duplicate from HPA)

[Guest guest]

You could try using a small plastic tile with a picture/logo on it and place

them on the wall at equal distances (i.e. every 10 feet). If your unit has a

theme you could use that to help decide what design the tile has.

Hope this helps.

Jill Piazza, PT, DPT

Florida Hospital DeLand

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For those of you in Acute/SNF or similar environments...do you have a

way [other than masking tape, etc.] that you mark off the ambulation

footage in your facility's hallways?

Thanks

Alan Petrazzi MPT

Rehab Manager

Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System

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Jill

[Guest guest]

Alan,

We have an 8 foot ceiling allowing us to put tacks in the ceiling tile

every 10 feet. Seems to work for us.

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Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 1:26 PM

To: PTManager

Subject: Marking off amb distances in hallways (Duplicate

from HPA)

[Duplicated from HPA Listserv]

For those of you in Acute/SNF or similar environments...do you have a

way [other than masking tape, etc.] that you mark off the ambulation

footage in your facility's hallways?

Thanks

Alan Petrazzi MPT

Rehab Manager

Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System

[Guest guest]

Alan

 

I am not in acute or SNF, but I seem to remember when I did rotations in that

setting using the ceiling tiles (if you have them. The square particle board

ceilings are typically 2 ft. each, I believe, and we would just count those and

get a good estimate.) Just my 2 cents.

Racca, PT, DPT

Spine and Sports Therapy

[Guest guest]

Alan, I had Environmental Services print me off a copy of the building floor

plan, then I measured throughout the facility " common " distances, ie: from

Nurses station to dining room, from one end of hall to the other, length of

therapy room , distances between residents room, as well as distances form

residents beds to bathroom in all the different " layouts " of rooms (4 types). I

then printed distances on a copy of the floor plan, and made copies. They are

posted in the therapy room, at nurses stations and in the front of every CNA's

case load book (where they document ADL's and ambulation programs) as well as in

the Nursing Rehab and MDS offices. We keep them in plastic sleeves and I

replace them as the get worn.. works well for us and they can be updated as

needed. Noreen Vollmer, PT Director of Rehab ServicesLutheran Care Clinton, NY>

To: PTManager > Date: Sun, 7 Dec

2008 19:25:33 +0000> Subject: Marking off amb distances in hallways

(Duplicate from HPA)> > [Duplicated from HPA Listserv]> > For those of you in

Acute/SNF or similar environments...do you have a> way [other than masking tape,

etc.] that you mark off the ambulation> footage in your facility's hallways?> >

Thanks> > Alan Petrazzi MPT> Rehab Manager> Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh

Healthcare System> > > ------------------------------------> />

[Guest guest]

The ceiling tiles (suspended ceiling) in our facility are all 2'x2'. We

count the tiles then multiply by 2.

Thanks,

Jon Mark Pleasant, PT

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> For those of you in Acute/SNF or similar environments...do you have a

> way [other than masking tape, etc.] that you mark off the ambulation

> footage in your facility's hallways?

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> Thanks

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> Alan Petrazzi MPT

> Rehab Manager

> Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System

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