Laptops in Hospitals
 

got an operation coming up at Burnley and i was wondering if i could take my laptop into hospital with me? do they allow them on the wards?

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don't think so shaz, had to sneak one in about 4/5 yrs back fer a friend. better pm one of our members to check fer sure.;)

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i know, i was gutted too, none of my family will be coming to visit me because it's a foreign country :(

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they wont like you plugging it in Shaz because it won't have been PAT tested by them and be on there register of portable electrical equipment

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You got a date yet for it?

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No need to be pat tested if it a new. We allow them on our ward,have seen patients using them on medical wards.

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Do you allow them to plug untested power supplies in though?

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only went for the pre-op Thursday, now come on Neil, they aren't that fast

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Some have to be pat tested but we have this done for them within a couple of days and i think it depends on the plug circuit whether they need doing.

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Yes I do.
Like I said I can't understand the pre op with no op date. If the op is months away they will have to do another pre op.

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She will be in over night and only then if she has no one to stay at home with her for the first night.

Its only a lobotomy reversal she is having, nothing major :rolleyes::D

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Yet again proving Ignorence is bliss.

Just because you allow it doesn't make it legal,

Portable Appliance testing was introduced to ensure that ALL devices that 'plug' into the mains no matter what their age are tested and a record of that test and a tested sticker must be applied in a prominent position on the device, on a regular basis, before it can legally be used.

The above paragraph is a very, very, short version of the rules and reg's concerning electrical safety in the workplace.

Please, Turkishdismay make sure of your facts before applying pinky to keyboard.
:rolleyes:

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i told you not to tell anyone, i want people to think it's for my arm, numpty :rolleyes:

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The mind boggles! 'WE' have this done for them, the rules further state that tests must be done by competent people, I know 'competent' is a bit of a get out clause, but no way are you competent.

You think wrong, it has to be done if someone is plugging it into the mains no matter what the circuit is.
:(

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i told you what she said when i came out, she said it's usually within 2 weeks of the pre-op

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At Melbourne House I had to arrange a 'portable appliance check' every three months.
Some people sneaked in their own kettles.
When discovered, they were pleasantly surprised to find that I could supply them with an official one with a table for its safe use.
We didn't provide posh coffee machines like the LCC do.

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Anyway you wont need a visitor cos your not staying in.

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i am staying in, she told me i had to

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do you want to stay in?

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of course i don't

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Well you either haul your butt out or make sure yo got a lappy with you as you will need to keep us informed on how bad the "foreign" country is. :p

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Then just get your dad to stay over for one night, stick Reece on the floor :)

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:rolleyes: your having a laugh

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must be better than spending the night in hospital

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for me it would be but for my dad it would be a total nightmare

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when i wa sin hospital i had to have my xbox tested by their electritan but that was a good few years ago but i had a friend in hospital just last week and he had his mobile phone charger and laptop plugged in with no checks and no questions asked.

i personaly wuoldnt take it in anyway because of teh theiving scum that visit other people and besides you can get internet and tv for £3.00 for 12 hours or £10 for 3 days i think it was on tehir tvs that hang over your bed plus unlimited local calls to landline numbers

the internet was pretty good for what it was but you can only have 1 page open at a time and the keybaord folds out of teh tv remote.

uinlimited local calls apply to all 3 packages , i only mentioned two of them but there wa sa 2 day plan as well but i cant remember teh price

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cheers chick

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The best thing to do is phone the ward and ask.
My bet is that they will not be too keen for you to have your laptop with you.
a) it has got to be pat tested before you can plug it into their mains supply.
b) it is an item of value, for which they will be responsible while you are in theatre/asleep/anaesthetised.

Do you really need to take it?

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If your in only over night the Battery should be enough

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On mine maybe, it will do 5 hours before it wants charging. Rhonda tried it when she was not very well one day. She went to bed ill and used it on wireless and full screen brightness for 5 hours before it wanted plugging in.

That must have been after she cooked her own by sitting it on the bed and blocking the vent holes :D

Most normal laptops struggle to do 2 hours before they die.

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this won't last over night, the battery on it is crap

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I know, you said that when I was at yours the other week.

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hmmmm

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Which battery mike:rolleyes:

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So you've finally decided to have them done Shaz:D