CME Insider's Blog Posts

Biomedical technicians (BMET) play a critical role in ensuring the smooth operation of the retail health clinics located in pharmacies or retail stores. Their proactive approach to the installation, maintenance, and repair of medical equipment used in retail health clinics ensures healthcare professionals are equipped to deliver care to their patients accurately and efficiently.

This article will explore the specific ways biomedical technicians contribute to keeping retail health clinics running.

Medical warming cabinets play a vital role in helping increase patient comfort by warming blankets and medical fluids used during care. This guide will provide valuable insights into the types of warming cabinets available to the healthcare market as well as factors and features to consider before purchasing a warming cabinet.

Therapeutic phlebotomy, a controlled blood removal process, is an effective treatment for various medical conditions including hemochromatosis, fatty liver disease, and polycythemia vera. This procedure aims to reduce blood volume, red cell mass, and iron levels in patients.

The use of a scale for this procedure is essential.

Hospitals and long-term care facilities are entrusted with the care of people who cannot care for themselves for one reason or another. In a perfect world the ratio of caregivers to patients would be one-to-one. But the world is not perfect.

Caregivers care for multiple patients including some who should not reposition themselves without assistance. To help monitor all patients, even when attending a single patient, staff rely on patient alarms.