Volume 11 - Issue 5 - May, 2003
Feature
06/19/2008
From March 2003: Patient Follow Up
Our lab is going to start following patients after discharge to home. The plan is to call patients at home and ask them various questions about their post-hospital recovery period. We’d like to know what...
From March 2003: Patient Follow Up
Our lab is going to start following patients after discharge to home. The plan is to call patients at home and ask them various questions about their post-hospital recovery period. We’d like to know what...
From March 2003: Patient Follow...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Editor’s note: Reader Mike Martin wrote us regarding the article recommended in CLD’s March Email Discussion Group on drug-eluting stents (DES), pages 60-64. The article reference is reprinted below.
Gunn J, Morton AC, Wales C, et al. Drug...
Editor’s note: Reader Mike Martin wrote us regarding the article recommended in CLD’s March Email Discussion Group on drug-eluting stents (DES), pages 60-64. The article reference is reprinted below.
Gunn J, Morton AC, Wales C, et al. Drug...
Editor’s note: Reader Mike...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
From March 2003: Patient Follow Up
Our lab is going to start following patients after discharge to home. The plan is to call patients at home and ask them various questions about their post-hospital recovery period. We’d like to know what...
From March 2003: Patient Follow Up
Our lab is going to start following patients after discharge to home. The plan is to call patients at home and ask them various questions about their post-hospital recovery period. We’d like to know what...
From March 2003: Patient Follow...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Editor’s note: Reader Mike Martin wrote us regarding the article recommended in CLD’s March Email Discussion Group on drug-eluting stents (DES), pages 60-64. The article reference is reprinted below.
Gunn J, Morton AC, Wales C, et al. Drug...
Editor’s note: Reader Mike Martin wrote us regarding the article recommended in CLD’s March Email Discussion Group on drug-eluting stents (DES), pages 60-64. The article reference is reprinted below.
Gunn J, Morton AC, Wales C, et al. Drug...
Editor’s note: Reader Mike...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Cardiac Catheterization 2003
Regional meetings for cath lab professionals
Upcoming locations:
May 17 - Philadelphia, PA
May 30 - Houston, TX
September 6 - Cincinnati, OH
Website: www.cathlabdigest.com
Contact: 800-766-6014
May 7-10
SCA&I...
Cardiac Catheterization 2003
Regional meetings for cath lab professionals
Upcoming locations:
May 17 - Philadelphia, PA
May 30 - Houston, TX
September 6 - Cincinnati, OH
Website: www.cathlabdigest.com
Contact: 800-766-6014
May 7-10
SCA&I...
Cardiac Catheterization...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Infographic
06/19/2008
FDA Approves Cordis’ CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent
Cordis Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson company, has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent,...
FDA Approves Cordis’ CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent
Cordis Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson company, has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent,...
FDA Approves Cordis’ CYPHER...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Michael Wellner, BS, EMT-P
Many hospitals across the country are in the process of writing policies and changing procedures to comply with National Patient Safety Goals that are relevant to the services that the organization provides. JCAHO expects these organizations...
Many hospitals across the country are in the process of writing policies and changing procedures to comply with National Patient Safety Goals that are relevant to the services that the organization provides. JCAHO expects these organizations...
Many hospitals across the...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Tracy C. Simpson, RCIS, FSICP, RN
Dear Colleagues, SICP Members and Friends,
I would like to take a few moments to speak with you as we transition into a new era of cardiovascular medicine. I would first like to say thank you to Roger Sigfried, Past President of the...
Dear Colleagues, SICP Members and Friends,
I would like to take a few moments to speak with you as we transition into a new era of cardiovascular medicine. I would first like to say thank you to Roger Sigfried, Past President of the...
Dear Colleagues, SICP Members...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field? What do you like best about it?
I spent quite a bit of time in college preparing for a career in basic research. During my senior year, I decided that I wanted a career with more...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field? What do you like best about it?
I spent quite a bit of time in college preparing for a career in basic research. During my senior year, I decided that I wanted a career with more...
Why did you choose to work in...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Correction to website address:
Correction to website address:
Lumedx Corporation, an independent provider of cardiovascular information system software and integrated solutions, announces a free white paper: An Evidence-Based Approach to Managing the Cath Lab: Delivering Stellar Patient Outcomes,...
Lumedx Corporation, an independent provider of cardiovascular information system software and integrated solutions, announces a free white paper: An Evidence-Based Approach to Managing the Cath Lab: Delivering Stellar Patient Outcomes,...
Lumedx Corporation, an...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
(Thank you to Michael Wellner, Supervisor, Cardiac Cath Lab, Holy Family Memorial, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, for the following question).
(Thank you to Michael Wellner, Superv...
H&P incomplete
Yes. Our hospital (lab) was cited for incomplete admission History and Physical. This was not specific to the lab, but an overall hospital problem.
H&P too brief
We were cited because our physicians used the very brief...
H&P incomplete
Yes. Our hospital (lab) was cited for incomplete admission History and Physical. This was not specific to the lab, but an overall hospital problem.
H&P too brief
We were cited because our physicians used the very brief...
H&P incomplete
Yes. Our...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest is pleased to report that approximately 160 cardiac cath professionals enjoyed Cardiac Cath 2003, a traveling educational one-day seminar which most recently took place in Chicago, Saturday, April 12th.
Attendees were...
Cath Lab Digest is pleased to report that approximately 160 cardiac cath professionals enjoyed Cardiac Cath 2003, a traveling educational one-day seminar which most recently took place in Chicago, Saturday, April 12th.
Attendees were...
Cath Lab Digest is pleased to...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Tom Long, MBA, RT, CCVT, CCPT
The cost of providing high quality services within the healthcare organization has increased significantly over the past one or two decades, primarily due to decreased payments and the increased cost of doing business.
This has led many...
The cost of providing high quality services within the healthcare organization has increased significantly over the past one or two decades, primarily due to decreased payments and the increased cost of doing business.
This has led many...
The cost of providing high...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Kathleen C. Chumer, RN; Joanne Vaul, MBA; Lawrence Michaelis, MD; Jack DeCerce, FACHE
The following activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Cordis Corporation. This presentation contains discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Neither HMP...
The following activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Cordis Corporation. This presentation contains discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Neither HMP...
The following activity is...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Cardiac catherization procedures are not exempt from the site marking requirement. The primary reason for site marking in these cases is to avoid doing the procedure on the wrong patient. We have such cases in our database. Even when there is...
Cardiac catherization procedures are not exempt from the site marking requirement. The primary reason for site marking in these cases is to avoid doing the procedure on the wrong patient. We have such cases in our database. Even when there is...
Cardiac catherization procedures...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Marsha Holton, CCRN, RCIS, FSICP, BS
The application of the relatively new field of ergonomics has been a trial-and-error procedure for the last twenty years. Trying to actually define ergonomics is an interesting experiment, as it’s not located in any dictionary published...
The application of the relatively new field of ergonomics has been a trial-and-error procedure for the last twenty years. Trying to actually define ergonomics is an interesting experiment, as it’s not located in any dictionary published...
The application of the...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Kathleen C. Chumer, RN; Joanne Vaul, MBA; Lawrence Michaelis, MD; Jack DeCerce, FACHE
The following activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Cordis Corporation. This presentation contains discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Neither HMP...
The following activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Cordis Corporation. This presentation contains discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Neither HMP...
The following activity is...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Readers discussed site verification, and at the time the April issue went to press, we became aware of a JCAHO ruling which seemed to indicate that site verification is now a mandatory practice in the cath lab. (Editor's Note, May 20: This no...
Readers discussed site verification, and at the time the April issue went to press, we became aware of a JCAHO ruling which seemed to indicate that site verification is now a mandatory practice in the cath lab. (Editor's Note, May 20: This no...
Readers discussed site...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Vence Light, RT
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
Our cath lab facility includes one cardiac catheterization suite with a staff of six, including:
Four registered nurses,
One registered radiology technologist,
...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
Our cath lab facility includes one cardiac catheterization suite with a staff of six, including:
Four registered nurses,
One registered radiology technologist,
...
What is the size of your cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Marsha Holton, CCRN, RCIS, FSICP, BS
The application of the relatively new field of ergonomics has been a trial-and-error procedure for the last twenty years. Trying to actually define ergonomics is an interesting experiment, as it’s not located in any dictionary published...
The application of the relatively new field of ergonomics has been a trial-and-error procedure for the last twenty years. Trying to actually define ergonomics is an interesting experiment, as it’s not located in any dictionary published...
The application of the...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Joshua A. Hirsch, MD
This symposium provided a forum for several prominent clinicians and scientists. They presented summaries of their laboratory and clinical data on the use and hemostatic mechanism of poly-N-acetyl glucosamine, the material that makes up the...
This symposium provided a forum for several prominent clinicians and scientists. They presented summaries of their laboratory and clinical data on the use and hemostatic mechanism of poly-N-acetyl glucosamine, the material that makes up the...
This symposium provided a forum...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
