Hi Group, Does anyone have any information about JCAHO guidelines and ultrasound gel? Is it acceptable to use gel wamers? Are we supposed to be discarding the...
... I've never worked with a Vivid 7, so I can't help you much with that, but you reminded me of my first day on the job at a private practice office in my...
we save them for 7 years. ... ============= we still use tapes, and save tapes from previous years..wondering what everyone else are doing with tapes from the...
Believe it or not we still use VHS tapes for recording studies on echo, TEE, Dobutamine stress echo and vascular procedures. We encounter a lot of unrecorded...
Generally, I was told to keep the adult tapes for 7 years and pediatric tapes until the patients would turn 21. So if you are doing newborns, that is 21 years....
Your SONOS should have the MOD drives. They are relatively cheap and very reliable (albeit slow by current standards). We keep all pediatric studies...
I say take the tapes to MRI let it erase them fast and toss them, are you really going to use the data? Brooke ... ============= Believe it or not we still...
I converted my personal instructional VHS tapes to DVD(actually my husband did it). So if you think you may need some of the tapes for future reference - your...
On occasion, we do look at the old tapes. By "old" I mean tapes from 4-5 years back, nothing older than that. I believe the hospital is mandated to keep old...
I ordered an electric high powered magnet that is made to erase video and audio recordings. it has a flat side about 3" to 4" in diameter. You just plug it...
So are you really doing research with those very old tapes? Remember that those are from before second harmonics imaging. I'm not sure what you would want to...
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Hello All, I am new to this Echocardiography thing, I will start my school work this August. I am excited about this endeavor, having waited 2 years to get...
We take the old tapes to the mri scanner and let the magnet clean them.? Then they are OK to toss Kathy Harrington, RDCS Navy Medical Center Portsmouth, VA ......
Congratulations! Ultrasound is a great field of practice and I believe, will continue to be one of the leading forms of diagnostics in healthcare. ...
You need to check with your radiology department.? Some places will only allow you to do echo or vascular studies.? Any studies done in the radiology...
Yes, as Marti said 'sonographer' is the term you are looking for. To be more specific with echo, 'echocardiographer' is the correct term. Cardiologist ...
I suspect that that is something specific to the institutions you have worked in, Kathy. Most of the people that I knew going through th e program that I was...
Thank You Marti, Kathy and Gershom You all gave me some interesting information. And if you don't mind I have some follow up questions: Marti you mentioned...
Wassim, you are way over-estimating the similarities in different ultrasound applications. Already knowing what it feels like to hold a probe could certainly...
Exactamundo, Gershom, re: invasive vs. non-nvasive. I, also, consider the use of contrast (Definity, agitated saline) or even pharmacological stress...
Hi Gershom and Marti First let me say that you are two nice individuals. I am thankful for all the knowledge you have shared with me and this Group. May some...
Hello to all. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on what all hospitals might be looking to hire an Echocardiographer. I am a new grad and looking for...
Hello Nassif, I think what Marti is thinking about invasive technique is when we do TEE or Transesophageal Echocardiography. With TEE, we introduce a probe,...
