RUH patients benefit from sealed touch screen

In the back row are sonographers Sarah Wilmott, Elena Williams, Jenny De Koning and Dan Bath.  In the middle are lead sonographer Pam Norbury, sonographers Elisa Woodward and Chris Weeks (seated), lead sonographer Tracey Blacker and sonographer Catherine Elmes.  In front are Carestream applications specialist Neha Parekh and key account manager Tim Kilby.

The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) is one of the first facilities in the UK to install a Carestream Touch Prime XE ultrasound system in its radiology department.  It is being used to carry out a variety of examinations, including obstetrics and gynaecology, general abdominal and musculoskeletal imaging.  It will help RUH in its mission to improve quality and standards for the 500,000 people it serves from its site near Bath city centre.

Lead ultrasonographer Tracey Blacker said: “The equipment has the feel of good quality workmanship.  The touch screen is hygienic with large screen demographics, which means there are no buttons to come loose, or to be stuck down with gel.

“Staff love the ability to move the control panel laterally, which improves the ergonomics especially when scanning large immobile patients.”

See the full article on page 7 of the January 2018 issue of RAD Magazine.