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F R O M
T H E
and an elegant solution. It's expensive,
though. The single-
S H O W
F L O O R
MINI MONITOR Mirador
Biomedical's Compass confirms your catheter insertions.
use device costs
$35, and we usually
spend $35 on the
entire cath kit. If it
were included in a
manufacturer's cath kit without significantly increasing the price, it's a
sure bet we'd buy that kit and use the mini-monitor every time. We
urged the reps to strike a distribution deal to arrange this. OSM
Dr. O'Neill (daniel.oneill@nyumc.org) is an assistant professor of anesthesiology and
Dr. Bloom (marc.bloom@nyumc.org) is a clinical associate professor of anesthesiology and director of perioperative technology at New York University's Langone Medical
Center in New York City.
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