Ensuring Safety in Mobile Medical Vans: Key Considerations

Mobile medical vans travel to inner cities and rural areas where medical services are needed most. The vans come in a number of sizes and shapes, but in general they look like a mobile home or a bookmobile van. Safety depends on good suspension, a sterile environment and a consistent supply of energy.

Full Air-Suspension on Chassis

• In order to protect fragile equipment, a mobile medical van needs a full air-suspension chassis. The smooth ride it provides will keep instruments and tools from jostling and falling. While these things should be secured, rough roads can sometimes wreck havoc.

Sterile Environment

• Since patients will be in close quarters in a mobile medical van, sterility is of the essence. Curtains should be made of antibacterial cloth, and all surfaces should be able to be easily cleaned and disinfected.

Fail-Safe Power Supply

• The mobile medical van may use outside electricity when it sets up. However, there needs to be fail-safe back-up power so that doctors and patients are protected during procedures. A generator is a must.