Types of medical scales

Each medical institution is equipped with scales necessary for weighing patients during their examination. Such products must meet all technological requirements and be entered in a special register of medical equipment. Today, modern manufacturers provide a wide range of these devices.

Medical scales used in polyclinics, hospitals, treatment rooms and doctors' offices have many functions that allow not only to measure weight, but also analyze BMI (body mass index), make it possible to measure height and much more.

Practical use of medical scales

Determining the patient's weight is very important in the diagnostic and therapeutic process, as well as in the prevention of health. On its basis, the degree of correspondence of body weight and height of a person is calculated. If you are underweight (anorexia) or overweight (obesity), appropriate medications are selected and a plan for the medical treatment of these diseases is created. In addition, this result helps to determine the correct dosage of medications.

Scales with simultaneous height measurement function allow you to control the correct weight and height in children and adolescents. This is especially important in the process of their development, because based on these data, it is possible to determine whether a child is developing normally depending on his age. Their indicators are plotted on percentile grids and compared with generally accepted standards.

Medical scales provide accurate measurement for both the youngest and the elderly. There are even devices adapted to measure the weight of people in wheelchairs, people with balance problems and patients lying in bed. And there are models of scales for newborns that can indicate the amount of milk consumed by an infant during feeding.

What are the types of medical scales?

The hospital uses two types of scales – mechanical and electronic. The latter type is more modern and allows you to quickly get the necessary, and most importantly, accurate information.

• Mechanical scales - measure only basic data such as body weight and height. Their advantage is that they do not require mains power and can operate independently of the mains. Such products have a long service life and are easy to operate.
• Electronic medical scales - equipped with a display on which, in addition to weight, other parameters are displayed: the water content in the body, the amount of fat and muscle tissue. They can also calculate BMI, remember previous readings, perform data analysis and synchronize with a smartphone.

Medical measuring scales can also be divided depending on their purpose.

• Baby scales - for weighing babies from the first days of their life. They allow you to accurately measure the weight of a child in a lying or sitting position, even without removing the diaper from him. The maximum load on the scale for infants is 20 kilograms. They may have a head and leg limiter, which increases the safety of the toddler during the examination. This prevents the baby from moving outside the measurement area and protects it from falling. The device can also be equipped with a measuring rail, which provides fast and accurate measurement of the child's growth.
• A columnar scale with a height meter is a model that is used in treatment rooms and schools for periodic balancing of young children. The device is based on a special scale and weights.
• In doctors' offices, you can also find flat floor scales adapted for weighing bariatric patients, that is, with obesity problems. They are equipped with a digital liquid crystal display that allows you to read measurements.
• Modern medical scales have many solutions and functions that facilitate the analysis of the patient's parameters and the appointment, if necessary, of his further treatment.

How to choose a medical scale?

When choosing scales for hospitals and polyclinics, the following main parameters are taken into account:

1. Availability of documents confirming the quality of the goods. Certified devices have a high cost, but when purchased, the user receives a quality guarantee.
2. Easy operation of the device.
3. Small size and compact placement.
4. Weighing range for different weight categories (loads up to 200 kg).
5. For medical purposes, there should be models with a minimum error.
6. For electronic scales, priority should be given to models with a sound limiter. This function prevents damage to the tool.

The main selection criterion is the purpose for which the device is purchased. Therefore, before buying, you should carefully examine the product.

Where to buy high-quality medical scales?

The specialized online store "Medika" offers a wide range of reliable mechanical and electronic scales for medical institutions, as well as other medical equipment from trusted manufacturers at the best prices. You can choose and order the device at any convenient time in the company's catalog with delivery throughout Ukraine. A properly selected device will last for many years - without compromising its performance.