COVID-19 hit our nation-wide healthcare supply chain with full force, leaving everyone scrambling to acquire the essential equipment for quick expansions of hospital capacity. Whether outfitting triage stations, emergency rooms, labs, or ICU beds, equipment has been hard to find in the timeframe needed. CME Corp is an equipment-focused distributor working with federal, state and municipal agencies and healthcare systems across the country to assist in medical equipment acquisition.
Due to the financial losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and healthcare systems are reviewing their new construction projects with added scrutiny. Some will be postponed, and others will be cancelled. Whenever construction projects resume, it will be more important than ever to save money and streamline processes.
Social distancing protocols have been enforced to control and limit the spread of COVID-19. For frontline healthcare workers, social distancing isn't an option. Providing direct, immediate care to their patients cannot be avoided, and as the need for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ventilators continue to grow, so do the concerns for healthcare providers' safety. The safer caregivers can interact with patients, the more quality care they are able to provide. As supply chain distributors look to meet equipment shortages across the nation, seca joins them in implementing viable solutions.
COVID-19, described by the CDC as "an emerging public health threat," is a serious, novel and life threatening pandemic sweeping the nation. Hospitals across the country are scrambling to increase capacity, and Santa Clara County recently released a “Drive-Through Medicine Drive Through Triage Template” to help with the construction of temporary triage units.
From leading manufacturers like Midmark, Brewer, MTI and more, exam tables were designed to meet the real life diagnostic needs and convenience of the medical professionals who will be using them.
Available in a multitude of sizes, styles, and configurations, medical exam tables offer a wonderful range of choices, making it easy to find the right table you've been looking for. After reading about the different types of exam tables, you can see that there’s an exam table for any diagnostic activity, clinical setting, and every patient population.
Whether you're looking to furnish your office, clinic, or hospital, there are many options with specific features or functions to make your patients feel comfortable, while also helping you to better perform examinations and treatments.
We are here to help you facilitate the process of selecting the best exam tables for your facility. Keep reading to increase your knowledge of medical exam tables, so you can be confident in your decision.
Searching for exam tables can be an overwhelming task. Due to the various clinical settings designed to treat different patients with different issues, there are multiple types of exam tables that correspond with each setting.
According to the American Hospital Association’s guide, Sustainability Roadmap for Hospitals, healthcare facilities generate up to 25 pounds of waste per day per patient. What if we made a goal to lessen waste by thinking green from the very beginning, during the planning and purchasing stage?
Biomedical departments in large healthcare systems have a myriad of important responsibilities including:
We can all relate to having our weight taken during each medical visit. Our first encounter with a scale just after our birth is a kind of harbinger to what will be the most consistent measure of our health status done by clinicians.
Obtaining patient weight is fundamental, found across an array of hospital departments and specialties including:
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