The subject of volunteers performing wheelchair transport has been addressed on the formum last year, I wonderiing if anything has changed at your hospitals?   Do you allow volunteers to transport guest/patients in wheelchairs?   If so would you share your policies,procedures, training requirements and any other issues involved.   Could everyone please respond with yes or no....I would like to have numbers. 

Thanks,

Reina

no - for inpatient

yes - general movement about the public area with guest 

We also provide discharge and transport for patients & visitors.  Riders must be able to get in and out of the chair on their own power and need no special attachments (leg lifts, IV, oxygen).

Annually we do a procedure and policy check through direct observation (suggested during a mock JC survey) on each volunteer trained in using wheelchairs.  Volunteer mentors train new volunteers in the procedures.