Skin climate

Bed sores is one of the most painful things, perhaps even more than the disease itself, while getting treated in a hospital. A good fabric is important. GORE-TEX® Medical Fabric, attempts to solve this issue to a little extent, by maintaining a local skin microclimate.

BariAir

Bariatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with causes, prevention and treatment of obesity.

KCI International has designed BariAir, a risk management manaual and remote operated bed, that gives comfort to obese people. For a cool video, please check out their site.

Pains and strains

Why do you have to focus on workplace pains and strains? If you are a Company, then investment in easing Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) for the workers will benefit you in the long run. The City of Ontario has a detailed policy in place to tackle such problems. Their research showed that "from 1996--2004, employers paid more than $12 billion in direct and indirect costs related to MSDs. Examples of indirect costs include overtime, equipment modifications, administration, retraining and lost productivity". MSD's account nearly half of the insurance claims in Canada. More information is available at http://www.preventionbestpractices.org/msd/

Hospital Administrators should treat Workplace Safety as a high priority to enhance the healing ability of the patients and staff.