TOILET FACILITY FOR A PATIENT

摘要

A self contained toilet facility (10) for use with wheel chairs or beds and comprising a toilet bowl (12) having at least one inlet (25 or 26) connectable via a respective pump (48 or 47) to each of a patient cleansing liquid supply tank (18) and a bowl cleansing liquid supply tank (17), and to a source of air flow (36). The bowl (12) also has a waste outlet (13) connected to a waste tank (19) via a mascerator (14) and respective pump (49), the inflow of cleansing liquids to the bowl and outflow of waste from the bowl being controlled by a programmable control unit (37). The three tanks (17,18,19) are arranged side by side and are readily detachable from and connectable to conduits connected to the bowl and may colour coded to indicate the contents thereof.