Gday Adrian It would be interesting to here about your trials. We here at GWAHS have a mixed bag of mostly very old units and some of the new style laerdal portables. One of the breast pumps in the area is approximately 50 years old, but they will not let it go. I will have to upload a pic to navigate around firewalls when I can. Cheers Greg Greg Dillon OMIEAust Biomedical Engineer Biomedical Engineering Dept Bloomfield Hospital Forest Road Orange Ph 02 6363 8095 Mb 0414 86 5821 Fax 02 6363 8097 email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> "Richards, Adrian (CYWHS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tuesday, 1 April 2008 >>> Hi A little while back I asked a question about suction units, I thought in may be worthwhile summarising the responses. There are a number of devices out there being used, common ones being: Laerdal LSU's Clements (possibly Hivac and Hiflo models) Devilbiss 7305's (common in the paediatric setting) Medela Clario Some hospitals seem to have made a conscious choice ie are standardised, others have an unstructured mix that happens by default, like ourselves.. In addition to the above I am aware of a the Vacumax unit and the S-Scort duet, both of which are seeing some use. We have divided our patients into approx 5 categories ranging from low use (<3 uses/day) to high end (>20/day) including a need to be compact/portable in some instances. We are hoping to get it down to 2 standardised units, trials will be commencing shortly (I hope). Adrian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unless explicitly attributed, the opinions expressed in this email are those of the author only and do not represent the official view of the Greater Western Area Health Service nor the New South Wales Government. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
