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Equipment access The flow and availability of medical tools and supplies have been main issues throughout the pandemic. “From a manufacturer’s standpoint, I would say the biggest challenge is finding time to work with our customers on finding solutions,” expresses Christian Berling, ice President, ales and arketing, EINE Ltd. “They are all being pulled in so many directions that finding the time to catch up for a simple phone call is challenging. In the EINE product line, we have seen demand for our reusable laryngoscopes and handles. any customers who migrated to disposables in the past have experienced interruptions in deliveries that do not happen when you employ a reusable system.”
Elevating procedures, infection prevention oving forward through the COID- crisis, hospitals and healthcare facilities look to the latest and most effective instruments, supplies, equipment, technology and practices to enhance surgical performance, patient outcomes and infection control. What is out on the market now New tools, supplies and systems to support surgical procedures, patient monitoring, staff screening, medical device management, staff hand hygiene and environmental services (E) cleaning.
HEINE premium, reusable laryngoscope blades
ara Pare, ice President, Client olutions, Partsource, adds, “pecifically, in the clinical engineering space, equipment uptime has been a maor challenge. It is crucial for key equipment used for COID patients, such as respiratory care equipment, to be kept operational for use with patients. When the equipment is down, clinical engineers are pushing as quickly as possible to source criti- cal parts to service the equipment.”
Coyle stresses the demand for PPE and medical equipment. “Our biggest needs have remained consistent throughout the
pandemic – most commonly, N5 respirators, surgical gloves, gowns, testing supplies, and ventilators,” she noted. “In addition, a sustained pressure on the global supply chain causes delayed delivery of many items and persistent supply shortages. I don’t have specifics to all areas of the hospital, but delayed shipments of implants andor essential O materials (suture, disposable items, etc.) could and has an impact on patient care.”
Infection control Caring for patients with COID- disease creates additional risks for infections, indicates Eisenkraft. “nlike most cases of hospitalized complex patients, all COID-
patients pose a contamination threat to all those who are in close contact,” he explained. “It is not enough to keep the relevant precautions and follow strict workflows several other tools and measures should be used in order to make sure the facility safety is kept, such as air exchange, PPE and training programs to the medical teams. This also includes looking at the team during their work, to search for early signs of exhaustion, which may lead to accidents, and in this specific case – accidents that may lead to contamination of the medical crew and their family members. n apparently simple handling of a ventilator becomes a challenge for preventing contami- nated aerosol from being spread in the O or in the intensive care unit.” Eisenkraft additionally points to hazards of medical waste. “ relatively neglected issue rarely dis- cussed is the disposal of a large amount of waste,” he stated. “In this case, this is not the usual waste encountered in the O and in the hospital in general, but biological waste, which should be handled carefully and under strict regulation.”
Surgical care “Our customers benefit from our reusable laryngoscope system’s brighter light, savings of up to 50% compared to disposables and sim- ple oint Commission compliance,” expressed Berling.
SurgiSLUSH 2-liter and 4-liter programmable
auto-freezers by C Change Surgical
utomated systems
also may enhance patient procedures and protec- tion.
“In the operating room, surgical teams are looking to address risk, improve patient safety, and increase case efficiency,” indicated Patrick Kammer, an- aging DirectorCEO, C Change urgical. “The urgiL system offers modern advantages with closed auto-freezers and sealed containers. Clinical users confirm slush sterility prior to every use, for every patient. utomation allows clinical teams to produce and maintain optimal sterile slush with no sterile labor. Now more than ever, it makes sense to explore new technology.” recent stride in cardiac care was at Penn tate eart and as-
cular Institute where, “ichard uggins, 75, of Lock aven, P, was the second patient in the nation to receive the EET2 Left entricular ssist ystem (L),” according to a press release from Penn tate ealth News.”4 “Dr. ob Dowling, director of heart device research at Penn tate
eart and ascular Institute and Penn tate College of edicine and one of the surgeons who implanted the pump, said the E- ET2was designed to reduce the risk of post-implantation stroke, which affects approximately % of heart failure patients implanted with an LD,” 4
continued Penn tate. “The procedure
was part of the COPETENCE Trial, a multi-center clinical study to evaluate EET2 that will include 40 clinical sites and 3 patients with severe heart failure through 2022.”
Photos courtesy: Penn State Health
EVAHEART2 Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) from Evaheart, Inc. Page 40
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