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Never Cross The Barrier
The New Vernacare Single Item Macerator - The Solo
The New Vernacare Single-Item Macerator
The newest addition to the Vernacare macerator family is the Solo. Due to its smaller footprint, The Solo can be placed in a patient's room or bathroom. It is ideal for all isolation rooms and individual ICU rooms, as well as a simple and cost effective product for long term care facilities. You can now take advantage of the tremendous infection control benefits of the Vernacare system in virtually all areas of the health care environment.
Read more...Introducing the Enviroflush
Next Generation Model 400 Macerator
Vernacare Introduces the Enviroflush
The Next Generation of the model 400 Macerator The new Enviroflush will continue to deliver the same reliability and ease of use as the previous 400 series, and will also provide a number of enhancements: Sleeker, space-saving design provides a smaller footprint with zero clearance installation on sides Service access available from the front and top Angled front panel allows for easier side-approach Quieter than previous models
Read more...Vernacare - Owens and Minor Strategic Partnership
Mutually Beneficial & Customer Focused
Vernacare - Owens and Minor Strategic Partnership
Always looking for ways to improve our service delivery to our clients, Vernacare is excited to announce our new "expanded warehousing relationship" with OM Healthcare Logistics (OM HCL) effective June 15th, 2009. This arrangement will reduce transit time for both regular and rush orders. OM HCL, a fullservice third-party logistics (3PL) provider of end-to-end supply chain solutions, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, will provide Vernacare with warehousing and delivery services from their new facility in Louisville, Kentucky.
Read more...Vernacare System Convert
Case Study in Environmental
Christiana Care Converts to Vernacare
After compiling a strong business case, approval was given to install Vernacare's waste management system in Christiana Care's main Emergency Department in the Spring of 2008. For a smooth "go-live" conversion, Vernacare provided extensive training and support to the Nursing & Engineering staff. Given the ease of use of the system, ongoing training was then managed by Amy Tyler, Staff Development Specialist, with support from Vernacare.
Read more...Vernacare Pulp Products
Bedpan Bliss - Increases Nurse Morale
Disposable Eco-Friendly Bedpans Increase Nurse Morale
"It's been successful, especially for nurse satisfaction," said Amy Tyler, RN, BSN, CEN, a staff development specialist for emergency services and the clinical decision unit at Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, Delaware, which implemented the disposable system in the emergency department in 2008. "They are not having to clean out used patient-care items." Vernacare of Toronto, Canada, produces the molded pulp-paper product, which resembles an egg carton, from recycled newspapers and telephone books, without using dyes or bleaches. It adds a natural resin to keep the utensils leak-proof. Bedpans require a plastic base, since the pulp-paper device cannot support a patient's weight.
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Vernacare Exhibiting at Major Conferences
Vernacare will be exhibiting at major conferences throughout the US during the course of 2010.
Read more...Getting Greener in the ED
Amy Tyler, RN, BSN, CEN
Getting Greener in the ED
Nurses no longer clean and reuse bedpans or scrub commodes in the ED. Installing the macerators and bringing in the Vernacare products in the Emergency Department resulted in 50% reduction in the number of plastic patient care items leaving the ED in t.he first year the macerators and products were installed. This reduction totaled approximately 4000 pounds of plastic duIing the first 9 months of use in 2008. The ED plastic usage for 2009 was just 17% of the 2007 usage and equates to over 45.000 fewer plastic items going into landfills. Plastics cannot be totally eliminated. because bedpans must be used to support the weight of the patient.
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