Haag-Streit Stool Model 548 https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=465042 Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:52:31 GMT Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:04:48 GMT Copyright © 2012 Ophthalmic Photographers' Society Haag-Streit Stool Model 548 https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=465042 https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=465042 Does anybody have experience using this stool?  I like that it has a wide square bottom and a foot pedal for us to raise/lower the patient once they are seated.  I haven't used one before.  Any thoughts out there on this stool or others that are great for patients at imaging devices? 

 Thanks!

 

Sarah

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:06:04 GMT https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=465051 https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=465051 Not this stool in particularl, we use the Reliance model, but large square seat with hydraulic foot pedal to raise and lwoer patients.

 

1000K a stool, but WORTH EVERY Penny, when you have large patient's, unstable patient's, and one's you'd rather not lift out of a chair and back on again just to raise or lower it.  

This is all we use at the ODC.  I wouldn't put my mother in any other chair, why a patient?  It's a comfort and safety issue.  Mid stream angiography I don't want a large 93 year old man ( or woman) falling out of a chair!

 

Denice

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:13:54 GMT Haag-Streit Stool Model 548 https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=465052 https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=465052 Sarah,

Only draw back is the stool doesn't lock in place so if the patient on sitting, the chair can roll about. I believe you can lock the chair seat from rotating in a circle. Always get the waterfall bottom for sitting on.

Tom Steele 

 


]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:14:48 GMT https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=465062 https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=465062 We use the Reliance 556 which has the same lockable wheeled base & hydraulic lift. It has a round seat & curved armrest that's helpful for some patients, but not other. The 548 looks better to me, but I don't think the 548 was available when we looked a few years back. The foot rest ring is held in place by spring clips and has a tendency to pop off. We broke several clips & eventually just removed the ring. The fact that you can lock the base is a key feature and its a workhorse.

We love the Reliance 2000 Laser Chair for angiography, but its pretty expensive, so we only have one of those.

No financial interest...

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:20:03 GMT RE: Haag-Streit Stool Model 548 https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=465067 https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=465067 T. Steele said:

Sarah,

Only draw back is the stool doesn't lock in place so if the patient on sitting, the chair can roll about. I believe you can lock the chair seat from rotating in a circle. Always get the waterfall bottom for sitting on.

Tom Steele 

 



Tom, I think the lockable wheeled base is an option on all the 500 series chairs. ]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:22:16 GMT https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=465093 https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=465093 Sarah,

We use the same chairs Tim referenced, Reliance 556 with brakes. These are expensive but worth it. We have them for all our imaging devices in our department.

Let us know what you decide.

bob

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:53:19 GMT https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=466572 https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=466572 Sarah

I used the same chairs as Bob and Tim.  The lockable wheelbase is an OPTION that is worth the extra $$$.  If you go with a Reliance be sure you get extra clips for the foot ring.  As Tim mentioned, they are PLASTIC and snap easily if a larger pt tries to step down on what is only to be a foot "rest".  That was quite a disappointment for the price.

Looking at the model you quote...i wonder if the "waterfall" seat would be a help or hinderance?  With that raised lip at the front, i question if it would make it harder for pts to lean forward into the chin rest.  I'd want to try it out before plunking down $1k+. 

Lastly, we also had some of the 546 chairs in Boston, which is why we opted for the 556 when replacing.  The single post back support over time will get bent into a very unsuportive reclined position.  I'm sure a biomed department could throw it in a vise and straighten it.  But the wraparound back on the 556 also adjusts for pts of excessive or diminutive "girth".

more than .02

j-

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