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Vancouver teams awarded for pump breakthrough

December 2, 2020


Brendan GribbonsVANCOUVER – Lower Mainland Biomedical Engineering, which is part of the Provincial Health Services Authority, and Vancouver Coastal Health, were honoured in November 2020 for their joint effort to identify the root cause of over-infusions involving a commonly used brand of infusion pump. The investigative efforts and persistence of the team members improved patient safety not only within their area of responsibility, in BC, but worldwide, too. Read More

Study finds LTC equipment contaminated with COVID-19

August 12, 2020


Dr Michael SchwandtVANCOUVER – Medical equipment, such as blood pressure cuffs, have been identified as surfaces at risk of COVID-19 contamination in long-term care homes, according to a Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)-led study. VCH took immediate action when the preliminary findings came to light. Shared blood pressure cuffs and other medical equipment at the sites were replaced with either disposable cuffs or dedicated equipment that is not shared between patients. Read More

Medical-grade UPS provide reliability for HFNO

June 10, 2020


TrippLite SMART700CHICAGO – Tripp Lite, a global manufacturer of power and connectivity solutions, offers medical-grade uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems to power mobile medical devices such as High Flow Nasal Oxygen (HFNO) therapy. HFNO therapy systems, used to manage respiratory failure, can pose risks for patients in transit if power is lost. Tripp Lite’s SmartPro® SMART700HGL (120V) and SMX700HGL (230V) UPS systems are compliant with the machines to provide uninterrupted oxygen in transport. Read More

Medicom signs 10-year agreement to produce PPE

May 27, 2020


Guillaume LaverdueMONTREAL – AMD Medicom Inc., a leading manufacturer of surgical and respiratory masks, confirmed a long-term agreement with the Canadian Government to produce 20 million N95 respirator masks and 24 million surgical masks per year for the next 10 years, starting this summer. Read More

Lindsay hospital adopts Early Warning System

August 21, 2019


Ross Memorial HospitalLINDSAY, Ont. – The Ross Memorial Hospital is seeing positive results in use of an Early Warning System that’s designed to detect deterioration of a patient’s condition and helps to avoid serious adverse events. Read More

Report: Hospital drug diversion and opioids

June 26, 2019


Ranjeet BanerjeeFRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, released a new study that examines the problem of drug diversion in U.S. hospitals, an underreported contributor to the opioid epidemic. Read More

Collingwood hospital opens self-cleaning rooms

May 22, 2019


Nora HolderCOLLINGWOOD, Ont. – Collingwood General and Marine Hospital (CGMH) has opened the first of five self-sanitizing rooms, and will be the first hospital in Canada to use copper-infused panels on the walls in its hallways and patient rooms to prevent bacteria growth. Read More

Patient documents pumps with expired safety checks

January 9, 2019


WRHA infusion pumpWINNIPEG – Jennifer Zyla, a breast cancer patient, documented multiple times in 2018 when she found that her chemotherapy pump had passed its inspection date. For its part, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is calling it a “one-off situation.” Read More

RL Solution to merge with Datix

July 18, 2018


Sanjay MalaviyaTORONTO, CHICAGO, and LONDON – RL Solutions and Datix Limited, leading providers of healthcare quality and patient safety software, have announced the merger of the two companies to form a global leader in patient safety, quality and infection prevention. After a brief transition period through the end of July, Seyed Mortazavi, Datix CEO, will take over chief executive duties of the combined company. Sanjay Malaviya (pictured), RL’s founder and CEO, will become executive chairman of the board. Read More

DrFirst implemented at South Okanagan General

June 7, 2018


Cameron DeemerOLIVER, B.C. – South Okanagan General Hospital has deployed MedHx, DrFirst’s electronic patient medication history service, integrated within the hospital’s Meditech Enterprise Health Record (EHR). Read More

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