The NTX—another first in innovation
from Nihon Kohden America.
How the NTX decreases time to intervention by Rapid Response Teams:
One of the key principles of the 100,000 Lives Campaign is that “Soon is not a Time.” Time to intervene is critical in preventing in-hospital MI and death
The NTX automates the process of identifying changes to a patient’s vital signs and can notify the clinician when changes to the patient’s condition occurs
The result is quicker intervention, more lives saved, fewer costly ICU admissions and greater nurse productivity
4 of the 7 triggers to initiate a call to action are encapsulated around changes to the patient’s vital signs parameters
Typically these patients reside on Med.-Surg floors and are not routinely monitored
The NTX continually measures these parameters conveniently, economically and efficiently
The NTX is the world’s first ergonomically designed telemetry transmitter that allows patients the freedom to ambulate while measuring 4 out of the 7 critical parameters that trigger a Rapid Response Team. The NTX is the most suitable device to monitor patients on general floors because it:
Does not require a monitor.
Does not require the patient to push an IV pole for a mounted monitor.
Maintains excellent battery life.
Requires very little nurse intervention and can be set to automatically initiate blood pressure readings at pre-set time intervals.
Is inexpensive.
Transmits alarms wirelessly to a central nurse station for evaluation, observation and notification to the RRT leaders.
Utilization of the NTX has these additional financial benefits:
The NTX is significantly less expensive than traditional bedside monitoring, thus deployment across a broad spectrum of patients is financially justified.
The NTX is both wireless and energy efficient, operating on three inexpensive AA batteries.
Data can be transmitted to a Nihon Kohden Central station for remote observation by trained monitoring technicians or telemetry nurses.
Vital signs results can be automatically transferred to the hospital’s clinical information systems through a Nihon Kohden HL7 interface.
Convenient readout continuously displays the HR, Sp02, NIBP and Respiration values, eliminating the need for the nurse or floor to manually collect this documentation.
The NTX is so reliable it is by backed by Nihon Kohden’s 5-year parts and labor warranty—allowing hospitals to control their operating costs after traditional 1-year warranty periods.
“Some is not a number. Soon is not a time.”
– Main premise of the 100,000 Lives Campaign, now expanded as the 5 Million Lives Campaign
