Healthcare Facilities Articles
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The Average Cost of CPR Training In Kentucky
Discussing the cost of CPR training is not merely a financial decision but a strategic move toward enhancing workplace safety. The cost varies based on several factors, including the complexity of the training, the level of certification required, and the number of participants. For companies, understanding these cost components is essential to make informed decisions. The value of CPR training ...
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Fortifying Safety in Healthcare Facilities: Walk-Through Metal Detectors
Fortifying Safety in Healthcare Facilities: Walk-Through Metal Detectors The safety and security of patients, staff, and visitors are paramount in healthcare facilities, and the deployment of walk-through metal detector has emerged as a pivotal strategy in safeguarding these environments. Walk-through metal detectors play a critical role in proactive threat detection, enhancing security ...
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Why Sterile Packaging is Crucial for Medical Devices
Patients who need medical treatment often fear being exposed to harmful germs and unsanitary instruments. Just the thought of a healthcare provider using an unsterilized surgical device or needle is enough to make people feel queasy. As a result, patients find it reassuring to watch a clinician remove healthcare devices from sterile packaging before starting a procedure. Sterile packaging ...
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Enhancing Healthcare Security: The Role of Door Frame Metal Detectors in Hospitals and Clinics
Enhancing Healthcare Security: The Role of Door Frame Metal Detectors in Hospitals and Clinics The safety and security of patients, healthcare professionals, and visitors are paramount in hospitals and clinics. With the evolving landscape of security threats, the implementation of robust security measures is essential to ensure a secure environment conducive to healing and care. Door frame metal ...
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Smooth and Secure Medical Equipment Moving
Medical Equipment Relocation Welcome to Armstrong Scientific, your trusted partner in seamless and reliable medical equipment moving. With years of experience and a proven track record, we take pride in providing top-notch medical equipment relocation services to healthcare facilities, research centers, and medical institutions across the country. Our dedicated team of professionals is committed ...
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Speeding Up Healthcare Innovation Leveraging Cloud Technology
Over the past decade, cloud computing has undergone remarkable expansion. The collective revenue generated by AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft surged from $49 billion in 2018 to an astonishing $206 billion in 2022.[i] Projections from Future Market Insights indicate that the revenue from cloud services is poised to maintain an impressive average annual growth rate of 21%, reaching a staggering ...
By Caresyntax
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Skin Wound Closure Strips
The skin wound closure strip is an adhesive medical tape used to close minor skin incisions.It is designed to bring together the skin on both sides of the wound to facilitate the healing process. These strips are often used as an alternative to sutures or stitches because they not only reduce scarring but are easier to manage and maintain. Different types of wound closure strips are suitable for ...
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Data-Driven Surgical Education: A Conversation with Dr. Peter Nau
In the ever-evolving field of surgery, the integration of data and technology has ushered in a new era of surgical training and education, where precision and proficiency are elevated. We recently had the privilege of speaking with Peter Nau, MD, MS, FACS, Clinical Professor of Surgery-Gastrointestinal, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Surgical Director of the Digestive Health Center, ...
By Caresyntax
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AED In The Workplace: 5 Reasons Why It Matters
The modern workplace is more than just a space to accomplish tasks; it’s a community where employees spend a significant portion of their lives. As such, ensuring the safety and well-being of everyone in this environment is paramount. One crucial aspect of workplace safety that is often overlooked is the presence of an Automated External Defibrillator or AED. AED in the workplace is more ...
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The Importance of Organ Donation
Why should you donate organs? Organ donation is a way to save the lives of people who are sick, not healthy and in need of new organs. When someone’s organs are weak, they require a new one to continue living. Organ donation refers to the supply of a healthy organ, gained from either a living or passed away donor, to help an individual requiring a transplant to improve ...
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Overview of Diabetes: Prevalence Assessment, Treatment And Prevention
Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects more than 540 million people worldwide and is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. In China, there are more than 114 million adults with diabetes, accounting for about a quarter of the world's diabetes patients. With the change of living and eating habits, diabetes has become the third major factor affecting human health after ...
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High-resolution structure of a key bacterial enzyme: Aid in the fight against antibiotic resistance
A team of scientists from around the world, including from Trinity College Dublin, has obtained high-resolution structural insights into a key bacterial enzyme, which may help chemists design new drugs to inhibit it, thereby inhibiting disease-causing bacteria. Their work is important amid growing concerns about rising antibiotic resistance. The scientists, led by Martin Caffrey, Emeritus ...
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Host Cell Residual DNA: Understanding its Significance and Detection Methods
Host Cell Residual DNA (rcDNA) refers to fragments of DNA derived from host cells that may be present in biological products. These products must not contain foreign substances, particularly host DNA, to avoid immune rejection and potential threats to life safety. Regulatory agencies worldwide have imposed strict limits on the amount of rcDNA, and various pharmacopoeias have outlined several ...
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How Sterile Storage Cabinets Protect Your Medical Supplies Through Multiple Levels of Functionality
Maintaining sterile storage conditions is necessary to protect medical instruments, drugs, surgical implants, and other equipment from contaminants. ARON guidelines on sterilization are straightforward: temperatures should not exceed 72°F (22°C) to 78°F (26°C), relative humidity should not exceed 60%, and airflow should be positive pressure with at least four total air changes per ...
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Psychosocial Event Management Tools: A New Approach to Improving Employee Mental Health in the Workplace
Mental health is a critical concern for all companies. One in five individuals will experience a mental health problem during their lives, according to the World Health Organization. For many people, the workplace is where mental health problems first begin and/or become exacerbated. ...
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Unravelling the Hypertension Puzzle
In this busy and crowded world, no one has the time or energy to look after themselves; our lack of effort and diminished sense of responsibility towards our health has led to stress, tension, and various health issues becoming an inseparable part of our lifestyle. One of the most popularly spread health issues is hypertension. According to estimates by The World Health ...
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Sterilizing Medical Devices Using Ethylene Oxide
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 48.3 million procedures were performed at hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers in the United States in 2010. Healthcare providers and patient advocates understand that infection prevention requires meticulous sanitation and sterilization of all facilities, equipment, and instruments used in surgery settings. According to the World ...
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TOMI SteraMist Helps Controlling the Spread of C. auris
The CDC has declared C. auris as an urgent Antifungal Resistant (AR) Threat Candida auris, C. auris, is a type of fungus that causes severe infections and is spread very easily, especially through healthcare facilities and equipment. C. auris has been a burden on healthcare systems since it was discovered in 2009 and surfaced in the United States in ...
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Storing Sterile Medical Supplies: It’s About Controlling the Environment
It is incumbent on hospitals and other medical facilities to maintain sterility wherever needed to keep patients and staff safe. This goes for operating and exam rooms. Healthcare institutions must also safely store surgical scrubs, head covers, sterile surgical implants, equipment, and medication. The goal is to protect these items from contaminants like dust, viruses, and bacteria so they ...
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Building Foundations Beyond COVID
Environmental Steri-Clean (ESC), a Certified SteraMist provider and TSN member receives ongoing contract Environmental Steri-Clean (ESC), a TOMI Service Network (TSN) provider since 2015, has been using SteraMist disinfection products to bolster their mold remediation service and assist with their thriving fire/water mitigation services. During the ...
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