Front view of sterilizer installation at the Animal Medical Center.
Side view of the sterilizer installation at the Animal Medical Center.
Over the weekend our team traveled to New York City to remove and reinstall a Steris Stage 3 3043 Sterilizer. The Animal Medical Center plans on using these sterilizers to sterilize the instruments used daily by their veterinary and emergency animal medical services personnel.
Here’s a reminder of the recent ban of powdered gloves by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA). Compliance is mandatory in less than a week.
In its announcement last month, the FDA formally banned two types of powdered gloves and a glove lubricant. These medical devices can no longer be legally marketed or used effective January 18, 2017. That prohibition applies to devices already in commercial distribution and those sold to the end user.
Specifically, the ban applies to powdered patient examination gloves, powdered surgeon’s gloves and absorbable powder used to lubricate surgeon’s gloves. The glove types include all of these gloves, regardless of the material from which they are made – including NRL and synthetic latex gloves.
Hospitals data base systems are being hacked.
It’s been all over the news … hospitals being hacked, data held hostage and ransom paid to the perps. Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center and MedStar Health in D.C. are two recent victims that have been prominently in the press and paid significant dollars to cyber bandits.
Happy Anniversary, Kevin Condrey … and congratulations on your first full year with Auxo Medical as a BioMed Service Technician! Initially, Kevin’s introduction and service to Auxo was as a contractor prior to joining the Auxo team full-time.
A day in the life of Kevin at Auxo Medical includes testing biomedical equipment to isolate problems and initiate appropriate solutions. That ensures Auxo customers will enjoy quality refurbished equipment as a comparable alternative to new equipment … and at a fraction of the cost.
Used vs Refurbished equipment: What’s the Difference?
Used, by definition, is pre-owned and subjected to prior use. A synonym is “worn” which means anything from slightly employed to significantly deteriorated. Typically, used medical equipment is sold as-is with no recourse to the seller as to usability or functional life. That means if the equipment malfunctions or fails, you are responsible for the cost of repair or replacement. Additionally, training healthcare professionals on the use of the equipment is the new owner’s responsibility.
So your experience may mirror the good or not so good outcome of buying a vehicle from Honest Charlie’s Used Car Emporium. Caveat emptor is the cautionary note.
Total Knee Arthroplasty may be removed from the Medicare Inpatient Only list.
In 2000 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) to the Medicare Inpatient Only (IPO) list in 2000. More than a decade later, in 2013, the CMS proposed that the procedure be removed from the IPO list in anticipation that some Medicare beneficiaries would be well served in an outpatient environment. There was considerable adverse public reaction to this proposed move so it was not finalized at that time.
Now, three years later, the CMS is once again considering removal of TKA from the IPO list and soliciting public comments on that proposal. Driving this effort are two prime factors:
Auxo Medical will be offering a Steris Sterilizer and Washer/Disinfector training course!
The course will be offered at Auxo Medical in Richmond, VA.
Cost per candidate: $3000.00***
Each attendee will receive a certificate of training from Auxo Medical LLC at the end of the course. This certificate has been widely recognized by Healthcare companies and large equipment service companies across the country as evidence of high quality training.
Looking at the current state of proposed healthcare Information Technology (IT) reforms as unanimously passed by the HELP Committee.
Healthcare increasingly is a patient-centered world where information technology (IT) has a major effect on diagnosis and personalized treatments. Without a doubt, electronic health record (EHR) technology is under significant scrutiny by the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP).
For over a year, the HELP committee has been investigating potential issues with health IT and the meaningful use of certified EHR systems. An important development occurred in February of this year when HELP voted unanimously to pass the Improving Health Information Technology Act (S. 2511).
View the the current version as revised in April of this year.