Paladin Medical Products, LLC. Equipment Management for Clinical Environments

Founded originally as Fairfield Medical Products in the late 1960’s Paladin has a history of clinical expertise.

Paladin products aredesigned to retrofit on toexisting Fairfield Railinstallations.

We have a long history of: * Clinical interface * Problem solving * Exceeding client expectations

Infection Control has been a high design focus ever since theproduct was developed.

Shared Responsibility

We have a shared responsibility to provide a design with technology giving clinicians control over their environments AFTER THE FACT of construction and installation.

After the completion of construction, clinical teams are left to “deal” with whatever was conceived during the design process. They should be given tools to “manage” the environment.

Technology Integration:

Those who get it…..

Stryker

Healthcare Facilities

Seamless integration of various technology.

These companies have integrated a rail system as a standard in many of their applications. Each supports the other with a basic common element, the equipment rail.

Humanscale

A seamless approach to equipment management.

You can attach the rail on to anything….and

you can attach anything on to the rail

Triangle Of Care, the relationship between Caregiver, Patientand Technology must be kept in the forefront of everything we do.

With that in mind . . .

We have Good news, and we have Bad

news!

The Good News is that after a construction or renovation project,

you will move into a new environment and will have

new carpeting, new lighting, new furniture and new wallpaper etc.

“Utopia General Hospital” The goal of every design professional.

The Bad News comes in the form of a question:

Can you name one hose, tube, cable or wire that is

going to go away just because you are moving

into a new unit?

A patient room is nothing more than a dysfunctional application of dissimilar technologies!

Results of traditional designs

Headwall

Med Gas

Infusion Pumps

Monitor

Ventilator Electronic Medical Records

Patient

Supplies/Cart

A hose and a tube today, will still be a hose and tube, the day you move into the new unit.

A Patient Room must become anorganized, flexible, adaptable and expandable environment

Todays possibilities

Patient

Headwall Infusion PumpsMonitor Ventilator

Electronic Medical Records

Med GasPar Level supplies

Architectural systems will be challenged to touch upon all aspects of healthcare delivery, not only today, but through the lifecycle of the areas in question.

What contribution will choosing an equipment management system make to my hospital over time?

Process Improvement Today

There are several proven varieties of integrated process improvement to extend the lessons of the original Toyota “Kaizan” program into healthcare facilities.

At a clinical level, the basic key elements of process improvement are as simple as providing:

WHAT you need….WHERE you need it andWHEN you need it.

Integration of a rail and accessories program is the perfect facilitator for process improvement initiatives, even if not in place at the time of design.

Integration of Equipment Rail in to aesthetic design. Simple and unobtrusiveis key to preserving the value of the owner’s investment

Finding a balance between form and function, Paladin Equipment Management Rail allows the design team to incorporate any Wilsonart color into the equipment rail solution.

EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT AND INFECTION CONTROL APPLICATIONS

Traditional “norms”: Contractors spend hours aligning and attaching devices mandatory in patient care areas to the wall with “standard” anchor devices.

The resulting damage is seldom realized until changes are made, either through user demand or supply channel contract modifications

All too often we see issues we like to call the “Swiss Cheese Syndrome” ……common in almost every facility.

Corian

Also, the ever popularmagic gloves box trick.

Or the….”I didn’t think that double sided tape would stick that well.“

The stark reality of the damage, especially when made to dry wall or laminate, is both time consuming and costly from both repair and lost revenue points of view.

The utilization of rail and accessories for mounting hand sanitizers, wipes, sharps containers and paper towel dispensers achieves a major goal…..

…Obsolescence has been

obsoleted!!!!

As seen in Materials Management Magazine. Note the difference in set up over the sink between the picture on the left, and the one on the right.

EVIDENCE BASED SOLUTIONS:These changes took place after only 6 months from the opening of a 600 bed facility, and were made possible without shutting the rooms down, through the use of a rail system.

The use of the rail takes the guess work away from the A & D component of the process. No longer does it matter what it looks like on paper….the users get to deploy the devices as they see fit, in the actual space it is being used.

Architectural detail: Backing at 52” …..devices by others….the “EASY BUTTON” for architects and equipment planners alike.

Additional rails may be added at any time should more space be required or technology changes.

Non-code compliant modifications, leading to compromised safety issues.

If we do not provide adequate flexibility and adaptability on the front end of the design process, users will make it work some how.

The bedside shown in the previous slide went from worst case scenario to best practice, economically and easily, with no disruption of patient care.

Simple expansion of services, on demand by the end user will guard against any unforeseen future technology.

Gas expansion can be done NON-INVASIVELY by a simple addition of a gas block hose and connector to an existing in wall outlet.

Prepare for surge populations with the addition of rail and gas blocks to any waiting area supported by portable tanks.

Blocks can be configured to meet existing supply configurations….any style outlet on any wall.

University of Florida, Shands Alachua General Hospital

Splitter blocks can be added to existing outlets to multiply services and then taking the weight load of the actual flow meters and put them on the rail via gas blocks.

3 hook hanger with 9 clips

Large wire basket often used to stock par levels of supplies for new admissions.

Single and 3 hook hangers for use with resuscitation devices and other hanging supplies.

6 clip organizer for placement of “stat” use supplies, reduces infection control risk common with drawer use.

Product specific mounts for the Welsh Allyn 767/777 series of diagnostic instruments.

GCX adapter plate to attach owner furnished GCX channel to a Paladin rail.

Channel adapter kits may also mount vertical channels from other manufacturers such as Humanscale and Ergotron.

Swing arm pole holder for use in a GCX channel with infusion/syringe pumps or Vapotherm device.

The large angle shelf for additional patient monitors or other clinical support devices.

Fold down shelf for procedures or equipment placement.

Applied infection control mounting

for any manufacturers brand.

Holder for Sharps container and paper towel dispenser.

Single gloves box holder

Double gloves box holder

A variety of 3 box gloves holders

Quad mount gloves containers or just the kit to adapt the hospital’s existing wire holders, horizontal and vertical.

Magnehelic

manometer mount

Miscellaneous mounting adapters for a variety of respiratory support devices.

YES WE CAN…..really we can, mount anything, anywhere.

Emesis bag mount

Razor and thermometer

Bar Code Scanner

Telephones

THANK YOU For your time and

consideration.

www.paladinmp.com321-704-2311