Nottingham trust invests in ultrasound systems
Queen’s Medical Centre advanced practitioner of ultrasound J P Mayes with Siemens Healthcare regional sales manager Peter Downing.
As part of a system overhaul, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has installed six Acuson S1000 ultrasound systems from Siemens Healthcare in its hospitals. Three of the systems are being used at City Hospital, with the other three at the Queen’s Medical Centre alongside an Acuson P300 compact portable ultrasound system that has also been installed.
“Following a trial of a number of technologies, these proved to be the systems best suited to our needs,” said superintendent ultrasonographer Kathryn Manderson. “The S1000 is the best on the market ergonomically, has increased staff safety and we anticipate it will help to minimise injury risk in the future. Due to the system’s fast image acquisition time, we have also been able to increase patient throughput.”
See the full report on page 10 of the June 2014 issue of RAD Magazine.
