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HEALTH CANADA’S NEW GUIDANCE ON HOSPITAL BED …

WEBBetween 1980 and 2006, Health Canada received. 51 reports of life-threatening bed entrapment incidents, 26 of which led to deaths. Entrapment events account for almost …

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Mitigating Risks Associated with Secondary Intravenous (Iv

WEBMultiple intravenous (IV) infusions are commonly used in the clinical setting to administer numerous fluids and medications to patients. Secondary infusion, also …

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Precision Health: A Personalized Approach to Active Health

WEBAccording to the National Institute of Health (NIH), precision medicine is “an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account …

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How Can Personalized Tourniquet Systems Accelerate

WEBRehabilitation of wounded warriors, professional athletes and orthopaedic patients has profound health, economic, psychological, and social implications. This has …

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Huddle Up: Improving Medical Engineering Safety, Quality and …

WEB1. Background Daily huddles, defined as routine, structured, and brief team discussions, have become prevalent in healthcare as a tactic to enhance safety and …

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To buy or not to buy: How Evidence Informs Canadian Health

WEBEvidence based medicine, evidence informed health decision, health technology assessment; are they synonymous? Do they lead us to one conclusion? Is …

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Sharing the medical resource: the feasibility and benefit of Global

WEBHigh cost of advanced medical technology and medical equipments has impeded the usage and access of these equipments for most people in the world, …

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IMPLEMENTATION OF A USEFUL LIFE REFERENCE FOR …

WEBBy comparing this average lifespan to the average lifespan for that term found in the literature (excluding CAR) we established a baseline ratio of device lifespan in our …

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Defining the BC Provincial Preventive Maintenance Program

WEBThere is no slowing down the perennial increase of in-hospital medical devices, which presents an ongoing challenge to BME departments with limited …

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The e-health Accelerator: Defining End User Needs

WEBThe BCIT e-health Accelerator aims to help small and medium sized e-health vendors better understand the strengths and weaknesses of their products in …

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A Study of Medical Equipment Donations: Recipient Experiences

WEBPoorly executed medical equipment donations create major problems for developing countries. The International Outreach Committee of the Canadian Medical …

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Academic Programs in Clinical Engineering in Canada

WEBClinical engineering is a discipline of biomedical en- gineering that encompasses application of technological solutions to clinical problems. The …

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Maximizing the Value of Donated Medical Equipment in Resource …

WEBBackground: Medical technologies, such as medical devices, are essential to healthcare delivery yet, in some settings there is a pervasive shortage that severely …

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INFUSION PUMPS FOR BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS …

WEBThe cost of the current gravity sets used for blood transfusions at VCH is $3.86 for the Baxter JC7790, and $7.94 for the Y-set JC7751, which is used in critical care areas. The …

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Assessing the evidence on Artificial Intelligence

WEBINTRODUCTION Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly entering the field of medicine. With many AI tools available, an increased interest in understanding and …

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Infusion Pump Remediation in Lower Mainland B.C. Health …

WEBInfusion pumps deliver fluids and medications at controlled flow or dose rates into a patient’s body. All health authorities within the Lower Mainland (LM), British …

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Application of Sensor Networks in a Smart Apartment

WEBHome-based health monitoring systems provide an opportunity to enhance the quality of life for older adults by allowing them to live independently and improving …

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Aim CT Accreditation Program Development for CT X-ray Systems

WEBThe University Health Network maintains 22 CT X-ray systems at five hospital locations. The problem that was addressed was how to develop and implement …

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MR image prediction at high field strength from MR images taken …

WEBPatients with implants may need to undergo Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) at lower field strengths to avoid negative impacts from the strong electromagnetic …

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