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Carbon dioxide shortage impacts health care surgeries
Developing a plan with medical gas suppliers is necessary to overcome the current national shortage and continue meeting patient needs
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Biomedical
How efficient is your liquid oxygen system?
Resources to help differentiate between normal and excessive oxygen leakage, and how to troubleshoot issues
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Infrastructure
Oxygen concentrator relieves med-gas issue
One Hawaiian hospital shares its journey to find a solution for oxygen shortages during pandemics and other emergencies
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Advocacy Adviser
Six lessons for managing medical gas storage
From visual inspection to checking accessibility of connections, here are six best practices for medical gas storage
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Infrastructure
Safely managing oxygen systems
Fire safety issues related to increased medical oxygen use experienced overseas spurs U.S. hospitals to reexamine their processes
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Biomedical
Ultracold freezers help save energy
Mayo Clinic replaces more than 1,000 freezers, reducing energy use 60 percent
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Biomedical
How to decrease fire risk in oxygen-enriched atmospheres
Higher oxygen usage to treat patients with COVID-19 has led to unintended increases in fire risk that should be mitigated
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Biomedical
Johns Hopkins addresses COVID-19-related oxygen shortages
A new white paper lays out solutions and mitigation efforts to ensure oxygen supply for patients in need
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Bulk medical oxygen systems
How the COVID-19 crisis can impact med-gas infrastructure
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Biomedical
Wireless technology improves outcomes
Mayo Clinic tracked results of a new telemedicine program used for neonatal care
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