Why an infusion pump with touchscreen?
Infusion technology has experienced a huge leap over the last few years, which arcomed has contributed to in many aspects. Today, infusion pumps have been transformed into smartpumps with an array of functions, operating modes, safety systems, etc. At arcomed we have...
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Infusion pumps in hospitalisation. Why arcomed?
The use of intravenous infusion pumps in hospitalisation is fairly general given its advantages over the traditional infusion system by simple gravity, precise control of the infusion flow, interruption alarms or blocking etc., and the need of many hospitalised...
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Why All in One and not a specialised infusion pump for each hospital area?
The arcomed All in One philosophy aims to optimise hospital resources in terms of intravenous infusion technology as well as offer a high range of services to healthcare professionals. What are we aiming for? Standardisation. Standardisation is a growing trend in...
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Dexmedetomidine in total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA)
The uses of dexmedetomidine has been expanding since its incorporation as a sedative and anesthetic agent. One of its highlighted properties is that, unlike many other anesthetic agents, it does not inhibit respiratory function. It also has anxiolytic and sedative...
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Pump pooling system: How standardisation in a hospital saves costs
At arcomed, we know that hospitals are in an ongoing conflict between improving the quality of care and savings costs. Standardisation in a hospital is one of the key factors that allows both things to be combined, in order to help benefit the patient while the...
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Infusion in surgery: simplicity and technology, the two key issues
Surgery is a complex environment and, in most cases, stressful for the professionals working in it. Surgical operations can be very long and complex procedures (think about a transplant, for example) that put all health professionals under a lot of pressure, as the...
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Colour coding medication: An important breakthrough in preventing medication errors
Today’s frenetic pace in hospitals puts all clinical staff under intense pressure, both doctors and nurses, making these spaces the perfect breeding ground for errors in the administration of medication, which are not the result of negligence or carelessness, but of...
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arcomed infusion technology and smartphones: A parallel evolution
Advanced technology is a part of almost all areas of our everyday life. It is difficult to be fully conscious of the speed with which electronics have evolved in the last two decades, to the point where devices that were cutting-edge technology 10 years ago, now seem...
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TCI: Cortínez-Sepúlveda Model for Propofol
Propofol, discovered in 1977, is an intravenous anaesthetic agent widely used in the operating theatres of all hospitals. It is a short-acting agent (from a few minutes up to one hour) which also has amnestic properties. It induces hypnosis reliably and quickly and...
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TCI: The Dyck Model for dexmedetomidine
Dexmedetomidine is a drug that has recently started to be used which has sedative, analgesic and anxiolitic properties. It used in Intensive Care Units for patients with assisted mechanical ventilation, for some types of conscious sedations (the patient can open their...
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