While we accept most disruptions as just “a part of life,” disruptions in medicine can have major impacts on workflow, productivity, and – most critically – patient outcomes.
VascuChek®, a modern handheld vascular Doppler system, represents a new standard of care in vascular screenings. With its intuitive design focused on efficiency, it overcomes many of the screening disruptions that have plagued vascular surgeons for decades.
Common Disruptions in Vascular Screenings
- Cumbersome cords during blood flow checks: Traditional Dopplers require clinicians to reach across the length of a patient to get an accurate blood flow check or to call in a circulating nurse to help reposition the cords or cables. This disrupts workflow for both the surgeon and nurse.
- Burdensome sterilization: Sterilizing reusable probes between patients is time-consuming and disrupts a nurse’s other responsibilities.
- Faulty batteries: Traditional Dopplers have become known for their unreliable batteries. If a battery dies in the middle of a surgery, it causes major disruption.
How VascuChek Minimizes Vascular Screening Disruptions
- Cordless design: VascuChek’s cordless design untangles the disruptive workflow of reaching across a patient to get a blood flow check. Surgeons make real-time adjustments to positioning without assistance and enjoy optimal freedom during screenings. Nurses and the entire OR team can also maintain better focus during crucial moments of surgery while removing concerns over breaching the sterile field, enabling the team to focus attention elsewhere.
- Freedom from sterilization: Disposable, single-use probes eliminate sterilization needs and allow for a more efficient use of a nurse’s time.
- Rechargeable batteries: VascuChek’s reliable and rechargeable batteries – which last up to three hours of continuous use on a full charge – decrease system failures that disrupt workflow.
Improving Vascular Screenings With Reliable Probes
Commonplace among traditional vascular Dopplers, system failures due to faulty probes cause major disruptions. It can take up to 15 minutes to find a replacement if a probe or console fails. VascuChek’s probes are designed to decrease system failure through:
- Single-use design: VascuChek’s probes are intentionally designed for single use, ensuring a sterile environment for each patient and eliminating time-consuming probe sterilization.
- User-friendly sheath deployment system: The disposable probe is equipped with a user-friendly sheath deployment system for surgical settings. This makes it easy to quickly prepare for use without compromising sterility in a way that disrupts workflow.
The chart below provides an at-a-glance overview of VascuChek compared to other Dopplers. With its focus on minimizing disruption and upleveling workflow, VascuChek is defining a new era in vascular medicine.
How the Vascular Doppler Capabilities of VascuChek Measure Up
| Features | VascuChek | Parks 811-B | Koven ES100X MiniDop | VTI TQI | Huntleigh Dopplex DMXR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleared for Intraoperative Use | ✓ | X** | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cordless | ✓ | X | X | X | X |
| 2-Internal Speakers | ✓ | X | X | X | X |
| User-Controlled* | ✓ | X | X | X | X |
| Single-Use Probe | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Digital System | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Battery Powered | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ |
| Handheld Transceiver | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ |
| High Sensitivity | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| System Weight | 3.5 oz. | 3.5 lbs. | 9.5 oz. | 2.6 lbs. | 10.4 oz. |
* In the sterile field
** For Dopplers not cleared for Intraoperative use or contraindicated for subcutaneous use, check the manufacturer’s instructions for use (IFU)
Free yourself from disruption and say goodbye to inefficient vascular screenings today. Schedule a demo and experience the future of vascular Doppler screening, or schedule a consultation today.