At CareFusion we are dedicated to improving lives through better technology at the critical point of patient care. Our family of products and services are used in over 120 countries and include some of the most widely recognized brand names in their categories, including Pyxis®, Alaris®, AVEA®, Pulmonetic Systems™, V. Mueller®, MedMined™, and ChloraPrep® to name a few.
From the millions of caregivers who rely on our products everyday to the
countless medication errors and hospital infections our technologies have helped prevent, we've raised the standards of healthcare worldwide.
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CareFusion Businesses
Critical Care TechnologiesMedication errors cost $3.5 billion to treat annually in the U.S.1 and another $3 billion in Europe2, and the cost to patients is immeasurable. CareFusion critical care technologies, which protect more than 1.5 million patients annually from medication errors3, include:
- Pyxis® technologies for medication verification
- Alaris® System, the world's first "smart pump" IV system
- AVEA® Pulmonetic Systems™ and SensorMedics® diagnostic systems for safe ventilation
Medical Technologies and Services
Healthcare-acquired infections, in the U.S. alone, affect 1.7 million patients annually4 5 and result in 271 fatalities per day. In the Medical Technologies and Services segment, we have led the way in infection prevention efforts, with the potential to save 6,800 lives and $1B6 in healthcare costs annually. Our comprehensive surgical instrument and specialty care products, which advance the science of minimally invasive procedures and help improve clinical outcomes, include:
- MedMined™ services for data mining and surveillance
- ChloraPrep® skin prep products, which significantly reduce the risk of surgical-site infections
- The most widely used medical specialties porfolio, including V. Mueller®, Snowden-Pencer® and Nicolet instruments and the AVAmax vertebral augmentation system
Learn more about how to help prevent healthcare-acquired infections.
1 Office of News and Public Information, Institute of Medicine and the National Academies, July 20, 2006.
2 Expert Group on Safe Medication Practices (P-SP-PH/SAFE), Council of Europe, 2006.
3 Preventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series. Institute of Medicine, July 2006.
4 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Public health focus: surveillance prevention and control of nosocomial infections. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 1992: 41:783-787.
5 Klevens, et. Al. Estimating Health Care-Associated Infections and Deaths in U.S. Hosptials, 2002. Public Health Reports, March-April 2007: 122:160-166.
6 Projection based on aggregate internal analysis of 174 MedMined services clients' performance between August 2006 and October 2008.
2 Expert Group on Safe Medication Practices (P-SP-PH/SAFE), Council of Europe, 2006.
3 Preventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series. Institute of Medicine, July 2006.
4 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Public health focus: surveillance prevention and control of nosocomial infections. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 1992: 41:783-787.
5 Klevens, et. Al. Estimating Health Care-Associated Infections and Deaths in U.S. Hosptials, 2002. Public Health Reports, March-April 2007: 122:160-166.
6 Projection based on aggregate internal analysis of 174 MedMined services clients' performance between August 2006 and October 2008.
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