medical staff Articles
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Health, inequality and commercialisation
This paper offers a critique of the increasing commercialisation of healthcare. It argues for a gift economy in which patients are respected for their knowledge and capacity to help control their own health outcomes as co-producers rather than consumers whose market wants need to be stimulated. It notes the perverse consequences for both patients and medical staff of treating healthcare as a ...
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Implementing lean in surgery - lessons and implications
The principles of lean production originating from the Toyota production system has spread from manufacturing to healthcare. Needless to say, this raises concern whether such principles are actually applicable where the product are humans in need of medical care and what are the consequences for the medical staff. The literature on lean does not suggest that lean should not be applicable in ...
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A computational tool for evaluating the exposure risk in nuclear medicine treatments
A computational tool was developed with the aim of evaluating radiation exposure levels corresponding to patients and other exposed people, such as medical staff or chaperones, during typical nuclear medicine procedures. The calculation system is based on Monte Carlo subroutines adapted from the code PENELOPE and devoted to perform energy deposition according to the user-defined set-up. The ...
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Providing training and on-site support for Ugandan hospital staff helps staff make better use of DrillCover tools
Surgeons, nurses, and other medical staff at a hospital in Uganda are now able to take advantage of Arbutus Medical battery-powered tools as well as local technical support to treat thousands of orthopedic patients in need. For several years, Arbutus Medical has worked with international aid organizations to bring DrillCover surgical tools to hospitals in low-resource countries to help them ...
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DELTASS – Disaster emergency logistic telemedicine advanced satellites system: telemedical services for disaster emergencies
In the Disaster Emergency Logistic Telemedicine Advanced Satellites Systems (DELTASS) project, a disaster scenario was analysed and an appropriate telecommunication system for effective rescue measures for victims was set up. OP 2000 has designed various telemedical services for the support of the medical staff in a Mobile Field Hospital (MFH), which can be located in a disaster area by experts ...
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Evaluation of the preparedness of the healthcare system of Bulgaria in nuclear accidents
This paper describes the studies that were carried out to establish the available resources of the hospitals situated near to Bulgarian NPP 'Kozloduy' to perform medical treatment of casualties in mass radiation accidents. Special attention has been paid to evaluate the possibility to perform first aid and triage to the victims, radiation monitoring procedure and decontamination. The expert view ...
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High precision single use temperature recorder for pharmaceuticals
Many drugs are temperature sensitive, and higher or lower temperatures will affect their quality and safety. The storage and transportation of medicines require cold chain management and temperature monitoring. The high-precision single use temperature recorder is very suitable for use in the pharmaceutical cold chain. It has low cost, small space occupation, high accuracy, and meets ...
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University Department of Pediatrics - Case Study
Established in 1951 Third-level first-class general hospital directly under the Jiangsu Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission Undertakes medical treatment, teaching, scientific research and public welfare The premises equal 90,000 square meters, fixed assets are 845 million RMB, including 526 million RMB of professional equipment; 1,520 actual open beds, 45 open wards and more ...
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The integrated effect of medical lamp position and diffuser discharge velocity on ultra-clean ventilation performance in an operating theatre
AbstractThe ventilation system of an operating theatre (OT) in a hospital needs to provide a comfortable and healthy surgical environment, particularly to minimise the risk of airborne infection. Engineering standards are available to outline specialised ventilation design and installation requirements based on knowledge accumulated from quality research and day-to-day practices. In this paper, ...
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Surgicure Technologies and an AU Graduate`s Innovative Bite Block
Biotechnologies provide a fundamental crux between improving laboratory sciences and the medical field. The development of these new technologies requires both technical prowess and a keen business sense so that the products reach the people that need them. One student at the cross section of this crux is Irena Volkov. Volkov recently graduated with a Bachelor of Science in neuroscience and a ...
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Kato-Katz analysis technique for Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis (STH)
In last October’s newsletter, Sterlitech announced the availability of kits for performing the Kato-Katz analysis technique for Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis (STH) in field-based applications, signifying the first time that these kits were available from a source in the United States. Prior to this, the efforts of research groups and health organizations could be hampered by limited ...
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Glutaraldehyde and Formaldehyde – Health Hazards in Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities
Glutaraldehyde and Formaldehyde Glutaraldehyde is very similar to formaldehyde in its structure and uses in the healthcare industry. Chemically, Glutaraldehyde exists at room temperature as a liquid, whereas formaldehyde exists under those conditions as a gas, which can easily be dissolved in water. Glutaraldehyde is often used as a substitute for formaldehyde because formaldehyde is now a ...
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Formaldehyde – Protecting Hospital Workers
Formaldehyde health and safety is vital since the chemical has many uses in the healthcare industry, not just preserving bodies in the morgue. Formaldehyde is used as a disinfectant as well as a tissue preservative. As a tissue preservative, it can be found in histology labs where tissues are sectioned and prepared for microscopic analysis. Of course, autopsies can also subject the examiner and ...
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Glutaraldehyde – Health Hazards in Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities
Glutaraldehyde is very similar to formaldehyde in its structure and uses in the healthcare industry. Chemically, glutaraldehyde exists at room temperature as a liquid, whereas formaldehyde exists under those conditions as a gas, which can easily be dissolved in water. Glutaraldehyde is often used as a substitute for formaldehyde because formaldehyde is now a suspect cancer-causing substance. ...
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ACA Information Returns Volume 2
Checking Your HRM Software Settings Our first article in this blog series covered the items that needed to be prepared for your 2018 Information Return season. Now we will cover the need to check your HRM software settings and employee files for accuracy. Click HERE to view the attached document, which is designed to help you review the settings that will affect the Compile of 1095-C ...
By Datatech
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The pros of plastic in the medical industry
Plastic has been on the receiving end of a lot of bad publicity. A fair percentage of this is justified. There are, however, some environments where the benefits of plastics, even single-use plastics, far outweigh the disadvantages. The medical industry is one of them. Here are just some of the benefits of plastics in the medical industry.HygieneProbably the single, biggest benefit of plastics ...
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IVF Cryopreservation and Safe Handling Practices
Couples that want to have a baby but have not been able to conceive naturally are drawn to invitro fertilization (IVF) treatments. In an IVF treatment, several eggs are fertilized at once, which creates multiple embryos. While more than one embryo may be implanted, to spur the odds of pregnancy, there are inevitably some unused embryos. The remaining embryos may be preserved cryogenically, for ...
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The difference between medical examination and surgical gloves
Medical gloves are gloves used for medical protection to prevent cross infection between doctors and patients and protect doctors' hands from injury. Medical gloves are made of natural latex, which is highly fit to the skin of the hand and provides superior comfort. Latex, nitrile, polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride and other materials can be used to make medical gloves, among which nitrile gloves ...
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Our Industry’s Everyday Heroes
Medical professionals and first-responders are fighting tirelessly for our well-being and retail employees are putting their own health second so we can buy essentials like food and medicine. Their bravery is astounding. As we all are spending more time than ever before in our own homes, I wanted to take this time to reflect on some of our industry heroes. The home furnishings retail employees, ...
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Vacuum forming within the Medical Industry
The pandemic has underlined the importance of the medical industry. Frontline professionals can only do their job with the right equipment (including PPE). This equipment needs to be packaged to keep it both safe and hygienic. Vacuum forming is an excellent way of creating both the equipment and its packaging. Here’s what you need to know. Thermoforming is massively scalable Probably ...
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