BACKGROUND To explore factors that influence and to identify initiatives to improve the recognition, reporting and resolution of device-related incidents. METHODS Semi-structured telephone interviews with 16 health professionals in two tertiary care hospitals were conducted. Purposive sampling was used to identify appropriate study participants. Transcribed interviews were read independently ...

Despite the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of HIV, only a small fraction of HIV-exposed infants in low- and middle-income countries are tested for the disease. The gold standard for early infant diagnosis, DNA PCR, requires resources that are unavailable in poor settings, and no point-of-care HIV DNA test is currently available. We have developed a device constructed of layers of p...

Pharmacotherapy is a major treatment method in healthcare centers, and the injection of powdered drugs is among common pharmacotherapy techniques. Medication errors and nosocomial infections are among major health issues in the world. On the other hand, powdered drugs are widely used in hospitals; however, drug mixture is a very time-consuming process. The objective of this invention was to acc...

Clinical engineers (CEs) and hospital information technology (IT) professionals are well aware that “plug and play” for medical device data is, in practical terms, still mostly a dream. When there is a need for device data to flow from a device to another vendor’s automated system, it is a custom engineering problem often requiring special interfacing software and extra processors, adding expen...

The COPD Foundation Guide to COPD Diagnosis and Treatment is designed to provide practical advice for the health care provider. Available as a hard copy, online and as a mobile device application (app), the Guide serves as an accessible tool for clinicians. To date, over 400,000 cards have been distributed to health care providers nationwide at no charge. The Guide is updated as necessary and s...

The standard of care for lymphedema encompasses risk reduction, early detection, Phase-I Complete Decongestive Therapy in a clinical setting, and Phase-II Self Management at home. This review discusses these lymphedema treatment components, including relevant physiological aspects that form the basis of treatment and an understanding of which are critical to successful outcomes. Phase-I therapy...

The development of new point of care coagulation assay devices is necessary due to the increasing number of patients requiring long-term anticoagulation in addition to the desire for appropriate, targeted anticoagulant therapy and a more rapid response to optimization of treatment. The majority of point of care devices currently available for hemostasis testing rely on clot-based endpoints whic...

BACKGROUND Despite intermittent control of tracheal cuff pressure (P cuff) using a manual manometer, cuff underinflation (<20 cmH2O) and overinflation (>30 cmH2O) frequently occur in intubated critically ill patients, resulting in increased risk of microaspiration and tracheal ischemic lesions. The primary objective of our study was to determine the efficiency of an electronic device in continu...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Evaluating the incidence of nosocomial and invasive device-related infections enables the comparison of the health care associated infection (HAI) between the intensive care units of different hospitals and different units in the same hospital. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective surveillance study was performed to identify nosocomial infections, device-related infe...

Granulox ® is a patent-protected first in class medical device. Granulox ® is positioned for use as an add-on therapy to standard care for the treatment of chronic wounds including venous leg ulcers, pressure ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers which have failed to heal after a period of standard care. Beyond administration of the spray, Granulox ® is not expected to impact upon the standard wound ...