Wearable Monitor Checks Patient During Transport

A new transportable patient monitor brings mobility, convenience, and safety to the progressive hospital environment.

The Philips IntelliVue MX40 offers a comprehensive package of benefits, including continuous monitoring over a greater range in the hospital, access to the industry-leading proprietary IntelliVue Smart-hopping Network, and a color touch-screen display that presents the patient’s name as well as easily accessible vital information, including electrocardiogram (ECG) graphing, blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), and noninvasive blood pressure (BP); the MX40 is also interoperable with the entire IntelliVue family of products.

The MX40 solution also supports the monitoring of ambulatory patients, and improves clinician workflow by providing local alarms to alert clinicians of patient condition changes, wherever they are in the hospital. An integral part of the MX40 solution is the IntelliVue Information Center, which provides real-time surveillance, reporting, data storage, and interfacing with the hospital’s electronic medical record (EMR) system. The Philips IntelliVue MX40 is a product of Philips Healthcare (Philips, Best, The Netherlands).

“The MX40 is helpful in streamlining patient monitoring at the bedside. The mobile monitoring function helps us ensure patient safety during transfers and while infusing medication drips,” said Alycia Kielty, RN, of the surgical cardiovascular unit at the Sanford University of South Dakota (USD) Medical Center (Sioux Falls, SD, USA). “For us, these added product benefits have increased communication efficiency, and decreased the need for extra bulky equipment.”

“MX40 is a game-changing device, saving clinicians time by allowing them to view vital patient data on the MX40 display, rather than repeatedly walking away from the patient to check the central station monitor,” said Dale Wiggins, CTO of patient care and clinical informatics at Philips Healthcare. “It’s a forward-thinking piece of technology that brings clinicians and patients closer together.”

The MX40 is also designed with cleaning and infection prevention in mind, featuring a patient cable connector that resists the collection of soil and liquids. The device itself is smooth, allowing for easy wiping, while the case material supports cleaning by many common low- to high-level disinfectants. These multiple cleaning options allow the MX40 to fit into programs to reduce hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), preventable infections often resulting from patients’ exposure to various microorganisms in the hospital environment.

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