Medical Equipment News

Every school and all district offices within Polk County will have defibrillators and AED's on hand to help anyone who goes into cardiac arrest before help arrives.

The school district has already purchased 159 Philips HeartStart FRx automated external defibrillator kits last year alone.

An automated external defibrillator, or AED, is a portable device about the size of a lunch box that senses heartbeats during cardiac arrest and may deliver an electrical shock if there is no pulse. The device connects to a victim's body through sticky, metallic paddles about as thick as cardboard that adhere to the body.

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Is hospital medical equipment wearing out?

Some reports say that seventy percent of all hospital medical equipment is nearing the end of its operating life. These reports also say at the end of 2005, the average rate of deterioration for hospital medical equipment per year ranges from 10-20%.

These figures reflect the fact that the medical equipment is becoming older, and it will soon be necessary to replace it. The problem is that if the situation does not improve, then the lines for various tests will become longer, or that hospitals will not be able to provide some of the needed services and will be forced to send patients to other hospitals, including private ones.

Generally the more sophisticated and modern the hospital medical equipment, the more hopsitals charge for the service of the equipment. As the equipment gets older and less usable, the cost of updating the equipment goes up and the resell amount of the equipment goes down. As the equipment ages more and has hit a deterioration rate of 70% or more, the equipment needs to be replaced totally as the equipment gets harder to sell and the financial losses increase. Hospitals are attempting to hold on, but they do not have enough money to keep up with the pace of deterioration.

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The University of Florida has shown microwaving kitchen sponges and plastic scrubbers for just two minutes can sterilize them effectively. The researchers in the study used a common household microwave oven to zap the sponges and scrub pads for varying lengths of time, wringing them out and determining the microbial load on them each time.

The more resilient Bacillus cereus spores, which can cause diarrhea, required two additional minutes to be killed.

Food-borne illnesses affect at least 6 million Americans annually, causing at least 9,000 deaths and $4 billion to $6 billion in medical costs and other expenses.

"The microwave is a very powerful and an inexpensive tool for sterilization," Bitton concluded, adding that people should microwave their sponges according to how often they cook.

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