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News Release - October 9, 2007
Nihon Kohden America, Inc. Introduces Prefense Early Detection and Notification System(TM)
Designed to Protect Hospital Patients from Medical Harm and Enhance the Efficiency of Rapid Response TeamsIRVINE, Calif.--(HSMN NewsFeed)--Nihon Kohden America, Inc. has announced the development of Prefense(TM), the world's first Early Detection and Notification System(TM) that allows hospital patients to freely ambulate while measuring HR, NIBP, Sp02 and respiration--4 of the 7 critical parameters that trigger a Rapid Response Team.
As the 5 Million Lives Campaign has demonstrated, every patient in the hospital qualifies as a high risk patient, not just those in conventionally monitored areas such as critical care or telemetry. Yet traditionally, and primarily due to cost and staffing issues, continuous monitoring and observation takes place only in monitoring units. That creates significant risk exposure among the large number of patients in Med/Surg wards, where many of the 15 million instances of medical harm occur each year.
Nihon Kohden America believes that many of these events could be prevented with the Prefense(TM) system. It consists of a new, low acuity central station interface that is simple, easy to use and cost-effective, combined with the company's NTX wireless telemetry transmitters. Prefense(TM) is the only solution that seamlessly integrates the mobility of Nihon Kohden America's NTX, the advance warning capabilities of continuous trend analysis and the proven effectiveness of Rapid Response Teams.
Mike Dashefsky, VP Monitoring Business Unit believes that "the combination of the NTX and Prefense Early Detection and Notification System(TM) is the next logical evolution to our Saving Lives and Avoiding Costs Campaign (www.savelivesavoidcosts.com). This technology forms the heart and soul of defensive monitoring(TM) designed to protect patients from medical harm. We are glad to be recognized as the pioneer in this field."
The Prefense Early Detection and Notification(TM) system will be introduced at this year's American Society of Anesthesiologists 2007 Annual Meeting and is currently pending 510K clearance.
About Nihon Kohden America
Nihon Kohden America was founded in 1979 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Nihon Kohden Corporation, Japan (founded in 1951). Nihon Kohden America is a market leader in Patient Monitoring, Sleep Assessment, Neurology and Cardiology instrumentation. Our products are distributed to hospitals, physician's practices, mobile services, and outpatient and surgery centers throughout North America. More information about Nihon Kohden America can be found at www.nkusa.com.
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