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The UK’s Department of Health has released a list of 25 unacceptable errors in the NHS, and warned that hospitals will be stripped of funding if they are found to be at fault. After consulting health partners such as the NHS, health professionals, the Royal Colleges and the public, the department has extended the current list of eight serious preventable errors to 25. The latest list includes events such as severe harm/death due to transfusing wrong type of blood, severe scalding and severe harm/death due to misidentifying patients by failing to use the standard wristband identification processes.

BRENMOOR will be showing the Blood Bag Tags, Wristbands and PATscan at BGS Reading on 14th, 15th and 16th of April. Come along for samples and demonstrations of our award winning products. To see the full list of speakers follow the link www.bgsreading.org

Riding on the success of previous years Brenmoor will be once again exhibiting at MEDICA between the 17 – 20 November 2010 at the Messe Düsseldorf, Germany. We will be demonstrating our famous wristbands and our patented and innovative blood bag tag which is already proving a huge hit within the NHS in the UK. Lastly we will be showing the PATscanner system outside of the UK for the first time. PATscanner can completely put an end to miss identified sample tubes on wards and in hospital labs. We will be located on the UK Pavilion, hall 16 stand G10, old and new partners come and say hello.

Brenmoor had huge success at the Arab Health 2010 exhibition and as a result we will be once again be attending the show. The show will be now a regular on the Brenmoor calendar. We will be using the show to meet some of our overseas partners and showcase our new products. We are also seeking new partners based in specific countries. Arab Health runs from 24 – 27 January 2011 and is held in the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Months of development work have gone into the latest product range from BRENMOOR. PATscan-Ward and PATscan-Theatre have been designed to completely remove the need for hand writing labels and other patient ID products whilst on the ward and in theatre. The stand alone kits work straight from out of the box and are used in conjunction with our range of wristbands and labels. They put an end to hand written sample tubes, samples and wristbands.

Brenmoor will be on hand all week in Grassington at the annual arts Festival to help ensure that there is a steady flow of people into the event. The first night was a huge success and everyone wearing a wristband was quickly admitted to the secure area. The Grassington Festival has a 2 week long program, the last 5 days are held in a specially constructed Marquis.

The UK’s NPSA (National Patient Safety Agency) have released a statement that says the pre-printing of patient labels in any form is unsafe. The statement covers all pre printed labels and Laser A4 sheets that can include wristband and label set combinations.  The advice addresses issues that has long been a concern to many within the NHS and is being sent out to all UK hospitals. The statement said ... The NPSA considers that printing several labels with patient details at one time, so that they can be used at a later time for the patient’s care, is unsafe.   Labels should be printed only when required for the patient’s care and, where electronic systems permit, by the bedside so that the risk of the label being used for another patient is minimised.

BRENMOOR’s first time as an exhibitor at the prestigious Arab Health 2010 event last month proved to be a great success with many potential new partners identified from around the globe as well as throughout the Middle East. A number of contracts have already been secured with local distributors and end-users, with a huge potential to work with many more.

BRENMOOR, who currently supply 70% of UK hospitals with printed identification wristbands to ensure their patients are correctly identified throughout their stay in hospital, are looking to introduce the practice in the Middle East. Every day throughout the world thousands of hospital patients are victims of identification breakdowns and errors of various degrees. This can result in major problems with transfusion, drug administering, specimen collection and point of care testing.