Case Study: Meditech Surgical Overview Endoscopic surgical instrument maker Parents company: Largo Healthcare Company Spunned off 3 years ago Primary competitor: National Medical Corporation Same Development Strategies but different Sales Strategies Continuous development of old products continually & increase new product introductions National sells to surgeons Meditech sells to material managers‚ hospital & surgeons Compete based on product innovations
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February 27‚ 2013 Infected Hospitals If someone were very sick or injured in some way‚ a good place to take him or her would be the hospital. Hospitals help people and save lives. Everyone knows that hospitals save lives and want to help people. They’ve been around forever. Some of the earliest documented institutions that were aiming to provide cures and help date back to the Egyptian temples. Hospitals are supposed to be clean and safe‚ but inspections of hospitals don’t even measure cleanliness
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Dengue Virus Infection I. What is the name of the disease? What is the name of the pathogen that causes this disease? A. Dengue fever 1. Four related viruses 2. DENV 1‚ DENV 2‚ DENV 3 or DENV 4 B. Dengue Virus Infection II. What are some characteristics of the pathogen? How is the pathogen grown in the lab? A. Single stranded RNA virus 1.Positive strand virus of the family Flaviviridae 2. Virus enveloped with a lipid membrane. B. Replication grown in serum
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CASE 1 Shouldice Hospital Introduction Shouldice Hospital‚ set up in 1945 by Dr. Earl Shouldice‚ is located near Toronto. It follows the business model of focus on a single standardised service for a narrow target of consumers‚ rather than to provide customised solution (as in a general clinic or hospital). It focuses on providing quick‚ convenient‚ and reliable cure for external types of abdominal hernias. The Hospital uses its own technique‚ called the Shouldice
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SEA-HLM-414 Distribution: General Step-by-step approach for development and implementation of hospital antibiotic policy and standard treatment guidelines © World Health Organization 2011 All rights reserved. Requests for publications‚ or for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications‚ whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution‚ can be obtained from Publishing and Sales‚ World Health Organization‚ Regional Office for South-East Asia‚ Indraprastha Estate‚ Mahatma
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Infection control refers to policies and procedures which are used to minimize the risk of spreading infections‚ especially in hospitals‚ community and human or animal health care facilities. Nosocomial infection is infections contracted in hospital. It usually occurs in approximately 5% of all patients in hospital. There are many common reasons in nosocomial infections‚ one of which is weakened immune system of hospital patients which makes them more susceptible to infections and also caused either
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A) Explain what is meant in the Bible by the phrase “God is good.” Many worshippers of God like to believe that he is intrinsically good; this means that he is good in himself. People try to argue this by the Bible and through many things in the Bible such as the 10 commandments and the creation of the universe as well as the many miracles of the Saints. God is seen to act morally good as he creates a world which is seen to be good‚ therefore he must be. “God saw that it was good‚ and it was
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Do what is right no matter what circumstances. The novel Lyddie by Katherine Patterson is about a thirteen-year-old girl name Lyddie. Lyddie must take responsibility and be the adult of her family. Lyddie goes to the mills in hopes of earning enough money to pay off the farm debt. The plan was that once the farm debt was paid off‚ Lyddie would be able to reunite her family back on the farm. However‚ working conditions at the mills was not favorable by many of the factory girls. As a result‚ radicals
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Unit CU678 1.1 Describe what is meant by diversity and why it should be valued? Diversity can be differences in race‚ heritage‚ customs‚ belief systems‚ physical appearance‚ mental capabilities‚ etc. Diversity should be respected and valued because nobody is completely the same as anyone else. Why should these different traditions and customs be valued? They enrich a society because they allow people to experience different thinking processes‚ to see that there is more than one way of approaching
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1. How successful is the Shouldice Hospital? Generate a P&L statement using available information from the case. Treat each of the two operations—hospital and the surgery—separately. Hospital: Revenues (4 days X $111/day x 6‚850 patients/year) 3‚041‚400 Cost 2‚800‚000 Profit: 241‚400 Clinic: Revenues ((($450 + 60 + 75) X 0.20) X 6‚850 patients/year)) 3‚596‚250 Cost 2‚000‚000 Profit 1‚596‚250 Total Profit 1‚837‚650 2. How
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