Infusion Technology at the Service of Patient Safety
A hospital should be an environment that’s as safe as possible for the patient admitted to any of its areas. However, in order to guarantee patient safety, it is necessary to implement ongoing improvement actions, since there are many influencing factors. First, a...
Innovation in Hospitals: More Quality, Lower Costs
Sometimes we tend to think that innovation means increasing costs. In the case of innovation in hospitals, technology has proven to be a driving force of change that improves patient care, obtains better clinical results and is capable of reducing costs. First we...
Saving Time, Key to a Hospital’s Efficiency
A hospital’s main task is to provide the best possible healthcare, which includes adequately treating patients’ pathologies. When we talk about “hospital efficiency”, it might seem that we’re talking about financial issues, but, although a hospital isn’t a factory, it...
Arcomed and IQ Messenger: A New Era in the Monitoring of Alarms in Infusion Pumps
The arcomed Chroma infusion pumps take it a step further in the incorporation of the latest medical technology, by incorporating connectivity with the IQ Messenger system, one of the most frequently-used medical alarm management software. The alarms in infusion pumps...
PIEB: Greater Comfort in Childbirth
Ever since the use of epidural analgesia became widespread in the delivery room, giving birth has become more comfortable and the anxiety of women who go to the hospital has been reduced, since they know that, unless a complication arises, they won’t have to suffer...
Humanisation Programmes in Hospitals and Infusion Technology
Healthcare in almost all large hospitals is immersed in humanisation programmes to a greater or lesser degree. These programmes affect all areas of the hospital and focus on the scientific evidence backed by numerous studies indicating that patient comfort helps for a...
Anaesthesia in Obese Patients
Anaesthesia in obese patients, especially those with Class 3 obesity (morbid obesity, i.e., with a body mass index greater than 40) is a serious challenge for the entire surgical team, including anaesthesiology specialists. The special circumstances surrounding the...
Preventing medication errors, one of the main struggles in hospitals
Medication errors happen in any clinical environment, whether this is primary care, specialist consultations or hospital care in all its departments. Adverse events due to the medication supplied to the patient occurs because health professionals are human beings and,...
Intravenous Infusion in the ICU
If we had to choose the places in a hospital where the most advanced medical technology plays a more decisive role, they would undoubtedly be the surgical area and the ICU. Intravenous infusion technology in the ICU is a fundamental part of this technological...
Consumables for our Infusions Pumps
Intravenous infusion pumps are one of the most frequently-used medical devices in any hospital. They require the daily use of large quantities of consumables, whether we’re talking about syringe pumps or volumetric pumps. We can’t forget that the flexibility of use of...