North Middlesex hospital finds a fast retrofit solution
When a failed tethered detector in one of the emergency department x-ray rooms at North Middlesex University Hospital rendered the room essentially unusable the hospital needed a quick and affordable refit for the room. Radiology operations manager Dawn Hopkins said: “The cost of replacing the failed detector was high, so we were delighted when the Fujifilm retrofit system with two D-Evo II detectors was cheaper than replacing the single failed detector.
“The fast turnaround from purchase to installation also meant our ED room was operational again quickly, and this helped us to meet our target times. Having our third room back in action has been a great help to patient flow and we can now use the room for trolley patients too. The Virtual Grid has greatly helped our throughput as it’s much quicker and easier than a physical grid. We are also planning to use the D-Evo II C24 detector in SCBU to reduce dose and improve image quality.”
Hopkins continued: “Our radiographers like handling the detectors as they are very light and well designed. As we already use Fujifilm CR the transition to the DR was straightforward, and the Console Advance interface is user-friendly.”
Picture: Senior radiographer Ermi Niguse, PACS manager Peter Hales, senior radiographers Matt Windle and Elliott Curryer, radiographers Paula Hernandes, Nav Sahib and Natalie Hippolyte, senior radiographer Simona Palade, radiographer Mary Attoh-Okine, radiology operations manager Dawn Hopkins and Fujifilm senior account manager Iain Sims.
Published on page 28 of the May 2019 issue of RAD Magazine.
