Tag: Hospital
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Medical Gas Connector Mistake Proofing
Medical gas outlets are designed so that the proper valves will only fit in their corresponding outlets. All of the gas valves have a pin at 12 o’clock the other pin differs in location. The second pin for medical air is at 4 o’clock.
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Keep the Wheelchair From Rolling Away
Correspondence from www.saferwheelchairs.com reports that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has recorded 167 deaths due to wheelchair-related accidents from 1997-1999. Of these, 105 were wheelchairs rolling away from the person for one reason or another. The response? A mistake-proofing device that locks the wheelchair when no one is sitting in it. An unlocking lever on the…
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Not Putting a Tube in the Stomach Instead of the Lungs
Error: putting a tube into a patient’s stomach, which was intended for their lungs. Solution: Squeeze the plastic bulb and put it on the tube. If the bulb inflates, the tube is in the lungs. If not, an error has occurred.
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Blood Rac to Prevent Test Tubes From Falling
In blood banks, five test tubes of blood and a slip of paper identifying the blood are wrapped with a rubber band. Occassionally, the slip of paper falls out creating the opportunity for the tubes to be misidentified. the tubes can shift and possibly fall and break, a bio-hazard, The “Blood Rac” shown in this…
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Broselow Tape for Measuring Children
The Broselow tape is draped over a navy satchel. Emergency Medical personnel measure a child with the tape. The color on the tape indicates which packet to use to treat the child. Everything is appropriately dosed and sized.