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Monday, September 8, 2014

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!

Monday, September 1, 2014

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!




Monday, August 25, 2014

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

Monday, August 11, 2014

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.


Monday, August 4, 2014

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!

CHG compatible ink to help prevent wrong site surgeries