Wall Outlets Research Articles

Contamination d'un circuit d'oxygène par de l'air comprimé

Routine checking of the Fio 2 of a mixture delivered by a ventilator revealed large discrepancies between the Fio 2 assigned and that effectively delivered, the latter being low. Measurements of Fio 2 at the wall outlets showed the O 2 delivery pipeline to be contamined by compressed air. By disconnecting all the ventilators supplied by this pipeline one after the other, one ventilator, or rather its blender, was found responsible.

Retrograde pressurization of a medical oxygen pipeline system: safety backup or hazard?

Pipeline systems are used in most hospitals today to deliver medical oxygen to patient care areas. Intermittent reports have appeared concerning serious problems and failure with these systems. Mandated reserve systems have not provided the necessary backup at times. This article describes an auxiliary system to supply oxygen in a zonal fashion to wall outlets. The system will function during most failure situations; a hazard is inherent in the knowledge of this technique and will be examined.

Organizing the Nursing Service for a New Hospital

other that she could "start from scratch" in a new hospital and develop her department just as she pleased. There would be no traditions or out-dated policies to observe and no unproductive staff members to consider. The director could plan, arrange, and rearrange until everything was just right according to her standards and ideas. I had that wish, too, and it came true when I was employed on July 15, 1952, to be director of nurses for the Sinai Hospital of Detroit, which would be ready to receive patients six months later, on January 15, 1953. The hospital administrator had been appointed October 1, 1951. The hospital is a beautiful, modern plant which accommodates 211 adult and pediatric patients and 48 infants; it provides medical, surgical, pediatric, and obstetric services. Its up-to-date equipment includes a pneumatic tube system to carry written messages and small articles, a patient-nurse communicating system, wall outlets for oxygen supply and suction equipment, and air conditioning in the operating room, the delivery room, and the

Organizing the Nursing Service for a New Hospital

other that she could start from scratch in a new hospital and develop her department just as she pleased. There would be no traditions or out-dated policies to observe and no unproductive staff members to consider. The director could plan, arrange, and rearrange until everything was just right according to her standards and ideas. I had that wish, too, and it came true when I was employed on July 15, 1952, to be director of nurses for the Sinai Hospital of Detroit, which would be ready to receive patients six months later, on January 15, 1953. The hospital administrator had been appointed October 1, 1951. The hospital is a beautiful, modern plant which accommodates 211 adult and pediatric patients and 48 infants; it provides medical, surgical, pediatric, and obstetric services. Its up-to-date equipment includes a pneumatic tube system to carry written messages and small articles, a patient-nurse communicating system, wall outlets for oxygen supply and suction equipment, and air conditioning in the operating room, the delivery room, and the