Most medical groups likely underestimate the cleanliness of their portable medical equipment (PME), thanks to overly lax policies and/or policies not being followed. Chetan Jinadatha, MD, MPH, chief of infectious diseases at the Central Texas Veterans Health Care...
When it comes to manufacturing supply chains in the age of the coronavirus, the only thing we know for sure is how much we don’t know. How long will the pandemic and its effects on supply chains last? How bad will it get? How many shocks will supply chains suffer...
Image Source: @ [sudok1] / Adobe Stock As hospitals worldwide continue gearing up for the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s worth thinking about how the equipment they use can help. This question goes beyond top-level functionality. The core purpose of a vital...
When faced with a medical crisis, the speed with which medical equipment can be produced potentially becomes a life-or-death issue. Yet the COVID-19 pandemic is simultaneously causing enormous disruption to supply chains and daily operations for medical device...
Image Source: @ [farizun amrod] / Adobe Stock In other words, modern medical manufacturing innovations like (1) antimicrobial surface treatments, (2) the ability to thoroughly disinfect at a swipe, and (3) well-designed HMI have never been more important in healthcare...
