INFRATECH web archive, request for assistance

Infratech Email list: Healthcare Infrastructure and Technology

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Hello all,

I would like to point out some features of the =
INFRATECH web
archive that you may not be aware of, and to ask for some help in =
improving the
archive’s searchability.

 

The link to the archive is: http://infratechonline.net/=

 

First, what is the web archive?

It is a NON password protected web site that has =
been set up
to make the postings to our discussion group more accessible to both
subscribers and non-subscribers. I review each posting and assign =
keywords,
remove email addresses (so your email address won’t be added to =
spam
harvesters) and post to the web site.

 

There are now two years of postings (about 250 in =
total) on
the web site, and it becomes a more valuable knowledge base as time =
progresses.
One can search postings by date, keyword, or subject category, as well =
as doing
free text searches. An interesting feature of the web site is the =
“keyword
cloud” in the right hand column. The keywords are listed =
alphabetically,
in varying font sizes. The larger the font size, the larger the number =
of
postings that have that keyword. If you move your cursor over a keyword, =
a number
appears indicating how many postings have that keyword. If you click on =
a
keyword, all those postings are brought up on the screen in reverse =
chronological
order. One can also call up the postings for a given month, or by =
subject
heading.

 

It is the subject headings that I am looking for =
some help
with. Perhaps there is a subscriber out there who has some indexing =
skills. The
subject headings as they currently exist do not seem very useful. They =
are
intended to be broader categories than the keywords, but in fact the =
subject
headings are duplicates of some of the keywords.

 

All suggestions are most welcome.

 

Bill

 

Bill Gentles PhD., P.Eng., CCE,

INFRATECH Administrator,

Vice President, BT Medical Technology =
Consulting,

25 Alberta Ave.,

Toronto,ON.,

M6H 2R5

Canada

billgentles@sympatico.ca

(cell) 416-518-7161

 

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FW: MEDICON2010 Extended paper submission deadline approaching

Dear Colleague

please accept our advanced apologies for any multiple cross-postings…

Please be aware that the deadline for paper submission for the 12th
Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and
Computing (MEDICON 2010) is fast approaching (14th of February 2010) !

Please submit your paper contributions online through the conference
web site (http://www.medicon2010.org/paper-submission.html)
no later than 14/2/2010 !

MEDICON 2010 will be held between May 27-30 2010 in the magnificent
Porto Carras Resort of Chalkidiki in Greece.

We remind you that there are 6 good reasons to submit papers and
attend MEDICON 2010:
-High standard publication of paper contributions (published within
the peer reviewed Springer Verlag IFBME Proceedings Series).
-Very promising prospects for paper submissions as a number of special
issues are planned in international journals (for extended versions of
papers presented at MEDICON 2010=3B journals considered include:
Biomedical Signal Processing and Control Computer Methods and
Programs in Biomedicine Medical Biological Engineering Computing Hippokratia).
-Relatively low registration fees (only 350 for regular 200 for student)
-Very good value for money accommodation arrangements (ranging from as
low as 55 up to 116)
-An excellent social program (with a post-conference trip to Mount
Athos Monasteries)
-An attractive program with very important keynote speeches in a
magnificent resort for the whole event

The MEDICON conferences are of long lasting tradition held every
third year in one of the Mediterranean countries under the auspices of
the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering
(IFMBE). MEDICON 2010 aims to present recent advances in practically
every main topic of BME (Biomaterials Biomechanics
Bioinstrumentation Medical Information Processing and Management
Technology Assessment Clinical Engineering Rehabilitation
Engineering ehealth Educational Ethical and Professional aspects of
BME etc).

We promise to do our best to make MEDICON 2010 a memorable event.

From the Conference Chairs

Panos Bamidis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece
Nicolas Pallikarakis University of Patras Greece

Posted by Bill Gentles INFRATECH Administrator

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A/C regulations for OTs



Dear Ronald

What we have here in Brazil for A/C is the standard ABNT NBR 16401:2008
(http://www.abntcatalogo.com.br/norma.aspx?ID=53593)

The standard is divided in three sections

 <http://www.abntcatalogo.com.br/norma.aspx?ID=623> ABNT NBR 16401-1:2008 -
Project for installations

  <http://www.abntcatalogo.com.br/norma.aspx?ID=567> ABNT NBR 16401-2:2008 -
Parameters for thermal comfort

 <http://www.abntcatalogo.com.br/norma.aspx?ID=572> ABNT NBR 16401-3:2008 -
Internal air quality

Unfortunately they are all in Portuguese

If you need any help, please contact me

Best regards

Saide Calil


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FW: PAHCE2010 call for papers; publication info; conference and linkages - Lima, Peru; images PAHCE 2009 Mexico

PAHCE 2010 – Lima, Peru;
March 15-19, 2010

Linking health care needs and technology across the continent 

An independent forum for patient care and technology support.
Health Care Engineering
(Applied biomedical and clinical engineering)
Medical Information Technologies Medicine (patient care) 

Call for papers, pre-registration/intention to participate, request
for Updates Form 

http://www.pahce.org/P7RegistEN.htm 

Parallel sessions in English and Spanish 

http://www.pahce.org

Forwarded by Bill Gentles, INFRATECH Administrator.


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Re: A/C regulations for OTs

Dear Ron:

Here in the USA, we follow the Standard 170 issued by ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE.
You can acquire it at this weblink:
http://www.ashrae.com/publications/detail/16921.

Best regards,

Binseng Wang
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HVAC OR’s :question by Ronald M. Bauer


Question: Could someone provide me with some information / bibliography
with regard to regulations of A/C installations in Operation Theatres
(e.g. positioning of air out- and inlets, etc.). ? RMB

Dear Ronald.

How are you and where are you?

Your question is very interesting, but the late ‘paradigm’ in the matter =
is now ambiguous. Already in the past century it was very fashionable to =
install laminar flow ceilings in most if not all OT’s. Those ceilings are =
very expensive and have an unproven efficency, unless in cases =
per-operative infection sensitivity: neursurgery, orthopedic surgery…

I do not know the context you are working now, but I would think twice =
before taking this option in a developing country. The very first rule is =
discipline, discipline in the OR. I mean it is often better to invest for =
better handhygiene, in sterilisation, dirty and clean utilities, OT waste =
treatment, etc=20

Literature is abundant. Take care of www information by industrial
companies. A book I can recommend you is:

Operating Department Planning and Design Guide

CSIR building and Construction Technology, PO Box 395 Pretoria, 001 ,
Counsel for Scientific and Industrial Research www.csir.co.za

Boutek Report N=B0: BOU / E2005 Capture Press, Pretoria.

I have in my library a photocopied version only, 120 pages in total. In
case you are in urgent need I could scan the pages related to HVAC and
email them to you.

I do have more material on OT’s. It would be interesting to hear more
about your application.

Warm greetings from Leuven-Louvain, Belgium

Em. Prof. dr. Jan Delrue



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A/C regulations for OTs

Dear Colleagues,


This question goes to our clinical engineers working in the US and Latin America:


Could someone provide me with some information / bibliography with
regard to regulations of A/C installations in Operation Theatres
(e.g. positioning
of air out- and inlets, etc.).

Your help is much appreciated.


Thank you


Best


Ronald


SANIPLAN
Deutsche Beratungsgesellschaft
f=FCr Hygiene und Medizin mbH

Homburger Landstrasse 838
60437 Frankfurt / Main
Germany

Phone:    +49-69-95 08 21 0
Fax:      +49-69-95 08 21 99
e-mail:   r.m.bauer@saniplan.de,
frankfurt@saniplan.de
URL:
http://www.saniplan.de

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Gerichtsstand/Registered at: Amtsgericht Frankfurt/Main, HRB 23229
GF/Directors: Ronald M. Bauer

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FW: La pagina para publicar SEEIC

Congreso Nacional de la Sociedad
Espanola de Electromedicina e Ingenernica, del 16 al 18 de Junio de 2010
en Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
www.seeic.org




En la web del Congreso, www.seeic10.com, a partado
del Men
FA Principal: ”Comunicaciones” estan colgadas las
normas y el formulario para mandar res
FAmenes de comunicaciones al 
congreso de la Sociedad Espa
F1ola de Electromedicina e Ingenera Clinica que se celebrar E1 en Santa Cruz de Tenerife los dias 16 al 18 de Junio de 10 .

Un saludo y gracias por promocionar  y difundir esta  informacion
para  que los profesionales de la Electromedicina puedan
mandar  sus  trabajos.

Joaquin Lejeune Castrillo
Tel 620 41 64 56
lejeune@telefonica.net
lejeune.joaquin@gmail.com
SKYPE: joaquin.lejeune



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Re: Clinical Engineers in Venezuela

Luis:

Congratulationes a usted y a la Universidad Simon Bolivar para
graduar a los primeros ingenieros clinicos! - Matt Baretich


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Re: Clinical Engineers in Venezuela


Glad to continue to learn from each other and to be your friend

Thanks for the translation

Yadin


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