OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD Wrap coiled electrical cables on the beveled side of the Utility Guardian's bracket.

TRIPPING HAZARD The Cure for Wayward Bed Cords
Glenn Bacon, DO, FAAP, would trip on the bed cords most every time he wheeled a patient from the OR to the recovery room. "I'd stuff them under the mattress or wrap them around a handle, but invariably they'd fall out while I was walking down the hallway," says the anesthesiologist from Wentworth Douglass Hospital in Dover, N.H. Dr. Bacon invented a simple bracket that he hopes will solve the tripping problem. It's called the Utility Guardian ($20, bavecllc.com). The easy-to-use bracket hangs on hospital bed headboards to keep those heavy electrical cords and plugs neatly stowed, easily accessible and out from underfoot.

— Dan O'Connor