Automate With SafeCrush™
SAY GOODBYE TO MANUAL PILL CRUSHINGExperiencing The Following At Your Workplace?
Are Your Nurses Exposed To Musculoskeletal Injuries?
Are Your Patients Exposed To Cross-Contamination?
Are Your Nurses Exposed To Dangerous Airborne Pill Dust?
Are Your Patients Exposed To Noisy Manual Pill Crushers?
What SafeCrush™ Solves
Solves Musculoskeletal Injuries
Solves Cross-Contamination
Solves Airborne Pill Dust
Solves Loud Noises
It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way
On average, 35% of patients must have their pills crushed because they cannot (i.e. dysphasia) or will not (i.e. dementia) swallow pills. Nurses crush pills manually, noisily banging away from dawn ‘til dusk. It is not logical, however, we hear “This is the way we have always done it” or “Manual pill crushers are cheap”. But are manual pill crushers really that cheap?There are studies proving nurses expose themselves to injury crushing pills manually, so what is the human cost to the well-being of our nurses? Is it worth a life-changing injury? What is the cost to the employer when a patient is exposed to a dangerous and costly clogged feeding tube. If one nurse falls to injury or illness crushing pills, what are the HR headaches and costs for disability leave? From MSI to airborne pill dust to cross-contamination to clogged feeding tubes to noise, again, we ask, why are manual pill crushers in today’s workplace?Technology To Protect Nurses
Why do nurses use automated lifting equipment? Lifting equipment wasn’t used a few years ago. “This is the way we have always done it” and “It’s cheaper for nurses to lift patients”. After countless life-changing injuries and unwarranted resistance to change, automatic lifting equipment has become the norm and the expected outcomes of a safer workplace prevailed.At a trade show, we challenged 20 groups to a SafeCrush™ vs Manual Pill Crusher challenge. Each group appointed a leader to crush pills with a manual pill crusher. To win a cash prize, the leader had to crush 3 x 500MG Tylenol Caplets in 25 seconds. To win, they had to crush faster and finer than SafeCrush™. Not one challenger in the 20 groups beat SafeCrush™. They didn't crush finer, they didn't crush quicker, they were inefficient, they exposed themselves to MSI, crushed fingers and airborne pill dust, they exposed patients to cross-contamination, clogged feeding tubes and excessive noise.
