Category: Patient Care Equipment

Patient Care Equipment

FDA Issues Early Alert on React Health VOCSN Ventilators Over Cable Issue

Unseated internal flow transducer connectors can trigger device reboots and therapy interruptions, prompting updated checkout and handling protocols.

Patient Care Equipment

University Health Selects Philips for Patient Monitoring Technology

The San Antonio health system will use a service-based model to standardize monitoring across its facilities and improve alarm management.

Patient Care Equipment

Medical Mission Trips 101

As a biomed, bringing your talent to a developing world hospital that is struggling for sound medical equipment can be an intensely satisfying experience. For those who are thinking about making a medical mission trip to the developing world for the first time, partnering with an organization that can help prepare supplies and contacts is key to a successful experience.

Infusion Therapy

Getting Stakeholder Input Right in Infusion System Development

Effective stakeholder analysis and requirements gathering are critical to safe, compliant infusion system design.

Life-Support

Masimo’s Radius VSM Piloted at Vanderbilt for Patient Monitoring

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is piloting Masimo’s Radius VSM and Patient SafetyNet in its emergency department, offering continuous wireless monitoring in areas like waiting rooms to enhance patient safety and reduce ER congestion.

Anesthesia

GE HealthCare Recalls Certain Carestation Devices Over Ventilation Risk

The Carestation anesthesia systems are being recalled due to a risk of ineffective ventilation in volume control mode, which could lead to serious injury or death.

Ventilators

ReNew Biomedical to Service O-Two Ventilators Under New Partnership

The partnership includes service, preventive maintenance, and recertification for key O-Two ventilation products.