When a patient checks into your hospital, they entrust their health and well-being to your clinicians. Throughout their stay, several bags impact patient care. This post will look at a bevy of packets, pouches, kits and sacks your clinicians could use during care. Patient Belonging Bags Belonging bags play a role in the overall patient …
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Caresfield is pleased to team up with the Minnesota Alliance for Patience Safety (MAPS) to promote patient safety.
Lost samples lead to a negative patient experience. Learn the role biohazard bags play in clearly communicating with labs.
We learned a lot at Premier Breakthroughs 22! Among the main lessons were the need for transparent communications and a supplier’s role as a subject matter expert.
Misidentification can cause serious issues, especially with newborns. Learn more about how admissions professionals can protect mothers and newborns.
Disposable tourniquets can play an important role in patient safety and comfort. Bright colors, textures and packaging are all things to consider when purchasing tourniquets.
In this video, we show what happens when an inferior direct thermal wristband faces intense conditions. At Caresfield, our patient ID wristbands are designed to hold up, no matter what!
Drawing blood is hard. Having the right tourniquet on-hand can make it easier and more comfortable for you patients!
September is National Pain Awareness Month? The American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) has a wealth of resources for caregivers, patients and advocates living with chronic pain. They spearhead Partners for Understanding Pain. This consortium of organizations touches the lives of people with chronic, acute and cancer pain. From their site, you can learn more and …
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Healthcare consists of an array of clinicians, departments, and specialties working together. It’s an understatement to say that the opportunity for errors is high. The prevention of medical errors continues to be one of the greatest healthcare goals. In order to improve patient safety, policies and workflows are constantly being reviewed and updated. One overlooked …
Barcode Labeling: It Saves Time, Money, and Lives Read More »
Patient misidentification is often the root cause of many hospital errors. Incidents like operating on the wrong body part or administering an incorrect medication are scenarios that seem unimaginable. Unfortunately, they happen much too often. Fortunately, safety measures like color-coded patient wristbands help prevent these mistakes from happening. They are not fool-proof. Humans still make …
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Disposable Tourniquets The technology and sophistication of tourniquets on the “surface” do not appear to have changed dramatically from when they were first introduced in 200 BC. However, the non-latex disposable tourniquets we use today are very different from the original tourniquets on the battlefield. Color, type of material, material properties, and texture are all …
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