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LITTLETON, Mass., April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Image Stream Medical announces receipt of Patent 8,401,869 for its LiveStream (link) family of video streaming products. LiveStream enables the unique ability to allow digital video based collaboration between surgical operating rooms and remote clinicians while supporting HIPAA requirements such as patient privacy protection. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130415/NE94718 ) Surgery is a complex orchestration of...
Teams using checklists were 74 percent less likely to miss key life-saving steps in care during emergency situations than those working from memory alone In an airplane crisis—an engine failure, a fire—pilots pull out a checklist to help with their decision-making. But in an operating room crisis—massive bleeding, a patient's heart stops—surgical teams don't. Given the complexity of judgment and circumstances, standard practice is for teams to use memory alone. In a new study...
ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When doctors, nurses and other hospital operating room staff follow a written safety checklist to respond when a patient experiences cardiac arrest, severe allergic reaction, bleeding followed by an irregular heart beat or other crisis during surgery, they are nearly 75 percent less likely to miss a critical clinical step, according to a new study funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare...
PHILADELPHIA, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Defense Logistics Agency is helping military medical facilities enrich the quality of care provided to America's service members and their families. State-of-the-art integrated operating rooms will enable medical providers to enhance patient safety and outcomes, and provide improved practitioner efficiency, said Andrew Wechter, the DLA Troop Support medical equipment division chief. "The new contracts for integrated operating...
Download a catalog of DRE's most popular new and refurbished medical equipment. Louisville, KY (PRWEB) June 14, 2012 The 2012-2013 DRE Medical Equipment print catalog is now available for viewing at dremed.com. The catalog is a showcase for DRE’s most popular lines of new and refurbished medical equipment, including anesthesia machines, monitors, lighting, tables, respiratory ventilators, electrosurgical units, microscopes, defibrillators, and much more. A PDF of the catalog can be...
According to QuickMedical®, Hard Surface Cleaner manufactured by Surgical Scientific Products was developed to provide better patient outcomes by using a non-aggressive formula that can be used on LCD monitors, lighting diffusers and booms, laptop key boards, operating tables, cabinetry and even floors and walls. Issquah, WA (PRWEB) December 08, 2011 Hard Surface Cleaner by Surgical Scientific is, according to QuickMedical, designed for cleaning hard surfaces in the operating room...
Students learn with DRE's tables, lights, anesthesia machines and much more. Louisville, KY (PRWEB) August 06, 2011 DRE, Inc., a premier medical equipment distributor, recently supplied surgical equipment for an expansion to the Florida International University College of Nursing & Health Sciences Simulation Center. FIU is a public university in Miami, Fla. The nursing Simulation Center includes exam rooms, hospital stations, and other settings that allow students to learn in...
Bojan Kuure, Director of Surgical Services for Island Hospital will be continuing her series of on-air discussions August 5th at 9AM EST New York, NY (PRWEB) August 05, 2011 Ashford Publishing announces Bojan Kuure, Director of Surgical Services at Island Hospital, will be returning to Ashford Radio August 5th at 9AM EST. Ashford Publishing speaks with executives, professionals and leaders of their field to help promote those that we feel have become experts in their industry. For...
Many procedures within operating rooms cause bio hazardous fluids to flow off operating room tables and onto the floor. To contain the spread of infectious fluid, operating room staff are using bed sheets. OR Innovation a company based out of West Palm Beach, Florida has just developed a new product, Remora, that eliminates the use of bed sheets to contain fluid, while preventing contamination, slip and falls and electrocution within the operating room. West Palm Beach, FL (PRWEB) June...
Patient Warming Blankets by Progressive Dynamics Medical maintain ideal body temperature for patients before, during, or after surgery. The Soft-flex warming covers are available in adult, pediatric, lower body, and upper body sizes. Progressive Dynamics Medical Warming Blankets are flexible, disposable, and latex-free. Progressive Dynamics Operating Room and Recovery Room Warming Blankets are ideal for EMS and Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) environments. Issaquah, WA (Vocus/PRWEB)...
