Clinical Services

The S-Monovette Is The Revolution In Blood Collection

15 March, 2016 by AHHB

The S-Monovette® is an innovative enclosed blood collection system that allows the user to draw blood from the patient using the syringe or vacuum method, uniting the advantages of both techniques in a single product.


World's First Low Cost Dialysis Unveiled

10 March, 2016 by Corin Kelly

It’s an invention that could save millions of lives each year and transform the way kidney disease is treated around the world.


The 5 most addictive substances on earth

06 March, 2016 by Corin Kelly

What are the most addictive drugs? According to Eric Bowman, from the University of St Andrews, while the question seems simple, the answer depends on whom you ask. From the points of view different researchers, the potential for a drug to be addictive can be judged in terms of the harm it causes, the street value of the drug, the extent to which the drug activates the brain’s dopamine system, how pleasurable people report the drug to be, the degree to which the drug causes withdrawal symptoms, and how easily a person trying the drug will become hooked.


Rapid response halves heart attack deaths

27 February, 2016 by Corin Kelly

Detecting and treating patients before they have a cardiac arrest isn’t rocket science, but it’s a life saver.


Need Anti Microbial and Flame Retardant curtain fabrics?

23 February, 2016 by AHHB

We know your priority - best practice germ control.


Cancer in 3D - the real world of cancer cells

23 February, 2016 by Corin Kelly

It's now possible to take 3D images of lab-grown cancer cells to get a more realistic snapshot of how they grow, spread and respond to their environment, thanks to a new high-resolution microscope developed by US researchers.


Work Stress? 3 Ways to Beat Common Traps

20 February, 2016 by Corin Kelly

Hunched over, hardly moving for hours on end, hitting the same buttons again and again in the hope of a future reward … sound familiar? It does to Selena Bartlett, from the Queensland University of Technology.


More nurses mean less death

17 February, 2016 by Corin Kelly


The ART of deception - IVF clinics inflating success.

08 February, 2016 by Corin Kelly

IVF patients across the country are being told their fairy tale ending is just an embryo transfer away from“Joyful new mum Sonia Kruger” to the “back-to-front love story” of sperm donor romance. Loretta Houlahan, from Monash University reveals that for every artificially conceived bundle of joy to make the headlines, there are many everyday Australians who have not been so lucky.


3 new operating theatres to slash wait times

03 February, 2016 by Corin Kelly

Tasmania's State Government has announced the opening of three new operating theatres in the state this week as part of their plan to rebuild Tasmania’s health system. With serious questions being raised about the allocation of dollars earmarked for Tasmanian health, this will be only a drop in the ocean but it is a step in the right direction.


Hospital violence escalating

28 January, 2016 by Corin Kelly

Growing fears about incidents of violence and aggression in public hospitals and other healthcare settings was shared by more than 140 delegates of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) this week.


There is a little known threat in your home

20 January, 2016 by Corin Kelly

They are small items, the size of a ten cent coin and they can cause big problems for small children. Lithium button batteries can be found in many items from remote controls and bathroom scales to singing greeting cards.


Taking central line infections to zero

18 January, 2016 by Corin Kelly

The rate of bloodstream infections caused by central intravenous lines in hospitals can be reduced to almost zero, saving over $200 000 per year, if a modified central line maintenance procedure developed by a group of Victorian researchers is used, according to a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia.


1 in 600 People Wake During Anaesthesia

17 January, 2016 by Corin Kelly

Pandit J et al. The 5th National Audit Project (NAP5) - Accidental Awareness During General Anaesthesia in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Association of Anaesthetists UK. Sept 2014.


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