Monitoring Transport Solution

Hospitals today are continually looking for ways to improve clinical workflow while improving quality of care. Dräger’s patented Pick and Go® technology enables Infinity Delta and Gamma bedside monitors to double as transport monitors within the hospital – so you don’t have to wait for transport monitors to come back to the unit. Simply pick up the monitor and go to the patient’s next destination, or return to the unit after taking the patient out for a diagnostic test. Infinity monitors can provide seamless wired-to-wireless networking, so surveillance can be continuous. There’s no disconnection or reconnection of leads. No gaps in monitoring. As a result, all parameters that were monitored at the bedside can continue to be monitored during transport.

Hospitals can also take advantage of Infinity OneNet, which allows patient monitoring data to run on the hospital’s network rather than on a separate network. Simultaneously, patient data monitored on transport is available at the Infinity CentralStation, and can be accessed remotely via the hospital intranet.

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Reduce time without any patient monitoring to “0” **

By using the patented Pick and Go® technology for continuous monitoring during transport, the average time for monitoring de- and reconnection can be reduced by 52% and the time without any patient monitoring to 0.

Unlike other systems that require a separate transport monitor when the patient moves within the hospital, the Infinity system moves with the patient while all vital parameters can continue to be monitored during. Additional costs for transport monitors can be reduced.

Impact on patient safety

Using a hospital-wide patient transport procedure with Infinity monitoring, from admission to discharge, allows you to provide continuous monitoring and maintain the same level of care during transport as is provided at the bedside. This complies with the Society of Critical Care Medicine guideline for patient transport that states “All critically ill patients undergoing transport receive the same level of basic physiologic monitoring during transport as they had in the intensive care unit.”*

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Impact on quality of documentation

Documenting vital signs is generally done after transport which typically increases the burden on the nursing staff. Our solution to this challenge is the Infinity patient monitoring with Pick and Go, including automatic backfilling of data to comply with documentation standards and regulatory requirements. Less manual documentation can automatically free up more time for patient care. ** backfill only occurs with non-wireless and only if you have Innovian.


Hospital-wide standardization

Infinity Delta’s combination of hardware and software adapts monitoring to the needs of every patient, every care unit, and every hospital. You determine your specific requirements, including parameter choices, waveform colors and positions, and alarm limits – either by patient or throughout your unit. Infinity Docking Stations can store these settings, so all monitors docked on them will reflect your configuration choices automatically. Because Infinity Delta supports all acute care environments – including Emergency, Critical Care, Perioperative Care and Perinatal Care – you can standardize on one monitor hospital-wide.

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Dr. Yukimasa Ogino

"Here at Gakkentoshi, Pick and Go technology enables the Delta monitor to double as a transport monitor and therefore eliminates this 18-minute* gap in monitoring.”

Dr. Yukimasa Ogino, MD,
Director of Anesthesiology
Gakkentoshi Hospital
Seikacho, Japan

*Actual results may vary depending on the hospital in which the Pick and Go transport soltuion is implemented.

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Dr. Martin Brüesch

“Continuous monitoring of our patients - from emergency admission to intensive care – is an integral part of our safety concept. Ease of use prevents errors and time savings benefit the patient. The monitoring process now fits our treatment process."

Dr. Martin Brüesch,
Chief Physician, Anesthesiology,
about Dräger’s monitoring system at the University Hospital of Zurich:




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  1. * Society of Critical Care Medicine: Guidelines for the Inter- and Intra-hospital Transport of Critically Ill Patients; J. Warren, MD et. al. 2004
  2. **University Hospital of Zurich Case Study