Protective covering for safety straps medical equipment

Abstract

A disposable cover for medical safety straps. This disposable protective cover is slipped over the existing safety strap prior to being used to secure a patients' body to a medical table for a procedure, allowing the strap to be protected from infected bodily fluids.

1 . A set of disposable protective covers for safety straps that are used to secure patients to medical equipment and/or procedural tables from possible contamination by infected bodily fluids, the covers are quickly and easily secured and removed while maintaining the integrity (security) of the safety strap, comprising: of a length of disposable flexible impermeable material, and hook-and-loop fasteners. 
     
     
         2 . The disposable cover in  claim 1  wherein the hook-and-loop fasteners of the medical table safety strap attach to the inside of the disposable covers hook-and-loop fasteners, and the hook-and loop fasteners on the outer portion of the disposable cover attach to the opposite adjacent cover to hold the patients' body securely to the medical table. 
     
     
         3 . The disposable cover in  claim 1  wherein the covers are disposable and can be safely remover by the operator after each use, eliminating the contamination of the medical table safety straps. 
     
     
         4 . The disposable cover in  claim 1  wherein the covers are flexible, and impermeable to infectious bodily fluids, thus eliminating the transfer of infectious bodily fluids and cross contamination from the medical table safety strap to the patient. 
     
     
         5 . The disposable cover in  claim 1  wherein the covers are slipped over the medical table safety strap and secured by the hook and loop fasteners at the base of the medical table safety strap and can be removed and replaced for the next use of the medical table. 
     
     
         6 . A method of securing the disposable cover to the safety strap, comprising:
 a.) providing a medical table safety strap with a disposable cover comprising of a flexible impermeable material having hook and loop fasteners on the inside edge thereof, and opposite hook and loop fasteners on the outside of the each individual cover;   b.) providing a medical table safety strap with hook and loop fasteners, the disposable cover is slipped over the medical table safety strap and is secured by the hook and loop fasteners on the inside edge of the cover;   c.) providing the disposable covers are secured to the medical table safety strap, the disposable covers are then able to be attached to the opposed disposable cover by joining the hook and loop fasteners on the outside of the opposed disposable covers and;   d.) once used, the disposable covers are removed and discarded taking all contaminates with the covers.