The Fetal Membrane Rupture Test by Rom Plus has a customized 20 minute Timestrip built into the diagnostic test cassette.
Clinical test timer
When the Timestrip is activated by hand it indicates the length of time until the test results can be read, between 5 and 20 minutes.
Premature ruptures of fetal membranes can be accounted for up to 10% of perinatal deaths, according to the Journal of American Medical Association.
Early diagnosis minimizes the chance for serious complication and the Timestrip enhanced easy-to-use Rom Plus test offers clinicians quick results so they can provide quick treatment to save the lives of infants.
If you are attending the Annual Meeting of the AABB - the CTTXPO in Denver, Colorado, starting Monday October 14th, we look forward to seeing you. We'll be on Booth 1654 with our partners Shockwatch, demonstrating our latest product innovation: the Blood Temp 10 indicator label.
We also have a speaker slot at the show, starting at 1.30pm on Monday 14th, where we will be presenting a case study highlighting how temperature indicators not only help identify potentially heat damaged blood but also assist with identifying critical control points within your blood reissue compliance cycle (BRCC).
A study published by the American Journal of Clinical Pathology found that temperature sensitive labels for monitoring blood can help hospitals and blood banks conform to the American Association of Blood Banks and US Food and Drug Administration standards for safe human blood transportation and storage.
While many front-line teams rely on the 30 minute rule for returning blood back into storage, using a temperature sensitive label can increase the safety of the blood life cycle, while reducing wastage.
They found:
"...these devices offer transfusion services an opportunity to develop and validate their own in-house procedures to supplement and, thereby, improve on decisions using the 30-minute rule. For example, if a unit of RBCs were overheated by placement on a hot surface (eg, microwave heater, radiator, or the top of a refrigerator) but returned within 30 minutes to the transfusion service, its potential unsuitability would not be identified by a transfusion service relying only on the 30-minute rule. However, such a potentially unsuitable unit would be likely to be recognized if a temperature-sensitive label had been in place.
Also, procedures can be developed to use temperature-sensitive labels to avoid unnecessary and costly discards of blood components when storage for more than 30 minutes outside a temperature-monitored refrigerator raises questions about suitability."
Adoption of temperature monitoring indicators for blood
The adoption of our simple to use technology as a vital element of the BRCC compliant process will help deliver new levels of accountability across the RBC temperature management teams. Front line teams know the value of clear, simple communication.
Add in the fail-safe component of the Blood Temp 10 and the simplicity of use (including no additional pre-conditioning or expensive associated consumables) and they can see the real value of our technology.
In support of our latest technology we're also presenting a paper on best practices for keep your blood supply safe in our Learning Lab, entitled Before Good Blood Goes Bad.
According to the WHO around 107 million blood donations are collected globally every year and it is generally accepted that 2% of blood may be discarded. The use of suitable equipment and good management of blood cold chain are important means of minimizing losses and donated blood.
Visitors to our booth 1654 will be able to see the extent of savings achievable through the adoption of the Blood Temp 10 indicator label with our interactive Cost Calculator.
We invite you to join us and the ShockWatch team in Colorado next month and look forward to meeting members of the AABB.
Color-coded Visual Indicator Shows Healthcare Personnel When to Replace Curtains, Reducing Risk of HAIs, Lowering Costs, and Improving Patient Outcomes
"Our Rapid Refresh(TM) brand is all about simplifying the job of the healthcare worker by making it fast and easy to refresh a curtain. We are excited to offer a revolutionary product that makes managing curtain changes easy for increased compliance and a safer environment.," reported Brian Sanders, president of ICP Medical LLC. "The Timestrip(R) label on our Rapid Refresh(TM) curtains changes color after a specified time, informing the worker that it's time to make the change," he added.
Hospital privacy curtains can quickly become contaminated with bacteria such as methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile (C. diff). The Timestrip(R) indicator on the Rapid Refresh(TM) curtains, after being manually activated, automatically changes color during the recommended life of the curtain. When the indicator is completely red, the curtain needs to be changed.
ICP Medical LLC's Rapid Refresh(TM) product line is a proprietary brand of infection control and prevention products including disposable curtains, gowns, scrubs and jackets, lab coats, and personal protection equipment (PPE) organizers that conveniently dispense fresh product upon demand. The Rapid Refresh(TM) product line is currently used by numerous hospitals, clinics, and medical facilities throughout the United States.
About ICP Medical LLC
ICP Medical LLC (www.icpmedical.com) is a leading infection control and prevention manufacturer serving hospitals and medical facilities throughout the United States and the world. Its mission is to help its customer partners reduce the spread of infection, provide a higher level of patient care, protect their employees, and lower the costs of delivering their services by focusing on compliance.
For more information, contact Paul Gassett at paul@yankandlimey.com or 314-378-5863.
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SOURCE: ICP Medical LLC
To promote Cool Chain Logistics Europe 2012, IQPC created this useful graphic guide to the state of pharmaceutical cold chain logistics:
According to their survey- Tracking/ Supply Chain Visibility Solutions and Data Monitoring Technology are the top two most important focus areas in pharmaceutical temperature controlled logistics investment.
The Timestrip pharmaceutical solution
Timestrip UK Ltd offers a range of highly-accurate, cost-effective temperature monitoring indicators to provide simple, clear and effective pharmaceutical cold chain monitoring solutions.
To see how our cold chain technology can improve your pharma supply chain, check out our pharmaceutical products.
When PARI Respiratory Equipment launched their newest aerosol delivery system, the VIOS™, they came to Timestrip to design a value-add feature to remind patients to replace the nebuliser cup every six months and thereby enhance the patient experience with the product.
Timestrip medical device reminder
A custom, co-branded PARI Timestrip® is included with every nebuliser cup that ships. The patient simply activates the Timestrip and adheres it on to the side of the compressor unit. After six months the coloured liquid inside the Timestrip makes its way to the end window, where the word “NOW” appears next to the instructions REPLACE NEB CUP.
Studies *1 have shown that patients and therapists have an inconsistent and inadequate approach to the cleaning, maintenance and replacement of nebulizer cups, raising the possibility of bacterial infection. The timely replacement of the cup is therefore of great importance, and Timestrip has been welcomed by patients, doctors and therapists as a convenient, easy to use and effective Patient Reminder System.
Ashley Weigand, Marketing Manager, PARI : “We are pleased with the response to the addition of the Timestrip component to the VIOS™ product. It is proving to be a value-added feature from a patient perspective which obviously makes it a commercially successful technology adoption by PARI. Timestrip has proven itself to be a truly innovative technology provider as well as a reliable partner in what has to date been a very successful relationship.”
*1 Lester, Mary K. Nebulizer Use and Maintenance by Cystic Fibrosis Patients: A Survey Study. Respiratory Care 2004; 49(12): 1504-1508.