Ending Hospital Errors

Health Care errors happen nearly every day, 4,000 preventable Never Events that occur annually.
The Joint Commission has an ongoing safety educational program available that is available to anyone, regardless of whether or not you’re Joint Commission accredited.
Viscot Medical is committed to supporting patient safety goals. We offer safety solutions such as correct site marking tools and our medication label safety program... Read the rest here!

Viscot & Op-Marks...

Viscot Medical, LLC is pleased to announce its acquisition of the business of OP‐marks, Inc. of Bogart, Georgia, effective Friday October 3rd. With this acquisition Viscot Medical becomes leading global manufacturer of surgical skin markers, medication labels, and patient safety products offering the widest variety of surgical marker tips and sizes. Surgeons around the world use surgical markers to clearly mark the surgical site prior to surgery to prevent “Wrong Site Surgery”, limiting a leading cause of medical malpractice losses and preventable patient pain and suffering.

OP Marks, Inc was founded in 2004 by a plastic surgeon to design skin markers and other patient safety products. Its line of mini surgical markers and other patient safety products are extremely popular and innovative. The daily business of OP‐marks will remain unchanged as it will be conducted by Viscot Medical’s newly formed division, OP‐Marks Medical, L.L.C... Read the full story here!

AllSkin™ Plus+ with Prep Resistant Ink

• AllSkin™ Plus+ is the first prep resistant ink marker that offers maximum visibility and prep resistance on all skin tones.
• VIXL brilliant blue ink provides enhanced visibility even after prep and other fluids.

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Single Patient Use Markers

Potentially reduce cross-contamination with Viscot Medical’s unique proof of use packaged surgical mini markers.

Our proof of use poly-sleeve design is easily opened even if the clinician is wearing gloves, assuring the enforcement of single patient use to be quick and easy. Viscot’s poly-sleeve is available on our mini marker line... Read the full story here!

More chances to save.

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BlephMarker™ - the ideal marker to use for Blepharoplasty and other facial procedures

•  The BlephMarker™’s twin ultra-fine tip marker – provides an ultra-fine line for Blepharoplasty and other facial procedures that require fine lines.
•  Twin tips provide a fresh tip for each eye lid –allowing... Read the rest here!

From Outpatient Surgery News: Drug Mix-Up Blinds Patient, Spurs Malpractice Verdict

Why are medication labels an important part of any patient safety program?
“A mix-up over sound-alike drugs is at the heart of a $1.5 million jury award earlier this week stemming from a botched cataract procedure that left a patient blind in one eye."
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Help prevent dangerous mix-ups like this by clearly labeling and color coding all medications.

Viscot Medical offers free customization and color coding on all medication labels to tailor the medications specifically to your facility, specialty, or even a specific physician. All Viscot medication labels are held to high standards... read the full story here!

From Healthcare Purchasing News: Massachusetts hospitals' mistakes list widens

Massachusetts acute-care hospitals reported 753 serious medical errors and other patient injuries last year, a 70% annual jump that health officials attributed mostly to expanded definitions of what constitutes medical harm… "
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XL Prep Resistant Ink surgical markers are the gold standard for the Joint Commission’s Universal Protocol for correct site marking: “The mark is sufficiently permanent to be visible after skin preparation and draping”. Viscot Medical’s XL Ink skin markers are visible up to 10x longer... Read the full story here

Testimonial: 08.11.2014

See a new review of our mini traditional ink skin marker here.

NEW - White E•Z removable Ink™!

Viscot Medical is listening, after countless requests by aesthetic clinicians we have finally developed the White E•Z removable Ink™ skin marker.

White E•Z removable Ink™ skin markers are a medical grade alternative to eyeliner pencils. Not only are they more economical, costing nearly 50% less per unit, but their ease of use makes them versatile... Read the full story here.

From Outpatient Surgery News: Hospitals Aren't Getting Safer, Experts Tell Congress

Are patients in U.S. hospitals safer than they were 15 years ago…? ‘The unfortunate answer is no,’ Ashish Jha, MD, MPH, told a U.S. Senate subcommittee last week.” … “Recent reports have suggested that the..." Read more here!

5 questions you should ask yourself when selecting a skin marker

1. Sterile or non-sterile?

Are you marking within the operating room (sterile) or in your office or pre-op settings (non-sterile)? Check the product number. If there’s an “S” in the Viscot skin marker number that means the product is sterile, “SR” means sterile with a ruler. If you need rulers with your non-sterile marker we sell them sepreatly here.

2. What procedure am I doing?

Viscot Medical has a surgical skin marker to meet any clinical... Read the rest here!

Custom Medication Label Examples

Custom Medication Labels examples and forms are available on our website. For more information click here.

From Outpatient Surgery News: About My Error

No surgeon wants to perform a wrong site surgery, and who would want to talk about it when they do? David Ring, MD, PhD has found talking about his error therapeutic: “Talking about it helped me heal. Talking about it helps other patients, other surgeons and their teams embrace a safety culture, adopt checklists and encourage each other to speak up.”

Dr. Ring’s error was... Read the rest here!

Reviews - eCommerce store

Find out what satisfied customers have to say about our eCommerce store!

Clinical Resources Update: Millie™ Female Urinal

Just in time for summer camping trips, Viscot Medical has updated our clinical resources to include directions for use on our popular Millie™ Female Urinal.

Our male and female urinals are ideal for camping and other out door recreational such as boating, hunting... Read more here!

Something new...

A new product is coming soon to www.viscot.com. Keep your eyes open!

A Preview of AORN's New Skin Prepping Guidelines

"'Wouldn't it be great to say with 100% certainty exactly which skin preps and practices are going to do the best job of preventing surgical site infections? While that might not always be possible, there's plenty of strong evidence and evidence-based recommendations on which to base your prepping practices…' For example"... Read more here!

What do clinical professionals thing?

Don't forget to visit our website to see the monthly reviews on our products from real clinical professionals!

“This has been a great surgical marker to use. The website is user friendly and an order can be done at my convenience"... Read the rest here!