CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Linet was
recently selected by the Premier healthcare alliance to showcase
the Multicare hospital bed as a part of a national program focusing
on innovation and performance improvement in healthcare.
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Multicare was one of 18 medical innovations on display at
Premier’s third annual Innovation Celebration, which showcases
advances in healthcare while highlighting healthcare industry
suppliers committed to innovation and improving patient outcomes.
Innovation Celebration participants were featured before 3,000
healthcare providers and experts on June 14 at the 2011 Premier
Annual Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition in Nashville,
Tenn.
Linet’s Multicare platform has been the market-leading high
acuity bed in Europe for the last 10 years. The latest generation,
which was selected by Premier, was developed in collaboration with
a clinical advisory panel of over 150 nurses from 6 different
countries. This diverse perspective enabled the company to
incorporate leading care practices from around the world while
offering the latest technology with a low cost of ownership.
The Multicare includes unique features that automate many
activities, while also helping improve patient care. Some of these
features include:
- Platform Based Lateral Turn to assist nurses with repositioning
of patients in bed with less effort - Automatic Weighing System that captures and stores the patient
weight in any position - Brake®, intelligent brake system that is automatically
activated preventing any unintended motion - Drive®, 5th wheel which automatically engages during
transport to make movement easier - Mobi-Lift®, to assist with safe patient transfer and early
patient ambulation for quicker recove‘/>”/>
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