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Prairie Dog Tech introduces a new mobile app

May 26, 2016 By Rogene Evans

Prairie Dog Tech, LLC, a company leveraging technology to address health care challenges, has announced the release of THE OBSERVER. As a first-of-its-kind endoscope tracking system, THE OBSERVER provides health care professionals with timely data and alerts on device status, while significantly improving patient safety.Prairie Dog Tech Logo

Medical horror stories involving inadequately disinfected medical equipment have been making headlines recently. The LA Times reported on superbug outbreaks at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center and Cedars-Sinai, where more than 200 patients may have been exposed to contaminated endoscopes. Three patients later died from infection. Experts think the real numbers could be much higher, as many patients who have endoscopic procedures are already quite ill, and pinpointing the root cause of an infection can be difficult.

Prairie Dog Tech, LLC has brought a spirit of innovation to the health care industry – seeing a problem and working toward a viable solution. The problem in this case is that endoscopes, like many medical devices, are designed to be re-used hundreds or thousands of times. Cleaning and storage procedures must be flawless. Each year, millions of Americans undergo the most common type of endoscopic procedure. Therefore, improper cleaning, handling and storage of these medical devices has a broad impact.

THE OBSERVER is a hands-free, independent and real-time solution to the problem of medical device cleaning and maintenance. Doctors and administrators both have 24/7 access to data via the mobile app. The dashboard offers a quick view of where a device is in the reprocessing cycle. As doctors scrub in before a procedure, they can instantly confirm that all equipment has been disinfected properly. Administrators can be alerted immediately whenever a device skips a necessary step or a certain threshold is not met. Likewise, device history data can be employed to develop precise maintenance and purchasing plans.

Versatility is one of the key benefits of THE OBSERVER. The app works with all types of re-usable medical equipment, any room layout and any procedure. Health care providers can customize variables like time and temps, or set limits to how much time a device must remain in a specific cleaning phase.

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