Use of Personally Supplied Medical Devices

St. Joseph's permits persons with a disability to use their own assistive devices when accessing services at/or admitted to the Health Centre, unless otherwise prohibited due to health and safety or privacy issues. There are certain locations within the Health Centre that strictly prohibit the use of any patient/client supplied medical device for safety reasons.

Please speak to one of our Patient Care Managers or your nurse so they can assure your device is in good working order and safe to use in the hospital.

Use of Personally Supplied Non-Medical Devices

The following are examples of items that patients/clients are not allowed to bring into the Health Centre from home to use:

• Portable electric heaters
• Heating pads
• Televisions
• Fans
• Humidifiers
• Power bars
• Curling iron
• Electric hair rollers
• Hair dryers
• Hot plates/other cooking devices
• Toasters/toaster ovens
• Neck warmers (buckwheat/rice filled that are heated in the microwave)

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Page last updated: April 30, 2010