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Fume hoods for Chemotherapy Drugs and Power Outages
The toxic effects of chemotherapy drugs used for cancer treatment have been an ongoing concern. The problem extends beyond the patient safety concerns and into the handling of chemotherapy drugs causing work-related risks to the healthcare workforce. The CDC sets out guidelines handling such hazardous drugs.
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Protecting Life During Surgical Procedures When the Power Fails
Loss of electrical power in a hospital or in an office based surgical center is a patient safety hazard that has been neglected in medical training and research. The technology-rich environment of the operating room (OR) puts patients at risk should a sudden loss of power occur, as lights and critical equipment may fail without warning. A delay of care for several minutes as equipment reboots during a critical part of a procedure can be dangerous. Regardless of whether a crisis is brief or prolonged, or whether generators work or not, patients remain at significant risk whenever power is interrupted.
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Planning for Hurricane Season with Medical Refrigerators.
The World Meteorological Association is predicting nine to 15 named storms to form, including four to eight hurricanes and two to four “major” hurricanes––storms that reach Category 3 to Category 5 this season. These natural elements contribute to a Hurricane’s intensity and path of devastation;
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Fertility Centers and Backup Power
Assisted fertility is a large and rapid growing industry. More and more new technology is being developed, and new fertility clinics are opening and investing big in both new technology and backup power systems to increase success rates and prevent embryo loss.
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Protect your Vaccine Storage from Summer Power Outages
With Memorial Day weekend on us, many consider it the “unofficial kick off to summer” and there’s no better time than now to start preparing for summer power outages and making sure your vaccine inventory is safe.
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Battery Back Up for Oxygen Concentrator
If you are on oxygen and preparing for a power outage you may be wondering about the possibility of running an oxygen concentrator off a ups (uninterruptible power supply). The question you could be wondering is if purchasing a UPS is the best backup plan for those at home with dependency on an oxygen concentrator?
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Vaccine Refrigerator Maintenance – Procedures & Checklist
The refrigerator or freezer door seal should be regularly checked for signs of wear. The seal should not have any tears or cracks as a result of getting old and brittle. When the door is closed there should be no gaps between the seal and the refrigerator body. If your door seal needs to be replaced, you will need to get in contact with your appliance repair technician and/or call the manufacturer for the seal’s replacement part number.
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The 5 best Vaccine Refrigerator Manufacturers
You want to buy a vaccine refrigerator but aren’t sure where to start and who the best vaccine fridge manufacturers are? We understand, and this is why we have come up with this list in order to help you find best product for your needs. We have also tried to define each one’s unique approch to the market. and how they fair on quality, customer support and production value.
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How Many Amps Does a Refrigerator Use?
Often refrigerators can be one of the highest appliances in power consumption, especially if it is an older model. If you are looking to reduce power
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