Showing posts with label Medical Devices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medical Devices. Show all posts

Tuesday, 9 December 2014

Why GPC Medical is the Best Source to Import Medical Devices from India

We are in a dynamic business where value of life and health precedes over everything else. Our business ethics correlate with compassion, innovativeness, safety standards, and affordability of the patients. GPC Medical offers an unprecedented depth of growth because we deal in innovative products, with most advanced technologies, engineering expertise to fulfill our mission of valuing life and providing relief from pain to the ailing patients.
The medical devices business in spite of the exponential growth in demand in the last few years has many business houses that claim to be the best. However, GPC Medical stands on a different platform to satisfy the customer for all its medical needs.

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Why GPC Medical is the best source to import medical devices from India?

Our Experience: From 1930 we are into this business of providing medical supplies worldwide expanding our ambit every year and building roads of faith with our clients. Each passing year not only adds to our experience but the annual increase in the sales motivates us to keep this momentum of growth and reach the pinnacle without compromising on the quality.

Our Mission: From the concept to manufacturing and validation to delivery our mission is to see that we succeed in alleviating pain of the patient, in restoring of health and to make families happy by helping in extending life of our patients.
Our Values: The values of GPC centres around maintaining safety, giving the best quality, making it affordable for all by reducing the cost, on time delivery and staying abreast with the most advanced technologies.
Our Service: We offer solutions for the entire supply chain of medical devices under one roof. Our range of products caters from preventive medical devices and early detection through diagnosis to the most sophisticated hospital equipment. We however specialize in orthopedic implants, medical rehabilitation products, medical disposable supplies, autoclaves, and anesthesia products.
Our Reliability: We assure quality products to our clients and consistent quality raising our standards above the mandatory ISO 9001, ISO 13485, US FDA 510 K and CE norms. Our policies towards our buyers are friendly and we assure delivery on time. Our team is a dedicated group of professionals who ensure the quality standards are maintained at each step to bring out a flawless product that can help in reducing pain and save lives too.

Our World Exports: There is hardly a country where GPC products have not found their way, either directly or through re-export. We participate in all the major medical fairs and have acquired some very prestigious projects in different countries against the MOH/MOD/UN Tenders, etc. Our global presence is a mark of our international standard products.

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Monday, 8 December 2014

9 Types of Medical Supply

Medical supplies play an important role in medicals or health care department, without these supplies or equipment we do not imagine health care centre.  Researchers of various companies invent various kinds of supplies or equipment accordance with the comfort level of patients which help them to recover from their ailment as soon as possible. We found these medical supplies almost everywhere at homes, in transports in the form of first-aid. Medical supplies are on demand at vast scale in everyday life. 

Here are nine types of medical supply we are discussing below:



1. Medical supplies for surgical cases:


Various items used during different surgeries such as needle, gloves, gowns, drape, and scissors come in this category.  Disposable items and equipment which are made of stainless steel can also be counted under same category. Staff members wear protective gear such as surgical caps, hoods, eye protection and surgical masks to prevent themselves from acquiring an infection during a surgical procedure which is necessary. There are pre-packaged kits for minor procedures that are set up for specific procedures which reduce the preparation work that your staffs needs to fulfil.  

Medical Surgcial Disposables

2. Medical supplies to enhance your mobility or durable medical equipment:


Mobility medical equipment or supplies are affordable quality solution for the person who needs home healthcare. Lift chairs, wheelchairs, walker, mobility scooter, bath products and bed comes in mobility medical supplies. With the help of these medical supplies you are able to go wherever you want to go in other words these equipment give you the confidence and assist you in the time of need.


3. Medical supplies for hospitalised patients:


Hospital beds, stretchers and hospital room furniture are essential part of any hospital or healthcare centre. Incubator is a piece of equipment in hospital which new babies are placed in when they are week or born too early, in order to help them survive. Mobility solution, support surface therapies, bed monitoring and connected hospital technologies set new standards for successful patient care.


4. Medical supplies for people with special need:


Medical supplies which help people of special need to live their life easily come in this category. Digital talking alarm clock helps the people suffer from poor vision, or blindness by announcing the time for them. In the same way eating aids, drinking aids, aids for gripping and dressing aids for the feet and leg helps physically challenged persons to deal easily with their life.

5. Diagnostic medical supplies:


Diagnostic medical supplies are those with the help of which healthcare professionals diagnose the disease and then prescribe a treatment plan. ECG machine, stethoscope, thermometers, ophthalmoscopes, digital finger blood pressure monitors comes in the category of diagnostic medical supplies. These medical supplies can be easily found in every department of health care centres.


6. Electronic medical supplies:


Radiography x-ray equipment, surgical lights, MRI machines, heart rate monitor, breathing rate monitor, blood pressure monitor and ultra sound are the important examples of electronic medical supplies which medical professionals use while treating the patient. Some other electronic devices with software are also helpful for the better management of the healthcare centres. These are medical informatics such as electronic medical records, Medical billing software and scheduling software.



7. Acute care medical  supplies:


These supplies such as CAUTI prevention kit helps to reduce infection rate. It improves staff, patient and family satisfaction. Reducing HAI (hospital acquired infection) is a big deal and medical supply manufacturers have developed ever more powerful cleaning agents which prevent you from infections.

8. Home health care medical supplies:


Home health care supplies sometimes also known as ‘self-care’ medical supplies is useful in everyday life of patients, these supplies are hearing aids, canes, walkers, crutches and wheelchairs. These supplies help people to live their life in better way during their disability.


9. Flexible healthcare storage and transport options for medical supplies:


Storage and transportation of various medical supplies is as important as any other task of patient care in healthcare centres. There are many types of transport carts used for the storage purpose of medical supplies. Cast cart, anaesthesia cart, isolation cart, crash cart and many more carts found virtually in every department of hospital. These carts are also called procedure and supply cart because they store and transport the supplies that doctors and nurses need to provide care to a patient.

Monday, 24 November 2014

4 Common Categories of Durable Medical Equipment

Durable medical equipments are very essential for patients as to improve their quality of living. These durable medical equipments are therapeutic devices which are designed for the recovery of the patients ailment as quickly and comfortably as possible. Durable medical equipment are intended to withstand repeated use by non-professionals or the patient, and is appropriate for use in the home. As the word durable itself tells about the significance of these medical equipment’s which are likely to last for a long time without breaking or getting weaker. Health of the patients is fully depended on these equipment, if these equipment are weak or break easily then they are harmful for the patients and instead of improving their health they prove to be really critical. Responsibilities of durable medical equipment are to keep the user safe and these products are built strong, long-lasting and generally easy to clean and maintain.  


There are two types of durable medical equipment:

  1. Life Sustaining durable medical equipment: Equipment like nebulizer, humidifier, cycle dialysis machine for peritoneal dialysis etc are considered as life sustaining without which the patient cannot survive and hence need to be purchased. 


  2. Non-life sustaining durable medical equipment: All other equipment those are not listed as life sustaining comes in this category will be paid as rental up to the allowed purchase price. 

Commonly used durable medical equipment’s are:


1) Ambulation assistive devices: These are mobility devices help a person with functional impairment move about in their environment. Such devices are:

a. Walker: There are various kind of walker like 2-button walker is a folding walker that is easy to use and store. Trigger release walker is also type of folding walker that is easy to transport, use and store. Trigger release with 5” wheels is most common type of folding/rolling walker easy to use over different type of terrain. There are heavy duty walker and wenzelite walker also available to accommodate most patient weight.  

b. Cane: It is the most widely used assistive device which is used when the individual needs limited support and has good balance. It supports up to 25% of a person’s weight and may prevent many falls.


c. Crutch: Crutches should have comfortable grip and padding and adjusted for length so that the crutch does not press on your underarms.


2) Wheelchair: When physical changes seems to limit your movements the option of wheelchair makes your life easier and comfortable.




a. Power wheel chair: It is a battery operated based with four wheels and adjustable seat controller attached on one of the armrest that allows the rider to control the movements of the chair. These are beneficial to those patients who are unable to operate wheelchair manually.


b. Hybrid wheelchair: These chairs come with transport wheels attached to the chair and are the combination of the chairs comes between the standard and transport wheelchairs. 


c. Manual wheelchair: These chairs are easy to transfer with a built-in or removable armrest. A mid to high level back and push handle to allow no occupants to propel the chair. 


3) Orthopedic devices:     


a. Belt: An infinite variety of Dacron, cloth and leather material is used to fabricate waist belts, shoulder harness and chest straps, which provide suspension as well as control through their attachment to cables that attach lock to various joints. Halter, Fracture frame, Trapeze bars are other orthopaedic durable medical equipment.


4) Bath safety:
Hand held shower, shower chairs and bathroom grab bars and assist bars are some examples of bath safety which are mostly used by the patients who face difficulty while bathing.


Most of the durable medical equipment can be purchased without a prescription but it is essential and safe to purchase prescribed equipment. 


GPC Medical tries to supply a comprehensive range of products to its clients. 


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Tuesday, 11 November 2014

How to Purchase Medical Equipment?

The demand and supply of medical equipment is growing exponentially by the day. Medical equipment plays a crucial role for medical professionals and patients. These medical equipment's can play a pivotal role in keeping a check over most of the generalized health parameters. They can play be a very centralized role in increasing the longevity of your life and be preventive in guarding you from some long term illness. The key elements of purchasing medical equipment are approximately the same whether you are buying them for home or for your clinic. Home-use medical equipment helps to improve individual medical condition and retain the quality of life while living at home.

While considering about buying medical equipment you need to follow some instructions:

  • The process of purchase usually starts with a demand or requirement. A requisition is generated by the medical professional or medical authority. There are different medical professional expertise including Doctors, Nurse Practitioners and Physical and Occupational Therapist who assist individuals in determining which medical equipment is necessary.
  • Determine whether you want equipment for a short period or for a long time. If you needed home-use equipment for a short period, it is beneficial to take equipment like walker or wheel chair on rent. Purchasing equipment is cheaper for long term use. 
  • Determine the size of the equipment according to the size of room or where you are going to place the equipment.
  • Before purchasing the product you should ask for guarantee and do not forget to collect guarantee card.
  • It is beneficial to know the vendor’s policy for replacing malfunctioning equipment. It is important to review the policies for the replacement of defective piece because even the high quality medical equipment can stop working.

 

After knowing the requirement of equipment’s there are two ways to purchase medical equipment:

Traditional method-purchase equipment from medical supply store:

There are so many reputable medical supply companies; you have to visit three or four medical supply store to check the price and quality of the product. Take the list of needed items, along with the space and budget requirements.
Steps for purchasing medical equipment from medical store:
  1. Requisition received from the national health services purchasing department or by health professionals.
  2. Source suppliers: information have to be collected about suppliers.
  3. Tender process: to know about the tender process whether it is required or not.
  4. Purchase approved for the required equipment.
  5. Purchase order sent to supplier.
  6. Expediting is must for quick supply of equipment at the time of demand.
  7. Delivery of equipment’s.
  8. Supplier invoice.

Modern method-purchase medical equipment online:

Online shopping is modern method of purchasing any anything or medical equipment. While exploring on internet you should check whether the medical equipment vendor is licensed and accredited. You should also verify that the vendor has a reputation for providing quality service. 

Steps of purchasing medical equipment online:
  1. Electronic requisition system through popular sites like eBay and snap deal (ERP).
  2. Requisition auto initiated by ERP.
  3. Supplier selected from approved list.
  4. Required order sent electronically.
  5. Supplier acknowledges and provides update delivery for cast data electronically with the help of which buyer can check the status of their product.
  6. Delivery- Electronic proof of dispatch sent by supplier.
  7. Payment via electronic invoice eg. Debit card and credit card.
    For purchasing medical equipment you have to critically evaluate provider’s reputation, legitimacy, equipment policies and customer service. Need of durable medical equipment’s is increasing day by day. You have to find a professional medical equipment installation company that can do it for you to guarantee that equipment is installed properly. Many options are available in selecting a medical equipment provider, so carefully compare the products and then purchase.

    GPC Medical Limited is a reputed medical company that honestly sells its products as per the need of the patient. Their products have long term durability and are trusted by all its users. Be very careful in buying any type of medical equipment as they are life saving devices.