Continuous Urine Output Monitoring is Crucial for the Renal Management of ICU Patients
The unique URINFO system provides continuous urine output monitoring over time with virtually no intervention required by the ICU/Trauma unit nursing staff. A quickly read digital LCD display, situated comfortably at the bedside, eliminates troublesome procedures and estimations from uncomfortable angles under the bed.
The URINFO’s unique design ensures that all the information is accessible and reliable with no estimations. Histories of the patient's urine output from minutes to several days are stored for easy access and give an indication of long term trends.
Today manual urine output measurement is really unreliable, but continuous urine output monitoring can even lead to identifying early indications of:
Renal function, perfusion or failure
shock
Pre-operative/ Post-operative complications
Pulmonary Edema
Dehydration, Hypovolemia
Urinary tract infection
and others.
Today, in order to compensate for the lack of a complete solution for urine output monitoring, labor intensive procedures are heaped on the ICU/Trauma unit nursing staff. These procedures:
Require hourly manual measurement of urine output
Require manual recording of urine output and the time for that output
Require manual calculation of the urine output rate
Require constant monitoring of the urine bags
Expose the staff to infection and increased potential contact with biohazardous material
Increase the risk of cross contamination
Therefore the ICU/Trauma unit staff are frequently in situations where either error exists in the data provided. Improved data monitoring and reduced labor intensity for urine output would be possible, if an automated system was available.
It is, the URINFO system.
In short, the URINFO system will:
Continuously monitor urine output automatically over time
Provide an easy to read digital LCD display with the urine output in real time
Trigger audible alarms if dangerous changes are detected in the urine output
Reduce the risk of cross infection
Indicate when a urine bag needs to be drained
Streamline operations in the ICU/Trauma unit
Free the ICU/Trauma unit staff from the time-consuming manual measurement of urine output
Ensure renal and fluid management by providing early indications of developing conditions
Provide direct reliable information as an indicator of adequate perfusion