Mammography Screening Chair vs Biopsy Chairs

Are you using the best equipment in your Breast Screening Unit to support your staff with patient positioning and avoid shoulder, back and upper limb pain?

Many Breast Screening Units (BSUs) are using a biopsy chair for seated screening and haven’t heard of the VELA Mammography chair which was developed with ergonomics and wellbeing in mind.

Benefits of the VELA Mammography for Seated Breast Screening

As well as making the screening process more comfortable for the patient, the mammography chair delivers substantial benefits across the department in terms of time saved and improved workforce health. Hospital mammography teams that have switched to this chair have reported a dramatic reduction in WRMSD (work-related musculoskeletal disorders), such as repetitive strain injuries, shoulder pain and upper limb disorders.

A lot of the features of the mammography chair have two-fold benefits for both patient and mammographer:

Other benefits of the VELA mammography chair include:

• • • Smaller footprint 55 cm x 55 cm – small H-frame wheelbase allows chair to be moved close to imaging equipment
    • Easy patient transport. Angle-adjustable strolling bar requires a minimum amount of push. Lightweight design, high quality castors, and small H-frame for clearance through doorways.
    • Easy to turn around in tight spaces and lateral movements, with footbrake accessible from both sides of the chair.
    • Supports mammographers to reduce repetitive strain injuries, shoulder pain and upper limb disorders whilst positioning patients
    • Prevents risk of fainting and falls
    • Cost-effective solution when compared with alternative products

Benefits of a Biopsy Chair

A biopsy chair, although still used for mammography screening, has lie-flat capability and a range of different positioning angles for patients undergoing a biopsy procedure.

The main features of a biopsy chair include:

• • • Lie-flat positioning
    • Synchronised legrest and backrest
    • Variable height adjustment
    • Foot-operated brake
    • Adjustable headrest

Conclusion

With cost savings to be made from improved first time accuracy, mitigating injury from fainting and an overall reduction in absences from Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, the VELA mammography chair is popular with BSUs and mammographers around the world.

For a demonstration of the VELA Mammography chair watch the video below, or book a live demonstration with our Acute Seating Team.