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Once you work out the bugs, both technically and literally, a commitment to home medical equipment repair can save money and improve patient care
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A Battery of Common-Sense Maintenance
One might think that Bill Dugan, CBET, has 1,675 reasons to worry about batteries. As the director of clinical engineering services of the 300-bed St Vincent Healthcare in Billings, Mont, Dugan is responsible for 1,675 medical devices that utilize some type of battery, from lead acids to lithium ions and the occasional “smart” battery. But […]
Read MoreAeroScout and St Croix Introduce Combined RTLS Solution
St Croix Systems and AeroScout Inc announce a partnership to offer integrated asset management and real-time location system (RTLS) solutions to improve mobile devices and equipment management for health care.
Read MoreFDA Issues Class 1 Recall for Respironics SmartMonitors
Respironics Inc has initiated a recall of its SmartMonitor 2 infant apnea monitor (models 4002 and 4003) via a letter send to its medical supply companies. The FDA issued a notice on May 18, 2009.
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Medical Missions
L-R: David Harrington, PhD, and Sam Downing, CEO, Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, Salinas, Calif, mount a monitor. L-R: Nurse Dottie Harrington and Ray Schmitt, Assist International, set up a Philips bedside monitor in the emergency room. During a biomedical mission trip to India in 1992, David Harrington, PhD, a health care consultant from Medway, […]
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