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The SurgiSlush system is an alternative, fully automated slush machine for the OR that eliminates the need for costly sterile slush drapes. It requires no additional cooling medium or re-sterilization of basins and other reusable components, providing a significant...
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While traditional external temperature management methods like cooling and warming blankets, gel pads and ice packs remain common in surgical suites, OR nurses and surgeons are recognizing their limitations. Zoll’s Intravascular Temperature Management (IVTM)...
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Non-ice based cold therapy systems like the Cincinnati Sub-zero Electri-Cool II are becoming an alternative to traditional ice-based systems, which carry the risk of causing tissue and skin damage. This localized cold therapy system provides a more consistent cooling...
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Williams has been to Asia, the Caribbean, and Central America many times, and she helps coordinate medical mission work for other nurses who want to go there as well. But the most rewarding of her missions has been those spent in Haiti. For a minute, there was a...
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by Coleen de Leon, RNFA, BSN, MBA Back in the 70s, when I received notification I had passed my State Board exam, I was ecstatic! As the reality of my accomplishment sank in, I realized, I’m a nurse. I’m really a nurse! I was now considered one of the “elite” team of...
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New techniques are accelerating the healing time of wounds and boosting revenues for device makers, according to Kalorama Information. Revenues in the wound care market reached $16.1 billion in 2011 and will rise to nearly $21 billion in 2015, the health care market...
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