EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — The Mayo Clinic Health System announced that the redevelopment of the vacant fifth floor in the Luther Building at the Eau Claire facility will start this February. According to a statement from the Mayo Clinic Health System on Jan. 4, the project will add environmentally friendly, state-of-the art features and will redevelop the current inpatient rooms located in the older part of the campus.
Ed Clayton, the current CFO and COO to Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla, Mo., has been promoted as the hospital’s new CEO. Clayton has worked for the hospital for the last 14 years and has worked in many different positions including CFO, COO and the administrative director of finance for four years as well as the hospital controller. He will be succeeding the current CEO starting in the beginning of 2016.
The Model 4043-030G Cabinet Treatment Table from Hausmann Industries Inc. offers all green-line wood with no added urea-formaldehyde. The product also exceeds CARB I and CARB II standards. The fully enclosed, all-laminate cabinet includes sliding laminate doors for under table storage. The table is 31 inches high and 72 inches in length. The interior includes one divider and an adjustable shelf with a black laminate plywood base. All urethane fabric is CAL 01350 compliant.
The Alterra 1385 Hi-Low Bed by Medline Industries is a parallel electronic system that provides a smooth and quiet operation. The high-low motors ensure that the bed deck remains level after long-term use and motion. The foot lock on the bed folds in to reduce the risk of tripping over the lock and meets the FDA guidelines to reduce the risk of entrapment. The product offers a full range of heights and has no horizontal movement while raising and lowering the bed. The bed has a 500-pound weight capacity and a grid/rib deck structure that prevents the bed from sagging.
The Water Hog Classic Entrance Mat by The Andersen Company works to remove and store dirt and moisture beneath shoe level as patients and visitors come through the doors. The SBR rubber backing contains 20 percent recycled rubber content. The product has rubber-reinforced face nubs and a waffle design that provides crush-proof scraping action, which extends the life of the product. The anti-static mat is made to trap dirt and water to keep them off of commercial flooring. The polypropylene-fiver system dries quickly to prevent fading or rotting.
Symmetry GUEST is a new web-based visitor management system created by AMAG Technology. The cloud-based system speeds the flow of hospital visitors while improving customer service. The product helps organizations to enforce security policies while also reducing costs. The program will operate on any tablet, smartphone or PC while using any web browser. Symmetry GUEST issues a visitor pass electronically to the visitor’s mobile device via a GR code or barcode, which allows visitors to be easily identified.
Nortek Security & Control has released medical-device integration with their advanced mobile safety device platform. The Numera Libris is a pendant with a cloud-platform, EverThere, which integrates wirelessly with separate medical devices such as blood pressure cuffs, thermometers, pulse oximeters and glucose meters. The product allows families and caregivers the ability to manage their health from home. Through the cloud-based EverThere technology, those who have access or professional health care providers can monitor the health data.
CertainTeed introduces a new drywall product called Habito (hab-i-toh) that will be available in the North American market this spring. Habito is the strongest and hardest ½-inch wallboard material available today and features technical benefits previously unseen in the drywall category. It features a new level of flexibility and unmatched performance, including fixing capabilities that eliminate the need for threaded drywall anchors or nailing to wall studs for fixtures less than 30 pounds.
The LEDLB-24E-IR-1550NM LED light bar by Larson Electronics offers high infrared light output and extreme durability for demanding operating conditions. This infrared LED light bar produces 1,550 nanometers of infrared light and produces a beam that is 900-feet long by 100-feet wide. Twenty-four Edison Edixeon 3-watt infrared emitters are arranged in rows and paired with high-purity, 10-degree optics to produce a tightly focused spot beam. This light is also offered in a flood-beam pattern with 35-degree optics to produce a wider beam spread that provides more light over a larger area.
Performacide is a patented, point-of-use, ClO2 generator pouch system. When the generator pouch is immersed in plain water (like a tea bag), it creates a concentrated chlorine dioxide solution, which has passed all EPA requirements for use as a disinfectant, sanitizer, tuberculocide, virucide, fungicide, algaecide, slimicide and deodorizer. Approved applications include hospitals, medical facilities, veterinary hospitals and kennels, public areas, first responder facilities and equipment, clinics, rehabilitation facilities, diagnostic centers and food-processing facilities.
