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Intravenous (or IV) therapy has been used widely since the 1960s and is considered to be the fastest way to deliver fluids and medications into the body (yielding a bioavailability absorption of 100%). But just like any piece of medical equipment or any healthcare treatment, infusion systems are not without their drawbacks. IV pump training, combined with advancements in the field, can make their use more beneficial --and far less risky --to patients.

When it comes time to outfit your healthcare facility with necessary medical equipment, you face an important decision: should you buy the equipment outright or should you consider medical equipment rentals instead? While owning this equipment may seem like the clear choice in certain situations, you may not be considering all the advantages that hospital equipment rentals can provide. In today’s post, we’ll talk about why renting this equipment may be the best option for many facilities.

No matter how organized your hospital may be, there is always the potential for a risky situation to occur. Before your facility experiences a performance problem with your infusion pump, try reducing risks with these essential tips.

By Ibby Smith Stofer

Welcome to a new sales year and it’s ever-growing objectives! We now must greet the new year with a new plan of action to ensure we stay on target and meet those important goals set for 2019. The following article can help you have a realistic evaluation to help you adjust your forecast and identify the needs to advance other accounts.

Advancements in technology have made our hospitals and medical facilities much safer. However, when human behavior is added into the mix, this can derail even the best efforts to improve patient safety. In many cases, human error is to blame for some of the most prevalent problems with infusion pumps. Let's take a closer look at three common problems with this type of hospital equipment and how they can easily be prevented.

Although there are two basic classes of infusion pumps -- large volume and small volume -- there are actually several different other types of IV pumps within those classes. The purpose of infusion pumps is to dispense fluids or medications into a patient's body in a controlled way. Patient-controlled analgesia pumps are a specific type of IV pump that allows the patient to take an active role in the management of their own pain. In today's post, we'll offer an introduction to PCA pumps and discuss the advantages of IV pumps with PCA modules can provide.