Controlled Substance Locks, Fall Conferences, and More Great Information In this newsletter, we unravel the critical importance of controlled substance locks on procedure carts and share essential maintenance tips for cleaning medical carts. We'll also unpack the evolution of healthcare emergency response systems.
In this newsleter, we analyze the importance code committees’ work in one article, and we feature the tools that support clinicians in another. You'll also see what Daniel Finch, Inventory Management Specialist at Lexington VA Medical Center, had to say about our service. And, as we continue to grow, we're thrilled to introduce our newest team members: Catie Sodaria from the Customer Service Team and Joe Plevel, our new Tennessee territory sales representative.
The new year is off to a strong start at Waterloo Healthcare, and this newsletter is packed with useful information! There's much more to explore, including an introduction to Hannah McGuire, one of our newest sales representatives and Anita Bekavac our new National Sales Manager for Canada. So take a break, relax, and enjoy our March newsletter!
As 2024 comes to a close, all of us at Waterloo Healthcare want to express our heartfelt gratitude to our valued distributor partners and customers. Your trust and collaboration are the foundation of our success, and we are truly thankful for your continued support. We thoroughly enjoyed connecting with so many of you throughout the year at various industry conferences (AHRMM, ENA, and HSPA, etc.). Your insights and enthusiasm continue to inspire us as we work together to provide the best medical cart solutions in the healthcare industry.
Welcome to our fall 2024 newsletter! We have been so busy over the past few months, and in this edition, you’ll learn about all of our recent adventures. The Waterloo Healthcare team really enjoys getting out and seeing our clients, as well as sharing information about our industry-leading medical carts. In the past few months, they represented our company at the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Conference and AHRMM event, and showed booth visitors the features of our Code Carts and Substance Carts, and explained the great features of our Electronic Locks (eLocks).
Lots has been happening at Waterloo Healthcare since our last newsletter. We joined many of you at the HSPA conference in Las Vegas. Had a wonderful time reconnecting with several of our distributors as well as our Sterile Processing customers who are on the front lines when it comes to managing their hospitals’ code cart fleet. Without their support, a cart is just a cart…so thank you for all you do to keep our carts at the ready to help your staff save lives!
Before purchasing electronic locking carts for a new department, it is important to consider how employee workflow will be impacted. Our article below, “Enhancing Hospital Efficiency: Advantages of Wi-Fi Capable Electronic Locks on Procedure Carts”, strives to shed some light on this topic. Electronic locks have become increasingly more popular as hospitals address medication security concerns. Electronic locks allow for automatic relocking – the ability to restrict access to specific users as well as the capture of audit trails that can show who has accessed a given cart. Audit trails give vital information that helps to enhance the security of medications, syringes, and other “at risk” supply items (saline flushes, etc.).
Thank You For Another Amazing Year! As the year draws to a close, we at Waterloo Healthcare want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of our valued customers. Your unwavering support and trust in our products and services have been the cornerstone of our success throughout 2023. In a year marked by challenges and triumphs, your loyalty has been a guiding light, motivating us to continually improve and innovate. Your feedback has been invaluable, driving us to exceed expectations and deliver the best medical procedure carts in the industry. We would like to thank you for this motivation and the opportunity to make innovations! As we approach the holiday season, we extend our warmest wishes to you and your loved ones. May this time be filled with joy, laughter, and cherished moments. It's a time to reflect on [...]
Third Quarter Updates Hard to believe that summer is drawing to a close and kids are heading back to school. Just seems too soon, doesn’t it? As they say “time flies” and it certainly seems that way… But while time has been flying, we at Waterloo Healthcare have been busy expanding our team, connecting with our customers and distributor partners at the AHRMM conference, and creating tools that can help you decide whether steel or aluminum is right for your next procedure cart. First and foremost, I’d like to welcome Tim Johnson to the Waterloo Healthcare team. Tim joins us as our new Business Development Manager and will be working directly with our reps in supporting our distributor partners and end users. Tim is an experienced healthcare sales and marketing professional with 15+ years in the sales/health industry. Tim was driven to pursue healthcare from his passion for [...]
Anesthesia Carts Last quarter we focused our attention on one of the most important procedure carts in a hospital: emergency carts. While no one can deny the importance of emergency carts, anesthesia carts also play a vital role in patient treatment, and we will focus our attention on them in this newsletter. In recent years, we’ve seen not only an increased focus on the security of controlled substances on anesthesia carts, but an elevated cart inventory list based on the increased use of disposable equipment. These two criteria have driven several advances in lock options as well as overall anesthesia cart design. We will cover many of these improvements in the educational section of this newsletter. As medical treatment advances, we are focused on offering product features that address these new requirements. From our dual credential lock options to our wider platform anesthesia carts, Waterloo Healthcare is [...]
