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COVID-19 Resources: Keep It Clean
With the number of maintenance chemicals and standards out there, it can be a little overwhelming trying to figure out whats the right chemical to use on your equipment. There are two types of cleaning that are pertinent for oxygen equipment, cleaningand disinfectingwith oxygen compatible cleaners and cleaning equipment for oxygen service. 1. Cleaning with oxygen-compatible cleaners Oxygen can react with any residue, particles, dirt, oil, grease or other contaminants that are left on the surface of equipmentwhichis in directcontact with oxygen, such as the cylindervalve orsurface. The body of a cylinder or a regulator for example, should be cleaned with chemicals that will leave noresiduebehind thatmaycause an interaction with oxygenthat may result in combustion. 2. Cleaning equipment for oxygen service Surfaces that come into direct contact with oxygen, such as the valve opening on a cylinder, the inside of a cylinder oranoxygen connection must not only be cleaned with an oxygen compatible
Are You Meeting Pre-Fill Requirements?
When filling medical oxygen cylinders it is critically important now more than ever toperform pre-fill odor testingas part of the required nine (9) pre-fill checks.We wanted clarify and stress the importance ofthe absolute safety and regulatory requirement of pre-fill odor testing every medical oxygen and air cylinder prior to filling. The latest USP 99 monograph dropped the requirement forpostfilling odor testing, however we strongly recommend continuing to perform the post odor testing as well. Please review the pre-fill steps below and ensure you are following this cGMP requirement. Pre-Fill Inspection Verify hydrostatictest dateis current Aluminum cylinders must be within 5 years Steel cylinders must be within 10 years if star is present Verify correct cylindercolor In United States oxygen color is green In Canada and many other countries oxygen color is white Performhammer teston steel cylinder only. Aluminum cylinders are exempt. Strike outside of cylinder with a hammer
Portable Oxygen Concentrators: What are they and how do they work?
Portable oxygen concentrators, or POCs, are lightweight medical devices that dispense oxygen while being highly portable. They allow those prescribed medical oxygen to carry their own oxygen supply with them wherever they go, eliminating dependence on bulky and heavy oxygen tanks. The lightest POC on the market, the OxyGo FIT, weighs just 2.8 pounds. In the past decade POCs have made an enormous contribution to the effectiveness of oxygen delivery therapy. They are easier for patients to use and less expensive for providers to service. Before their development, patients needing oxygen at home depended on heavy oxygen tanks to dispense their oxygen. They were tethered to these tanks and could not leave home easily. Their only option to get out of the house was to attach themselves to smaller oxygen tanks on wheels and drag those tanks around with them. Such tanks can still be used today but they are obtrusive, call attention to the person using them and have restrictions as to where they
Did you know? Home oxygen fires claim a life every four days in the US
The true death toll of home oxygen fires across the United States is likely to be higher than previous estimates by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), a new study -The prevalence and impact of home oxygen fires in the USA has revealed. The study examines media reports of home oxygen fire incidents in the US between December 2017 and August 2019. It identifies news reports on 311 separate home oxygen fires over a 20-month period. These incidents resulted in a total of 164 deaths, 71 serious injuries, and 119 minor injuries, which amounts to more than one death every four days. Exploding cylinders are referenced in a third of all reported home oxygen fires, posing a significant risk to third parties, including the emergency services. In fact, 11 of the reported deaths were third parties including family members and other residents. A firefighter also fell victim to a home oxygen fire when a propane tank exploded. This new data points towards a material public health problem
Hurricane Season: Are your Patients Prepared?
Hurricane Season is here - are you and your patients prepared? Hurricane season in the Southeastern United States runs from June 1 through November 30, but peaks from mid-late August through September Hurricanes can cause massive damage to roadways, which makes it very hard to access patients Power outages can cause patients to not be able to charge important medical devices such as their POCs With power outages being a common occurrence during hurricanes many patients have no way to charge medical devices.Ensuring the patients have a way to change their POCs battery and having extra battery life can help tremendously during such stressful times. We have assembled the following kits for those in hurricane paths to be able to provide to a patient. Please see the kits below for all of the members of the OxyGo family to help your patients keep going! We have also included a checklist to make sure patients are as prepared as they can be. Click here to download our one page
Competitive Bidding - Are you ready?
With the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program competitive bid window opening July 16, its time to make sure youre on track to submit your bids before the bid window closes September 18. HomeCare asked Cara Bachenheimer, who chairs the government affairs practice at Brown Fortunato, to share the basics before Round 2021.
How Technology Can Enhance Growth at Home and at Work
By Dave Marquard, WEMCO Tech Chair June 8, 2019 Curiosity has often driven me to action. In 1982 I purchased one of the worlds first portable computers, the Osborne 1. It weighed almost 25 pounds and didnt have an on-board battery. It had to be plugged into a wall outlet to power up and use. However, it was still classified as a portable computer because it could be hand-carried. The Osborne 1 shipped with a large bundle of software worth almost as much as the computer. That software included some of the most powerful and pioneering programs of the day such as D-Base2 for data sorting; SuperCal, an early spreadsheet, and WordStar, a leading word processor application that had a dominant market share that lasted until the mid-1980s. I was a young VP at a small welding equipment manufacturing company, which while a market leader in its small niche, could never seem to break out of a slow growth cycle. My new computer aided ability to process large amounts of data, prepare what
OxyCare Total Advantage PLUS
Introducing OxyCare Total Advantage PLUS Patient Financing to Increase Cash Sales! A DME supplier can no longer survive while being dependent on Medicare for fee-for-service with competitive bidding, stringent documentation requirements, lower reimbursement, post-payment audits, tightening Medicare purse stringsMedicare fee-for-service should only be a component of the suppliers total income stream. There are 78 million baby boomers (people born between 1946 and 1964); they are retiring at a rate of 10,000 per day and are accustomed to paying for things out-of-pocket. The successful DME will be focused on selling upgrades and selling items for cash. To help providers in this changing market, and to allow patients access to the best POC in the market, OxyGo is proud to introduce OxyCare Total Advantage PLUS. OxyCare Total Advantage PLUS is a revolutionary patient financing program for the home healthcare market Patients can own their equipment with monthly payments, and Providers can
NEW! OxyGo Disposables
Did you know... That OxyGo now offers a high-quality line of Disposables which consists of Cannulas, Tubing and accessories at an affordable price without sacrificing patient comfort. Key Benefits... All tubing comes with kink resistant six channel lumen design and is latex and BPA free. Cannulas are available with Comfort Soft Plus tubing that helps maximize patient comfort. Click here to see more online and below to download the new OxyGo Disposables product sheet.
OxySafe Safety Update
As a reminder, in March 2018, the Veterans Health Administration issued a Patient Safety Alert mandating the use of thermal shut-off devices (also known as firebreaks, fire stop valves or fire safety valves) in all of its home oxygen patients installations. The VHA will be incorporating new requirements into all DME contracts for home oxygen. KEY POINTS OF THE PATIENT SAFETY ALERT The VAs Patient Safety Alert requires that thermal fuses (firebreaks) are fitted to all home oxygen patients installationsunless there is a clinical reason for not doing so. The Patient Safety Alert applies to all patients, not just those deemed to be at high risk. Two thermal shut-off devices must be fitted on each patient installation. In other words, where a patient uses both stationary and portable oxygen, two thermal fuses must be fitted on the stationary oxygen source and two on the portable source. In the case of portable devices, the requirement only applies to those with a continuous flow. Following
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