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With flu season approaching, much attention is on methods to reduce the spread of illness-causing germs. In addition to flu, there are other hospital-acquired infections, or HAIs, that can be spread year-round. HAIs impact 1 out of 20 hospital patients nationwide. These infections can be deadly. In an effort to stop the spread of these infections, many know of the importance of maintaining proper hand hygiene- but implementing more copper surfaces in the hospital environment can also help.

Copper is naturally antimicrobial and copper surfaces continuously kill 99% of bacteria and, when used in the hospital environment, has been shown to reduce the transfer of infection by 58%.

All MedWurx blanket warmers come equipped with CuVerro® Bactericidal Copper Handles. In doing so, we hope to help contribute to improved health outcomes for patients in hospitals that use our product.

For more information about CuVerro, click here. If you would like to know more about our blanket warmers or are interested in ordering these or other CuVerro products that we offer, call us at 800-860-4716.

Combining style with functionality, Amplivox offers manual and automatic audiometers ideal for screening audiometer for primary care, schools and industry. Depending on your needs, these audiometers can offer air conduction threshold testing, bone conduction, and/or speech audiometery at a very affordable price. A reduced test time and improved patient concentration is made possible by the threshold retention function. Test results can be displayed and recorded at the end of the test and not between frequencies. Laid out in an ergonomic manner, the control panel is clear, easy to read and very easy to use with all settings and results displayed on the integral display. These audiometers are totally portable, compact and easy to use.

To browse the options Amplivox offers, click here. Medical Resources also carries audiometers from other quality brands such as Welch Allyn and Ambco which can be found here. Feel free to call us at 800-860-4716 with any questions you may have about choosing the best option for your practice!

Verruca-Freeze® is a hand held aerosol canister that contains a proprietary, highly optimized formulation of refrigerated gases that medical professionals can use for cryosurgery and cryotherapy in an outpatient setting to freeze a lesion down to -70°C (-94°F). The packaging for Verruca-Freeze ® is designed for hand-held use, which makes it completely portable.

Cryosurgery Verruca Freeze Features

Medical Resources offers free shipping on all Verruca Freeze products, and they are almost always available to ship same day. Click here to browse the options and order today!

Primary care is at the forefront of population health. Primary care clinicians represent the front lines of a complex healthcare system. They are tasked not only with treating acute and chronic conditions, but also with identifying health risk factors early to help improve patient outcomes and keep system costs lower. With Welch Allyn’s RetinaVue and Spot Vision Screener, we can advance the capabilities of frontline care providers with smarter tools to help identify, diagnose and manage many of the most prevalent health issues practices see every day.

From Welch Allyn's Advancing Frontline Care brochure

The Diabetic Retinopathy Challenge

414 million people globally are living with diabetes. 80% of patients with diabetes will develop diabetic retinopathy. With early detection, up to 95% of vision loss cases are preventable. Yet documented compliance with annual retinal exams is often less than 50%.

The Solution

Welch Allyn RetinaVue Network

The Welch Allyn RetinaVue Network makes diabetic retinal exams simple and affordable for primary care.

The Impact

Compliance: RetinaVue Network can double patient compliance rates for diabetic retinal assessment in just 12 months.

Patient outcomes: Help preserve vision in patients with diabetes through early detection.

Financial outcomes: Most commercial healthcare plans provide coverage for RetinaVue Network DR screening. Consult your payer partners to understand coding and coverage options. Annual retinal examinations are also included in the NCQA HEDIS ratings program, the Medicare Advantage STAR quality rating program and Medicare quality rating programs. CPT Code 92250. By intercepting patients during routine office visits, healthcare providers can potentially qualify for financial incentives under these programs.

The Vision Disabilities Challenge

Vision disability is the single most prevalent disabling condition among children. Only one in three US children have had a vision screening before kindergarten. The AAP recommends instrument-based vision screening at as early as 12 months of age, if available. Yet 70% of pediatricians are not doing automated vision screening.

The Solution

The Welch Allyn Spot Vision Screener

Spot Vision Screener is revolutionizing early detection of vision disorders in children to help improve sight and prevent blindness. It can screen objectively for: Hyperopia, Myopia, Astigmatism, Anisometropia, Strabismus, and Anisocoria.

The Impact

Efficiency: In one study, use of the Spot Vision Screener at Pediatric Physicians’ Organization at Boston Children’s Hospital helped staff increase completion rates in three-to five-year-old children over chart-based screening. Improvement was observed for each age, but the most impressive result was among three-year-old children – increasing from 38.6% to 87.1%.

Financial outcomes: Instrument-based vision screening is a smart investment. Practices can realize immediate economic benefits through reimbursement with CPT Code 99177 and reduce the rate of unnecessary referrals to specialists.

Standardization: A fast, objective and consistent approach to vision screening across the healthcare network can help enhance operational efficiency and patient outcomes. 11 out of 12 practices in the Boston Children’s project experienced a statistically significant improvement in completed vision screening with instrument screening compared with chart-based screening.

Advancing Frontline Care Together! Contact your Medical Resources representative today to discuss these products and more. 1-800-860-4716 (USA)

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⁶ IDF Diabetes Atlas, Seventh Edition 2015, page 50. www.idf.org ⁷ American Academy of Ophthalmology Retina/Vitreous Panel. Preferred Practice Pattern® Guidelines. Diabetic Retinopathy. San Francisco, CA: American Academy of Ophthalmology; 2014. www.aao.org/ppp. ⁸ National Eye Institute, Facts about Diabetic Eye Disease. https://nei.nih.gov/health/diabetic/retinopathy ⁹ Monitoring Visual Status: Why Patients Do or Do Not Comply with Practice Guidelines; Frank A. Sloan, Derek S. Brown, Emily Streyer Carlisle, Gabriel A. Picone, and Paul P. Lee. Health Services Research, October 2004. ¹⁰ Garg S, Jani PD, Kshirsagar AV, King B, Chaum E. Telemedicine and Retinal Images for Improving Diabetic Retinopathy Evaluation. Arch Intern Med. 2012; Oct 1: 1-2.

¹⁴ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Improving the Nations’ Vision Health: A Comprehensive Public Health Approach. http://www.cdc.gov/visionhealth/pdf/improving_nati... vision_health.pdf ¹⁵ Zabba, Joel N. “Children’s Vision Care in The 21st Century & Its Impact on Education, Literacy, Social Issues & the Workplace: A Call to Action.” Journal of Behavioral Optometry (2011) ¹⁶ Source: http://www.aappublications.org/news/2015/12/07/Vis... ¹⁷ Welch Allyn Market Research 2016 ¹⁸ Louis Vernacchio, MD, MSc; Jonathan Modest, MPH; Katherine Majzoub, RN, MBA; Bruce Moore, OD; Vijeta Bhambhani, MS, MPH; Emily K Trudell, MPH; Temitope Osineye, MBBS, MPH; Glenn Focht, MD; Jean Santangelo, RN, BSN (2015). INSTRUMENT-BASED VISION SCREENING FOR PRESCHOOL AGED CHILDREN: AN IMPLEMENTATION STUDY. Poster presented at the Healthcare Improvement 27th Annual Summit, December 2015 ¹⁹ CPT 99177: Instrument-based ocular screening (e.g., photoscreening, automated refraction), bilateral; with on-site analysis.

ABS Refrigerators now have natural refrigerants. “Natural” always sounds great, but what does it actually mean in regards to refrigerants and how does it benefit you?

Refrigerants are chemicals used to cause cooling and refrigeration. “Natural” doesn’t mean non-chemical, it merely means that the chemical occurs naturally in the environment rather than being created in a lab. Previously, most cooling devices such as refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners used chlorinated fluorocarbons (CFCs), which were developed in the 1930s by Thomas Midgley. However, in the 1970s these were discovered to have a negative impact on the ozone layer and the environment, so work began to find a substitute. Now, hydrocarbons, a naturally occurring type of chemical, are replacing them. They reduce gas emissions significantly.

Hydrocarbon (HC) refrigerants have benefits aside from the environmental. They are more energy efficient, and consequently cost efficient. If you’re still using a refrigerator or freezer that uses CFCs, replacing it with a refrigerator that uses HC refrigerants will save you money on your electric bill and ultimately pay for itself.

If you’re interested in an environmentally friendly and cost-efficient refrigerator or freezer, look no further! You can check out our selection of ABS products here.