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04/26/2013
Multi-dimensional planning is the future
Hospital refurbishment or new buildings can quickly run into several million euros. …
10/30/2012
Dynamic technological change is transforming European CT markets
– The demand for multi-slice computed tomography (CT) systems will drive growth in the European CT market. …
09/11/2012
China Medical Service Industry Development Summit 2012
Demand for health services in China is on the surge, and democracy pre-empts an upward trajectory. …
09/04/2012
Magellan is quick and good for complex ops
Surgeons at a leading UK hospital are pioneering robotic endovascular surgery to treat patients with complex conditions. …
09/03/2012
Connectivity and interoperability
Roche’s new information system aims to tackle the complexity and variability of clinical processes within and beyond laboratories. …
07/16/2012
The new Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
Britain’s many new hospitals are more than brave architectural statements – they consistently win awards, inspire others and, above all, improve life for all who use them. Now …
07/10/2012
Centre Hospitalier de Rambouillet
Copper and its alloys reduce the rate of nosocomial infections in hospitals by 40%, according to an American study led by Michael Schmidt (University of South Carolina). For the …
06/29/2012
The Queen opens new Northern Ireland hospital
Her Majesty the Queen officially opened the new state-of-the-art South West Acute Hospital, in the Northern Ireland town of Enniskillen on June 26th. The £276 million hospital is …
02/22/2012
MedAustron is becoming a reality in Wiener Neustadt
Currently there is a truly enormous hole in the ground in the city of Wiener Neustadt, Austria, but by summer 2012 MedAustron, one of the most modern centres for ion therapy and …
02/15/2012
Shopping for bargains at a virtual trade show
Stretchers, beds, furniture, defibrillators, scanners, pumps, sterilizing units, indeed equipment for all medical disciplines and departments, you name it, a browse around the …
12/20/2011
Leipzig´s futuristic operating theatre
The next generation of integrated operating systems celebrated a world premiere in clinical use this November in Leipzig Germany. EH Correspondent Holger Zorn was there when …
12/20/2011
A conceptual shift for medical device manufacturers
Much has changed for medical device manufacturers. Take scanner development; whereas the aim has long been to increase multi-slices, produce higher field strengths and sharper …
12/20/2011
Surgical lighting
Berchtold has been among the world’s leading manufacturers of quality surgical equipment for almost 90 years, today offering operating theatre lights, tables, ceiling supply …
10/27/2011
Manufacturers, please! - Improve medical products labels for quicker recognition
For 100% safety, medical products should be better labelled. While legislators, regulatory authorities and certification bodies stipulate that manufacturers should provide clear …
08/31/2011
Purchasing diagnostic systems
The acquisition of large diagnostic imaging equipment is clearly expensive – but further costs also result from their energy consumption and maintenance, as well as hidden costs …
06/20/2011
Copper: The relentless killer on our side
Professor Bill Keevil, Director of the Environmental Healthcare Unit at University of Southampton’s School of Biological Sciences, was among the first microbiological …
06/20/2011
Killing copper
In Europe, nosocomial infections cause about 25,000 deaths every year. Copper has strong antibiotic effects and may reduce hospital acquired infections. …
05/06/2011
How green is your hospital?
Sometimes small efforts can have a big effect. In a pilot project, a team at the University of Heidelberg is studying what are the real energy guzzlers in hospitals and what cost …
02/25/2011
Ergonomic design in medical technology
The application of ergonomic principles can enhance product design and, more importantly, the usability of medical devices. Ideally the operation of the product is adaptable to …
12/29/2010
New service contracts for reprocessing endoscopy systems
Smooth, flawlessly running reprocessing systems ensure regulatory hygiene standards as well as the constant availability of all endoscopes. To this end, along with the established …
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