The Marvelous™ stopcock offers nurses a truly marvelous alternative to the standard stopcock, because of its unique “self-flushing” feature.

Hospital acquired infections cause approximately 99,000 deaths in the USA per year [1]. Every year 1.7 million people in the USA acquire an infection during hospitalization.

Tubing and Luer disconnections are a major concern that often results in serious complications for the patient. However, the good news is that the majority of the critical scenarios can be easily prevented with the right protocols and equipment.

Creating universal standards for small-bore connectors that include sufficient differences between connectors for different purposes, can eliminate the risk of misconnections. Icreasing patient safety and improving the quality of medical care will be the final result

Treatment in ICU and OR frequently involves the use of lipids and other aggressive substances that carry with it health risks for patients and medical staff.

Elcam attended two conferences during May 2016; AACN and WCNA. These two conferences were a dedicated opportunity for Elcam’s teams to meet the main segment using the company products - nurses.