Pillcrusher Professional

Product features:

Medications must not be crushed without the consent of a doctor. Dragées and tablets often have a gastric resistant coating. This must not be destroyed. If the mortar is delivered directly to patients, these facts must be pointed out.

Wiegand® has launched another product for tablet processing with the Pillcrusher Professional. Thanks to minimal effort, the Pillcrusher Professional protects the joints and can thus be an RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) impede. This clinical picture shows nonspecific complaints such as neck, shoulder, arm and / or hand problems that occur after repetitive activities. Especially in the long-term care area, such complaints were repeatedly detected in connection with the frequent mortars of tablets. The treatment costs and labor failures are considerable. We are convinced that we can cover a real need of modern care with this mortar.

- No contamination of the environment or the staff by drug residues or dust.
- Several tablets can be crushed at the same time.
- Joint-friendly (no RSI *) thanks to minimal effort.
- Ideal for probes diet, as the tablets are turned into fine powder and so do not clog the probe.
- The Wiegand® Pillcrusher Professional is almost noiseless in the application and does not bother the tranquility of patients.
- The Wiegand® Pillcrusher Professional also finds a seat on a nursing car and can be used directly in the patient.
- The waveform in the pressing area facilitates breaking large or hard tablets.
*As RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) is a clinical picture in which nonspecific complaints such as neck, Shoulder, arm and / or hand problems occur after frequently repetitive activities. Especially in the long-term care area, such complaints were repeatedly detected in connection with the frequent mortars of tablets. The treatment costs and labor failures are considerable.

Source: www. wiegand. ch
Status: 10/2013