RES-Q Healthcare Systems demonstrated its Patient Waiting Room View at AONE 2008. Similar to airline flight displays at ...
The battle for infection control is fought daily in wound management where the body's first line of defense against microbes has been breeched. Sometimes something old is made new again with a twist of new technology, as is the case in new infection-fighting wound care products that use shrimp shells, honey and silver as their key ingredients. The silver bullet
Michigan Instruments Inc. recently launched its new life support device, Life-Stat that provides effective, consistent hands-free cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This mechanical CPR device provides rescuer hands-free AHA Guideline-compliant CPR in either the 30:2 compression to ventilation ratio or continuous chest compressions with asynchronous ventilation modes of operation.
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
At AACN 2008, Vital Signs Inc. will display its new 500 and 1,000 mL InfusaScan fluid pressure infusor bags, which are designed to help reduce medication errors.
An Achilles' heal in the armor of hospital patient safety protocol is the fact that anesthesiologists are the only ...
Cheetah Medical Inc. said this week the FDA cleared for marketing the Reliant, a portable cardiac output monitor that ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
Many clinicians probably feel like they are being treated like a 5-year-old with the constant warnings and reminders to ...
The newest version of Mediware's medication management software suite reportedly offers enhanced data integration and functional improvements for tracking of medication orders, administrations and histories.
April 9, 2008 - Michigan Instruments Inc. recently launched its new life support device, Life-Stat, that provides ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
Antibiotics were a miracle drug when introduced more than 60 years ago, but they have also spurred the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant strains of super bug bacteria that hospitals are having a tough time controlling.
To help ease the hand fatigue experienced by many surgeons during electrosurgery procedures, MEGADYNE recently announced ...
MedWaves Inc. received FDA 510(k) clearance in January 2008 for its patented Microwave Coagulation/Ablation System for ...
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
Between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die each year from preventable medical errors, according to the Institute of ...
Baxa Corp. launched the MedBoard Web-based medication tracking system in December 2007, designed to record pharmacy ...
There has been a flood of new products and a rush by companies to get new infection control products on the market since last summer, when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) passed a rule it will no longer reimburse healthcare facilities for preventable hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) starting in October 2008.