A bedpan requires the caregiver to significantly reposition the patient so they can use it, whereas a fracture pan can be slid under someone more easily by a provider or a patient themselves.

Although the use of a bedpan can be uncomfortable or socially awkward, the alternative could be chronic constipation or severe urinary tract infections. Caregivers must be especially careful when ...

Julie Stevenson (left) bought two Shelley bedpans from Mary Jacobs (right), who has a large bedpan collection A bedpan collector said she was delighted two of the rarest will be shown at a private ...

A bedpan collector said she was delighted two of the rarest will be shown at a private exhibition in a cathedral. Mary Jacobs, 77, from Newmarket, Suffolk, bought her first bedpan in 1984 in a ...