Via KARE 11
“The collaboration between Regions and Medtronic started in the beginning of April. Typically, ventilators require close monitoring and settings needs to be adjusted. This means hospital staff are entering a patient’s room regularly.”
“For one COVID-19 patient on a ventilator for two weeks, it eliminates about 65 in-room visits. As of Monday, based on Regions’ current ventilated COVID-19 patients, staff will have 450 fewer-in room visits for the average two-week duration of ventilator use. Sullivan said it’s reduced the numbers of times they’re going in and out of rooms by nearly 50%.”
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