Minimize falls in the healthcare environment
AliMed Inc. offers the QualCareTM Voice AlarmTM, which is designed to help improve fall management and response time. This new product allows caregivers to record any message up to 20 seconds in length, giving the resident a familiar voice and a message unique to the resident's situation. The alarm mode features four different tones that sound at 85 or 95dBs (decibels) giving the caregiver a variety of alternative tones. QualCare Voice Alarm can be activated by four methods--pull cord, seat belt type, be or wheelchair sensor pad--then the voice message plays for 20 seconds, after which an alarm tone sounds until it is reset by a caregiver. Every alarm has a built-in nurse call jack to allow for a connection between the alarm unit and a nurses station. The Y-adapter, included with the nurse call connector, accepts both the nurse call connector and the emergency call button. A brilliant flashing read light also helps direct a caregiver to the correct patient, which is ideal in facilities with multiple alarm-managed residents. Contact 800.225.2610.
Triple CareTM D Skin Protectant joins Smith & Nephew's line of innovative healthcare products
Simth & Nephew, Inc. introduces Triple Care D a dimethicone-based skin protectant cream in response to market-driven needs. Triple Care D contains five percent dimethicone and is specially formulated to protect the skin against wetness and irritation due to exposure to urine and feces. In addition to mitigating the effects of diaper rash, it helps prevent and soothe chafed, chapped, cracked, or wind burned skin and lips. An ideal moisturizer for conditioning dry skin, its nonirritating formula is lanolin-free, and when applied, goes on the skin clear. Available in four ounce sized tubes, Triple Care D is easy to apply, it is just as easy to remove with Triple care® Antimicrobial Cleanser or Nursing Care™ Personal cleanser. Contact 714.427.1979 or visit www.smith-nephew.com.
Omega Medical announces new Assorted Size Institutional Pack for Megazinc Pink™ Adhesive Tape
Omega Medical Products Corporation announces the addition of a new Assorted Size Institutional Pack for Megazinc Pink™ adhesive tape. Each pack contains eight rolls of 1/2", four rolls of 1", and two rolls of 2" Megazinc Pink adhesive tape.
Megazinc Pink's Assorted Size Institutional Pack was designed to offer several sizes in one convenient pack for multiple taping purposes. Megazinc Pink adhesive tape is a latex-free, waterproof, zinc oxide based adhesive tape that is gentle to sensitive skin. It remains intact when wet or washed, and its conformability and flexibility allow for ease of application and easy, painless removal. Contact 888.837.TAPE or visit www.omegamedicalproducts.com.
Augustine Medical, Inc. seeks Medicare coverage for Warm-Up® Therapy
Augustine Medical has recommended to the Health Care financing Administration (HCFA) new HCFA Common Procedure coding Systems (HCPCS) coding for its Warm-Up therapy products. HCPCS codes will allow providers to bill Medicare for use of Warm-Up therapy on patients. This therapy has been sucessfully used to heal chronic ulcers, including venous, pressure and diabetic wounds and received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance in l997.
Warm-Up therapy is a non-contact normothermic wound care systems that consists of sterile would cover, an infrared warming card and a battery-operated controller to deliver regulated warmth to a wound. Augustine Medical is also seeking Durable Medical Equipment (DME) HCPCS codes for each component. An appropriate level of payment for each component is critical and at current pricing levels, Warm-Up therapy could save the Medicare program millions of dollars in healing chronic wounds. Contact 952.947.1214 or visit www.BriggsCorp.com or www.augustinemedical.com.
DeRoyal adds three new safety products to help eliminate accidental sharps injuries
DeRoyal is adding three more safety devices and supplies, all designed to facilitate the safe handling of sharp medical instruments as mandated by OSHA Directive CPL 2-244D and the federal Needlestick Safety Act, which went into effect in April 2001. ScrubSafeTM, a multifunctional sharps transfer tray, prevents injuries that can occur when passing sharp instruments. Its design and medical grade plastic are designed to facilitate hands-free transfer of commonly used sharp instruments and can be used from either side, based upon the needs at the time. SutureMate® is a disposable surgical device that has been clinically proven to reduce glove perforations and percutaneous injuries. It also features a securely recessed cut-off blade for severing the thread without assistance when finishing suturing, eliminating the danger of glove perforation for team members. Needle Cap Caddy™ is a needle recapping and exchange device consisting of a foam pad with 10 pre-drilled locations that accommodate the capped end of all sizes and brands of hypodermic, spinal and IV needles, including two small, three medium, three large and two extra-large needs. It is designed to prevent accidental needle sticks to clinicians during needle removal and recapping. Contact 865.922.3380 or visit www.deroyal.com.
Provant™ a wound closure system
Provant treatment uses the proprietary CPI signal to stimulate secretion of growth factors and induce proliferation of fibroblasts and epithelial cells critical for healing. Effects are immediate and robust; visible changes appear within one week. Randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded clinical trial results indicate that Provant treatment can promote 50% faster healing even in chronic, severe pressure wounds. Treatment is noninvasive, sensation-free and works through dressings since the CPI signal travels 7-8 cm. through cutaneous tissue layers to heal deep wounds. The portable and lightweight Provant device is user friendly and time efficient. Set up takes less than 5 minutes. No special skills are required to perform the therapy. Physicians prescribe Provant treatment BID for 30 minutes, 8 to 12 hours apart. Use Provant to better patient outcomes and maximize resources. Contact 877.970.4970 or write Regenesis Biomedical, Inc., 1435 North Hayden Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85257.
AstraZeneca launches two new nutrition websites to serve US healthcare professionals
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals announces the launch of two new Websites designed to make nutritional product information and nutritional news more readily available for US health care professionals. Visit www.MVI-us.com for information on AstraZeneca's M.V.I.®-12 (multivitamins for infusion) and M.V.I.® Pediatric (multivitamins for infusion). This site serves as a one-stop source for product information and related materials for the full line of products including patient brochures, product updates, ordering information and speaker requests. For the total patenteral nutrition professional, www.tpnpro.com is a Website complete with important articles, news feeds from Reuters News Service, links tables and calculator, daily facts from RealAge and access to CE credits. Contact 302.886.2986 or visit www.astrazeneca-us.com.
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