Doctors Telehealth Network provides a way for health care professionals to perform remote patient exams, exchange critical medical data, hold video-conferencing communications, conduct distance learning and gain access to a network of doctors and medical specialists. With the assistance of a nursing aide or licensed practical nurse, the care facility is linked to an examining physician at a remote site utilizing a DTN-installed system or an existing system at the facility.
Telespial Systems offers its personal location recorder. Using low-power GPS receiver technology, the Track Stick can record its own date, time, location, speed, heading and altitude at preset intervals. It is about the size of a package of chewing gum, and is offered as a solution for clients who need to know where something or someone has been.
An alternative to real-time tracking devices with monthly airtime fees, the device records its location histories for later retrieval by a computer through an integrated USB port.
Embrace Furnishings by Carolina offers the Family series, by the Bishop + Dates Collaborative. The furniture is designed to meet demands of intensive traffic areas using familiar elements to create classic designs. Products feature streamlined exposed-wood details and simple stitch patterns. Spring seats and backs and high quality foam grades provide comfort.
Planar Systems Inc., a provider of flat panel display systems, has announced the Dome EX line, which includes a 4-megapixel color diagnostic display medically certified for the health care field. Designed for use in many areas of a health care facility, the display features a widescreen, 16:9 format that simplifies comparison studies by eliminating the image split associated with dual-head monitors, providing more screen space for multiple images.
Interface modular flooring is designed for a range of health care facilities. The carpet products contain the company’s proprietary antimicrobial preservative. Products are engineered with a dense fiber construction and a high-performance backing system.
This combination lowers resistance to rolling loads, from wheelchairs to hospital beds. The dense fiber surface of the modular flooring provides additional safety from slips and falls. The company’s products are recommended in areas where frequent spills or soiling may occur.
Dwyer Nourishment Stations are modular so they can fit in areas throughout a facility. They’re outfitted with components that are necessary for health care workers to meet special dietary and between-meal requirements of patients. Features of the Model NS25C-72L include a 24-inch built-in microwave and a high capacity icemaker that dispenses up to 400 pounds of ice per day.
The stainless steel back wall shield and components are hypoallergenic.
Bondtech Corp. specializes in the sale and manufacturing of autoclaves and autoclave systems. The company supplies systems to the medical waste treatment industry and offers complete turnkey installation and maintenance service. The company’s systems are high-vacuum, high-pressure systems.
Autoclaves are subject to a pre-vacuum cycle, pulsating saturated-steam cycle, and a post-vacuum cycle to facilitate more uniform penetration of steam into the medical waste to be treated. The high vacuum is achieved by using a liquid seal vacuum pump or a steam ejector.
Scale-Tronix offers stand-on and wheelchair scales that take up less space in a health care environment. They mount snug to the wall and protrude 4 inches when not in use. The generously sized weighing platform folds down and there is limited bending or lifting required.
The battery-powered digital scales automatically turn on and zero as the platform is opening. Shut-off is also automatic. The weighing surface is only 1-1/2-inches high for easy patient access. Capacity is 660 pounds.
Naturelife from Associated/ACC International LTD is a urethane-finished heterogeneous sheet vinyl flooring that recreates the texture and appearance of hardwood floors. Suited for applications from health care to hospitality, the flooring has an “embossed in register” surface.
The flooring is designed for a range of applications from assisted living facilities to after-delivery areas. It is anti-microbial, anti-fungal, and can be heat or chemically welded and flash coved. The product is an alternative to plank flooring and can be used in entranceways or as a replacement to carpet.
Wellness Elements from Wellness LLC are part of a new patient environment system. The company has considered space, form, ergonomics and color in creating the products. The system’s lines and touch points, like side rails, table edges and drawer pulls, are smooth and rounded. The pieces work on their own or together and each is available in a variety of colors and finishes.
The entire line integrates with the company’s modular patient rooms known as Wellness Environments. The emphasis on ergonomics also assists family members, physicians, nurses and other hospital staff.
