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Delivering in record time for coronavirus wards at Epsom University Hospital - Case Study
Project: Epsom University Hospitals Covid-19 Wards Client: Interserve / Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Timing: 25th – 28th March 2020 Value: £1.6M Medical Gases completed a project, including over 1000 meters of pipework, in less than a week to boost oxygen supplies to the coronavirus wards at Epsom University Hospital. Background In early March ...
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Prevalence of plastic additives in indoor air related to newly diagnosed asthma
This paper presents a correlation between the certain plastic additives and newly diagnosed asthma. We studied this association by measuring the plastic additives in the indoor air of the homes of presenting patients at the Skin and Allergy hospitals, including old and new, clinically diagnosed cases of asthma and controls. A total of 465 people filled in a questionnaire that probed, for example, ...
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Waste anesthetic gas analysis improves health care environment across US southwest
Gasmet gas analysis technology is enabling US health system provider Banner Health to test its clinical and non-clinical facilities more effectively, protecting employees and patients, improving work practices, and reducing costs. Recognized as one of the leading health systems in the US, nonprofit Banner Health is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and operates 29 hospitals - including three ...
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HealthySole launches UVC-powered shoe sanitizer for healthcare settings
HealtySOLE has launched a new PLUS model of its shoe sanitizer meant for use in hospitals and other settings where infection control is urgent. Researchers have proven a device using ultraviolet light technology can neutralize the coronavirus and other infectious diseases on the soles of shoes by more than 99.5 percent, according to a new study. “The device deactivated coronavirus ...
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Understanding compliant HCC coding and auditing
Abstract: There's a lot of buzz around HCCs in the healthcare. But not everyone understands why and how to use them. Coding and auditing errors can have a negative impact on the organization’s revenue cycle. Hospital and clinical staff, including Directors, Auditors, CDI staff, Managers, CDI Clinicians and coding compliance and privacy staff should understand the key components of the HCC ...
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A new mindset for combination product development
In this article, Asmita Khanolkar, Senior Director, Cambridge Pharma, at SMC, outlines the latest trends in combination product development to overcome some of the current challenges of high dose/viscosity/volume delivery. Based on the learnings from the covid-19 pandemic, it is time to emphasise the changing mindset towards a forward- looking design and development process for combination ...
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Ranking Prescribed Pharmaceuticals in Terms of Environmental Risk: Inclusion of Hospital Data and the Importance of Regular Review
A newly available dataset on pharmaceuticals used in Scottish hospitals enabled an Environmental Risk Assessment that includes hospital consumption of pharmaceuticals, as previous UK rankings have been based on community prescription only. As health and the environment are devolved issues for the Scottish government, it is in any case merited to consider a Scottish ranking separately; regional ...
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease risk management in Belgium
Large imports of cattle and meat and bone meal from countries potentially affected by bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) may have led to the BSE agent entering Belgium, and the occurrence of domestic BSE cases. The first case was confirmed in 1997. The ability to avoid amplification of incoming infectivity, as well as to reduce already circulating infectivity, was greatly improved in Belgium ...
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Shoe Sanitizing Stations for Hospitals
During an early 2020 study in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers swabbed multiple surfaces at a healthcare facility to study aerosol and surface distribution. Around 50% of the samples from healthcare workers’ footwear contained genetic material from the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In addition, as medical staff walk around the ward, the virus can be tracked all over the ...
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Bio-Me part of unique Nordic IBD initiative
Bio-Me is one of the participants in a new Nordic project that will develop personalized treatment for IBD patients. In December 2018, the Nordic Council’s research department awarded Nordfors 30 million for a research project with the theme of personalized medicine for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The study has been titled NORDTREAT – The Nordic IBD treatment strategy ...
By Bio-Me
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The Burden of Hospital Acquired Infections on Health Systems
What is a Hospital Acquired Infection? A Hospital-Acquired Infection (HAI) (also know as a Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI) or nosocomial infection) is defined by WHO as ‘an infection acquired in hospital by a patient who was admitted for a reason other than that infection1‘. This includes infections acquired in the hospital but appearing after discharge, and also occupational ...
By TriMedika
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UV Light a Top Ten ECRI Safety Issue for 2021
A recent Medtech Dive article highlighted the medtech safety issues facing hospitals in the year ahead. Concerns included managing devices approved via the EUA process, substandard PPE, and the lack of regulation/safety concerns around UV light products. According to MEdtech, “Ultraviolet light technologies can have a germicidal effect but may not deliver a high enough dose to ...
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Maintaining Quality in Stem Cell Products: ATMPs and Regulation (Series Part 2 of 4)
What are ATMPs? Stem cells are categorized as Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) when undergoing substantial manipulation or when used for a different essential function. ATMPs are medicines for human use with gene, tissue or cell components. They can be classified into gene therapy medicines, somatic-cell therapy medicines, and tissue-engineered medicines, depending on how the medicine ...
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Why Modular Wiring?
As our mobile devices continue to evolve at an accelerated rate, the way in which we charge these devices will change as well, ultimately modifying the face of our electrical wiring devices. While technological changes are inevitable, one thing will remain constant in our hyper-connected society: a need for power. From standard receptacles to the latest trend of USB outlets, there is no ...
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Landmark study confirms that controlled blood pressure is key to prevent stroke, heart disease
Follow-up data from the landmark SPRINT study of the effect of high blood pressure on cardiovascular disease have confirmed that aggressive blood pressure management — lowering systolic blood pressure to less than 120 mm Hg — dramatically reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke, and death from these diseases, as well as death from all causes, compared to lowering ...
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Healthcare in Crisis: Workplace Safety at Hospitals
Not long ago, I spent an extended time in the hospital with my father. As I stayed by his side, I was surprised to see how many potential workplace hazards and possible near-miss injuries hospital employees faced. The staff was looking out for my father’s safety, but I wondered if they were thinking about their own safety as well. We count on physicians, nurses and healthcare assistants to ...
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Features of machines used for hospital infection control
Hospital infection control requires recourse to a good quality equipment that not only removes dirt but also eliminates molds, bedbugs, allergens, and germs. Healthcare services are grappling the problem of maintaining sanitization on a daily basis, and one of the most useful tools in this regard is a dry vapor system. A dry vapor system built for hospital infection control should have the ...
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Organoid Models of SARS-CoV-2 Infection learned from COVID-19
The clinical presentation of COVID-19-related illness ranges from asymptomatic to mild respiratory symptoms resembling influenza infection to acute symptoms including pneumonia requiring hospitalization and admission to the intensive care unit. COVID-19 starts in the upper airways and lungs, but in severe cases can also affect the heart, blood vessels, brain, liver, kidneys, and intestines. ...
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Bardy Diagnostics Carnation Ambulatory Monitor Patch decreases both time to diagnosis and readmissions in Emergency Department patients with possible arrhythmia concerns in Clinical Study from Overlake Medical Center
BELLEVUE, WA — July 29, 2021– A recent clinical study from Overlake Medical Center utilizing the Bardy Diagnostics Carnation Ambulatory Monitor (CAM) patch was presented at the 2021 Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Conference. The abstract, “Accelerating Proper Evaluation of Emergency Department Patients for Arrhythmia Concerns with Discharge Use of ECG Patch Monitors,” authored ...
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U.S. Nuclear Corp. Partners with Fusion Power Leader
DENVER, CO / ACCESSWIRE / January 30, 2018 / US Nuclear (OTC PINK: UCLE) recently announced it signed a preliminary agreement with MIFTEC, a subsidiary of MIFTI, to become the exclusive contractor to manufacture medical isotope generators in the nuclear medicine market. MIFTI Nuclear Fusion was recognized and awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy, ARPA-E, for their innovative approach ...
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