Vancouver teams awarded for pump breakthrough
December 2, 2020
VANCOUVER – 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.
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VANCOUVER – 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.
CHICAGO – 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.
MONTREAL – 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.
LINDSAY, 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.
FRANKLIN 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.
COLLINGWOOD, 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.
WINNIPEG – 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.”
TORONTO, 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.
OLIVER, 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).