Keep ICU running properly

In these coronavirus times, hospitals must ensure the proper functioning of ICU, ensuring that health care teams don’t fail, and that patients can count on the health service in absolute safety.

 

At ETKHO we specialize in the manufacture of electrical safety equipment, and we provide services for critical hospital areas, the ones that should be in optimal condition in the current situation.

You can count on specialists in high quality services and technological products, guaranteeing a good operation of the IT electrical systems of the critical areas or units.

Our mission is to preserve patient safety, providing proper electrical installation and ensuring the wellbeing of patients. 

In this article we will introduce you to the products needed for areas such as ICU, but first we want to share with you the protocols in the case of coronavirus in critical areas.

 

 

Protocols to take into account in ICU for patients with Covid-19

A number of recommendations exist which need to be considered and followed when facing Covid-19 cases and addressing them to areas such as ICU.

Firstly, when transferring a patient with coronavirus to the ICU, it is important that a coordinated circuit is made with the entire hospital, taking into account a communication plan to avoid meetings that are not convenient.

It is also necessary to limit the number of people who will attend to the patient. It is necessary to take record control measures, and monitor the patient who doesn’t need to enter the area.

On the other hand, it is necessary to keep a record of the professionals who have come into contact with patients with coronavirus in the critical areas. 

Similarly, it is recommended that the door to the ICU where the coronavirus patient is located should always be kept closed. 

If possible, the patient should be moved within the hospital with great protection, and if possible, avoid transfer to other areas of the hospital, which can be supported by portable equipment for examinations such as ultrasound and radiology. 

If the intensive care rooms have no space to receive patients who are sick, the best thing to do is to care for them in a single-use room, which should have natural ventilation, or at least independent air-conditioning. 

Finally, it is recommended that staff be provided with minimum protection such as a lab coat, mask, gloves and eye protection.

 

 

Funcionamiento de las áreas críticas | detalle de box de UCI

 

 

Products that allow ICU to function properly

It is important that you know the products that every electrical installation must have for the proper functioning of the critical areas of a hospital.

These products help to provide a safe service, and that coronavirus patients can be treated in critical areas properly adapted to the demands of equipment such as artificial respirators, among others:

 

 

Medical Insulation Monitor

Allows continuous monitoring of the isolation resistance of medical systems

Funcionamiento de las áreas críticas | Vigilante de aislamiento médico

 

 

Hospital grounding panels and electrical outlets

Composed of electrical plugs and power strips, these are absolutely essential elements in areas such as ICU and critical care, as well as for surgical units

Funcionamiento de las áreas críticas | Paneles de tierra y tomas eléctricas

 

IT power systems

Also essential for critical areas, because it allows an isolated power system.

Funcionamiento de las áreas críticas | Sistemas de alimentación IT

 

Isolation Monitor Multi-Repeater

Its purpose is to monitor the information of the isolation monitors that are connected to the network.

 

Alarm repeater

It repeats the alarms detected by the isolation monitor, so the clinical staff of the medical facility can be alerted.

 

 

All these products together guarantee that an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) can be kept in perfect working order, thus avoiding failures that could jeopardize the lives of patients with coronavirus.

We must keep in mind that the conditions generated by the diseases make these patients, in critical areas, vulnerable to minimal risks.

That is why we recommend that in these times you can count on the support of Etkho, we can make an evaluation and diagnose the critical areas of the hospital unit and thereby optimize through the installation of quality equipment.

 

Hospital Universitario Germans Trias y Pujol | Barcelona (Spain)
Ground connections
Insulation monitors fot IT system
Alarm repeaters

 

Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga | Málaga (Spain)
Insulation monitors fot IT system
Alarm repeaters

 

Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre | Madrid (Spain)
IT Power supply systems
Insulation monitor multi repeaters
Repetidores de alarma

 

Hospital General Universitario de Alicante | Alicante (Spain)
Insulation monitors fot IT system
Alarm repeaters

 

Hospital Universitario de Araba | Álava (Spain)
IT Power supply systems
Insulation monitor multi repeaters
Repetidores de alarma

 

Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca | Murcia (Spain)
IT Power supply systems
Insulation monitor multi repeaters
Alarm repeaters
Electrical outlet hospital panels

 

Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet | Zaragoza (Spain)
IT Power supply systems
Insulation monitor multi repeaters

 

Clinique Medico-Chirurgicale de Valère | Sion (Switzerland)
Insulation monitors fot IT system
Alarm repeaters

 

Hospital de Basurto | Bilbao (Spain)
Electrical outlet hospital panels

 

Hospital Ruber Internacional | Madrid (Spain)
Insulation monitors fot IT system
Alarm repeaters
Electrical outlet hospital panels

 

Hospital de Potosí | Potosí (Bolivia)
Insulation monitors fot IT system
Alarm repeaters

 

If you want to know the complete range of ETKHO solutions in electrical infrastructure for hospitals and critical areas, click here.

 

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