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National Rehabilitation Hospital replaces condom catheters with BioDerms Liberty TM

Published in Oncology Business Week, March 29th, 2009

BioDerm, Inc.'s Liberty TM, a new external continence device for men, is the new technology of choice for managing men's urinary output at Washington, D.C.'s National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH). On December 22, Liberty replaced condom catheters facility wide.

Earlier this year, NRH sought a new method for urinary output monitoring and management to comply with the new Medicare regulation CMS1533. The mandate, made effective Oct. 1, 2008, states that hospitals will no longer be reimbursed for treatment of catheter-associated urinary tract infections developed during a patient's stay. After a successful four-week product trial, Liberty was proven to meet NRH's goals...

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