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- Novii™ Wireless Patch System monitors fetal heart rate, maternal heart rate and uterine activity, all with a single wireless patch, minimizing discomfort and changing the labor experience
Manama, Bahrain: When it comes to labor and delivery, comfort and safety are critical to ensure a positive patient experience. However, ‘labor’ and ‘comfort’ are rarely used in the same sentence.
Until now, moms-to-be had to be strapped to transducers, belts and cables to accurately monitor both the baby and mom. This restricted the patient’s movement, caused discomfort, and required the nurse to constantly readjust the transducers, belts and cables with even the slightest movement. Fortunately, a new wireless monitor is changing the labor experience.
Now, for the first time in the Middle East, King Hamad University Hospital (KHUH) in Bahrain offers the Novii™ Wireless Patch System, which monitors fetal heart rate, maternal heart rate and uterine activity, all with a single wireless patch. It does not require any cables, belts or transducers, nor re-positioning once the signal is acquired. The Novii allows real freedom and mobility which can help the birthing process and provide a more comfortable experience for patients.1, 2
Patients can have the freedom to choose their laboring position and get up, walk around—even bathe*—all while providing caregivers the essential data they need. Novii monitors the heart rate of the baby, wirelessly transmits it to the Novii Interface, and easily integrates this data into the central nursing surveillance system via the Corometrics monitor. This provides uncompromised monitoring while giving the patients additional freedom and comfort.
The installation of 10 units of the Novii™ Wireless Patch System at the KHUH, Bahrain’s premier healthcare institution that offers high quality medical services to all citizens by employing best therapeutic and administrative practices and academic and research services, was complemented by a three-day intensive training for more than 90 nurses, midwives and doctors. The training covered theory, hands-on patch application and live patient monitoring.
HE Major General Dr. Sheikh Salman bin Atallah Al Khalifa, CEO of King Hamad University Hospital, said: “At the heart of everything we do, is to ensure the highest standards in patient care. We adopt the latest technology and stay up-to-date with the latest trends in medical research. GE Healthcare’s innovative Novii system serves as a wireless monitoring option, assuring an outstanding integration of capabilities and performance. It will add to the convenience of expectant mothers, significantly enhancing the competencies of our team to monitor the health of the mom and baby more closely.”
Elie Chaillot, President & CEO, GE Healthcare in the Eastern Growth Markets, said: “Several risks associated with pregnancy and childbirth are preventable, and today, fetal and maternal health monitors provide data that can support clinicians to make quick and accurate clinical assessments. With the new Novii™ Wireless Patch System, the labor experience is made more comfortable for expectant mothers. King Hamad University Hospital has always been at the forefront in leveraging advanced technologies, and as the first hospital to adopt this technology in the region, KHUH further demonstrates its technology leadership.”
Professor Dr. Hosni Malas, Head of Obstetrics & Gynecology at King Hamad University Hospital, added: “Expectant mothers desire to have more mobility during labor, which is minimized when they are connected to monitors with cords. The Novii™ Wireless Patch System is truly revolutionary as it provides an alternative to traditional belts and cables and enables expectant mothers to be more mobile.”
The Novii pod communicates through Bluetooth wirelessly to the Novii interface, providing patients with greater mobility in labor. To learn more about the Novii Wireless Patch System, watch the video here.
GE Healthcare Maternal Infant Care offers neuro-developmental and family-centered solutions across maternal/fetal monitors, infant warmers, infant resuscitation systems, phototherapy, incubators and combination beds - helping to send moms and babies home healthy. GE Healthcare is also the global industry leader for prenatal ultrasound, with more than 230 million expectant mothers using GE Healthcare ultrasound every year.
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