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New guide on medical equipment principles
An ‘Essential guide to medical equipment principles’, has been launched to help new clinical engineers, junior nurses, medics and operating department practitioners (ODPs) understand the fundamentals of many of the standard medical devices they will encounter in a hospital environment.
Leading medical engineering into new frontiers
The first gathering of the ‘EBME Expo Leaders Network’ brought together a select group of influential leaders from the healthcare technology (HealthTech) industry, at the Cinnamon Club, in Westminster, to drive innovation and to collaborate on achieving key objectives in the field of EBME. This Special Report outlines the key issues raised.
EBME Expo 2025 - Shaping the Future of Healthcare
Professor John Sandham, Chair of the EBME Expo, highlights the event’s focus on practical knowledge and best practices in technology management, acquisition, connectivity, use, and maintenance. The Expo aims to demonstrate how optimised healthcare technology contributes directly to NHS productivity, cost-effectiveness and, most importantly,...
The five pillars of SSI surveillance
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust’s Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Team provide an insight into patient-reported SSI surveillance, using the latest smart-phone technology. The team have identified ‘five pillars of post-discharge surveillance’, as part of the ‘SWIFT’ approach (Smart, Well-connected, Inclusive, Flexible, and Therapeutics).
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Association of Continence Professionals Annual Conference and Networking Exhibition 2025
Kents Hill Park, Milton Keynes
19th - 20th May 2025
British Infection Association 27th Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting 2025
Hilton, Newcastle Gateshead
20th - 21st May 2025
Theatres and Decontamination Conference
CBS Arena
20th May 2025
BAUN Day Educational Event
Hilton, Belfast
6th June 2025
EBME Expo 2025
Coventry Building Society Arena, UK
25th - 26th June 2025
AfPP Annual National Conference
University of Warwick
8th - 9th August 2025