Puritan Bennett™ Ventilation Solutions

As part of a healthcare organization, you work hard to establish ventilation practices that help reduce days on the vent, prevent infection and promote the highest patient safety possible for your life support systems. But the challenges are many. According to The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Alert, Issue 25, “ventilator-related deaths and injuries are often related to multiple failures that lead to negative outcomes.” The threats to your patients’ safety can be a combination of human error, confusion and outdated or inadequate equipment.

A negative impact on your patients’ safety can also result in considerable, nonreimbursable hospital expenses. For the health of your patients, as well as your financial stability, you seek more than high-performance ventilation equipment. You look for high-performance partners, which can work with you to design a comprehensive set of solutions that include a standardized technology platform and the right support and training programs.

Leadership in Ventilation

Standardizing at a higher level.

At Covidien, we take the life and death implications of standardization very seriously. That’s why we launched our Covidien Respiratory Care Assessment program, which includes a complimentary, customized assessment of your ventilator fleet,  identifying the potential issues that could prove to be an impediment to positive ventilation outcomes for your patients. Effective life support depends on achieving standardization of your ventilator fleet, and we partner to help you get there.

Of course, a systematic program isn’t all you’re looking for. Covidien has a long history of designing industry-leading, reliable ventilation technology, spanning more than 75 years. As the trusted choice of hospitals around the globe, we provide solutions that help reduce infections, asynchrony and muscle atrophy in ventilation patients, from neonates to adults, by offering:

• Software that helps physicians and therapists achieve synchrony faster and maintain it as conditions change
• Ventilation solutions that help lower the work of breathing for patients
• Heated filtration of expiratory gases to reduce instances of hospital-acquired infections

Our technological expertise is complemented by our in-depth understanding of the respiratory issues clinicians and caregivers face every day. Each new product we bring to market is informed by the clinical and business needs of thousands of healthcare professionals, established over decades of partnership. The results are innovations that directly contribute to the best possible outcome for both your patients and your hospital.

Innovations in Ventilation

Industry-leading solutions for issues that matter.

Highly ranked in reliability and boasting a low total cost of ownership, the Puritan Bennett 840™, our flagship ventilator, is out in front, setting the standard for combating asynchrony by minimizing patient breathing effort and providing automatic adjustments.

• Proportional Assist™* Ventilation Plus (PAV™*+) software adjusts the ventilation support level based on patient demand, increasing support in direct relation to demand.
• The Leak Compensation software option reacts quickly to variable air leaks, maintaining optimal patient–  ventilator synchrony and helping to prevent autotriggering during both invasive and noninvasive ventilation.

At Covidien, although we offer cutting-edge products, we also understand the importance of delivering innovative service, support and consulting. Through our Covidien Respiratory Care Assessment program, we’ll assess your ventilator fleet and pandemic preparedness, providing you with relevant recommendations that will help position your staff to provide the highest level of care to patients while minimizing nonreimbursable expenses to your hospital. We also offer a wide range of continuing education designed to further empower your staff, including:

• Clinical support for training and implementation of current strategies of ventilation
• Customized training for nurses on ventilation topics
• Live and online multiple-modality training
• Competency validation and state licensure requirement support
• “Train the trainer” programs

And our ventilator solutions are as durable as they are reliable and effective. When you invest in Covidien products, you’re not just getting great ventilator solutions that lead to enhanced possible patient outcomes—you're also getting a great value. In fact, service typically represents less than 1% of our customers’ costs.

1. Gerberding, J.L. M.D., M.P.H. (2005) Pandemic Planning and Preparedness, U.S Department of Health and Human Services.
2. Thiesen, R.J. RTT (2007). Heated Expiratory Filtration: Lessons from the SARS Experience. Retrieved from Future Healthcare; Web site:  http://www.futurehealthcareus.com/?mc=heated-expiratory%20&page=res-viewarticle
3. SARS Commission Final Report. Spring of Fear

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™* Proportional Assist and PAV are trademarks of The University of Manitoba, Canada. Used under license by Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC.