General
Universitario Santa Lucia installed the Patient SafetyNet system to
provide advanced monitoring of its most vulnerable patients in the
neonatal basic care unit. Patient SafetyNet can help ensure patient
safety by noninvasively and continuously measuring a patient's
physiological conditions and detecting changes or abnormalities that
signal declining health status in real-time. When changes occur in the
measured values, which may indicate deterioration in the patient's
condition, the system automatically sends wireless alerts directly to
clinicians – prompting a potentially lifesaving response to the
patient's bedside.
"The
Patient SafetyNet implementation has enabled us to develop a process of
admission for newborns that allows them to stay with their parents in a
rooming-in basis, offering the maximum safety for these especially
vulnerable patients," said Dr. Jose Luis Leante Castellanos, head of
Santa Lucia's Neonatology Unit. "The staff has been extremely satisfied
with the system."
The
Masimo Patient SafetyNet system consists of Masimo SET® Measure-Through
Motion and Low Perfusion™ pulse oximetry, with choice of
patient-tolerant and easy-to-use ventilation monitoring with rainbow®
Acoustic Monitoring or standard capnography, and remote monitoring and
notification to help keep clinicians connected to patients. Patient
SafetyNet has been clinically shown to help reduce rapid response
activations, intensive care unit (ICU) transfers, and deaths related to
opioid-induced respiratory depression.1
Masimo
founder and CEO Joe Kiani stated: "We are truly proud and honored that
General Universitario Santa Lucia, one of the most modern healthcare
facilities in Spain, has selected Masimo technology to help protect
patients and improve patient outcomes. Parents can be confident that
with the Masimo Patient SafetyNet system, their little loved ones are
being safely monitored at the bedside even when clinical staff is not in
the room."
Reference:
- Taenzer A, Blike G, McGrath S, Pyke J, Herrick M, Renaud C, Morgan J.
"Postoperative Monitoring – The Dartmouth Experience." Anesthesia
Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter Spring-Summer 2012. Available online
