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AeroCare Boosts Patient Safety with FireSafe™ Cannula Valve from LifeGas
July 10th, 2009
Clients of AeroCare just got an extra level of safety protection: AeroCare has become one of the first U.S. homecare companies to provide its home oxygen patients with the FireSafe™ Cannula Valve from LifeGas. LifeGas is the U.S. medical gases business of The Linde Group. The FireSafe™ Cannula Valve is a fire-arresting device that fits into standard oxygen cannula tubing and is designed to provide additional protection to oxygen patients from the risk of fires. The National Fire Protection Association estimates that some 30 percent of patients continue to smoke while on oxygen, causing hundreds of home fires every year. Because the FireSafe Cannula...
Source: Health Business Week (2009-07-10)
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