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Publication:
Executive Healthcare

Increasing patient safety

Summary: Jay Cyr discusses the benefits of using a hospital wireless alarm system.

In Sync with Healthcare

LifeSync Corp., contributes a piece about their Wireless ECG System

Publication:
Future Healthcare

LifeSync for Life

A Virtual Lifeline:
The LifeSync System
is a cable-free electrocardiogram
(ECG) system designed
to increase hospital productivity and patient safety
Click on the Audio Podcast for a Future Healthcare Interview with Hoag Hospital and The William W. Backus Hospital


Publication:
Touch Briefings

A Disposable Wireless Electrocardiogram Monitoring System

Author: Denise M. Korniewicz, DNSc, RN, FAAN

 

The LifeSync Wireless ECG System

Author: LifeSync Corporation
Hospital-acquired Infections in Pennsylvania
Author: Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council November 2006

Publication: LifeSync Corporation Study

LifeSync® System with LeadWear® Disposable Cable Replacement System Reduces Artifact and Increases ECG Alarm Accuracy

Author: LifeSync Corporation

Summary: Use of LeadWear® Disposable products in place of traditional ECG lead wires on the same patients resulted in improvement in alarm accuracy from 46% to 92%

Publication: NTI News

ECG Wires: A Potential Source of Infection
Author: Donna Q. Brown, RN

Summary: AACN peer reviewed article compiling available information regarding ECG lead wires as a potential source of infection. 

Publication:
Cardiology News

Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens Found on 77% ECG Lead Wires

Author: Bruce Jancin

Summary: 77% of ECG lead wires that were cleaned before they were cultured contained antibiotic resistant pathogens including MRSA and VRE.

Publication: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Outbreak of VRE in a Burn Unit
Authors: Pamela S. Falk, MPH; Janice Winnike, BSN; Carla Woodmansee, MT(ASCP); M. Desai, MD; C. Glen Mayhall, MD
Summary: An outbreak of VRE in a burn unit was traced back to a contaminated ECG lead wire.

Publication: The Journal of the American Medical Association

 

Excess Length of Stay, Charges, and Mortality Attributable to Medical Injuries During Hospitalization

Authors: Chunliu Zhan, MD, PhD; Marlene R Miller, MD, MSc

Summary: The average hospital acquired infection is associated with 9.58 days increased length of stay, $38,656 in excess charges, and a 4.31% attributable mortality.

Publication:
The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal: Hospitals Take Stronger Steps Against Bacteria
Author: Laura Landro
Summary: Hospital acquired infections cost the healthcare system $20.5 billion.  Only $11.5 billion is reimbursed, leaving the remaining $9 billion to be absorbed by the hospitals, thereby impacting operating profits.

Publication: LifeSync Corporation Study

Technical Bulletin: Interference Testing Results of the LifeSync® System
Author: LifeSync Corporation
Summary: LifeSync® System can be expected to operate reliably in a hospital and other healthcare settings, even one where other 2.4 GHz wireless systems are operating.

Publication:
Nursing Spectrum

Nursing Spectrum: Critical Care Unplugged
Author: Debra A. Wood, RN
Summary: Nurses from Mercy Hospital in Miami, FL and Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA relate their experience with the LifeSync® System.

Publication:
Nursing Spectrum

Nursing Spectrum: Unwired at the Bedside
Author: Debra A. Wood, RN
Summary: Nurses from Mercy Hospital in Miami, FL and Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA relate their experience with the LifeSync® System.

August 17, 2006

Staph infections on rise

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June 24, 2006

Tracking ties to infection

WEB  WORD  PDF


June 19, 2006

Clean Hands
June 6, 2006

The Next Asbestos
May 19, 2006

Hospital Infections Become Increasingly Resistant

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