Water Bath Blood Warmer
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The other day, I had a case where the patient lost a considerable amount of
blood necessitating blood transfusion. When I requested for the water bath
heater, I was surprised to learn that the hospital which claimed to be the
premier hospital in Malaysia, had only one water bath heater for blood.
Furthermore, as this is to be shared between the two OT complexes, there is
an unavoidable delay should the water bath have to be transferred from the other
OT complex.
Proposal
I would like to propose to the adimistration that they purchase a second water
bath blood warmer so that,
- If there are two "bad" cases going on at the same time, there
will not be a shortage of blood warmers, and
- There will not be any delay in getting a water bath blood warmer when you
need one.
Opinions
1 of 2 blood warmwer
From: gasbach
Date: Apr 13 1999
agreed.one for North tower and another for the south as south tends to have
more big cases.
2 of 2 Pressure Infusor System
From: gasline
Date: Apr 26 1999
I just found out that about one and a half years ago, the hospital acquired a
Pressure Infusor System which consists of two separate pressure bags and one
fluid warmer.
It looks pretty nifty and Radha, who has used it before, claims it's quite
good.
It's kept in South Tower and you'll need to learn how to use it before
actually using it.
With this, I think it's probably unnecessary to buy another blood warmer.
What do you all think?
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Posted:- 05 April 1999
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