King’s College Hospital NHS Trust, a major London teaching hospital, has recently installed 12 hand-carried ultrasound (HCU) “iLook 25” systems from SONOSITE. The system enables users to better visualise veins and arteries, increase efficiency, raise user confidence, improve patient care, minimise hospital risk and maximise departmental uptime. They will also enable units in the Trust to comply fully with the recent NICE guidelines which recommend the use of ultrasound guidance in the insertion of CVCs.
The iLook 25 offers users true mobility at just under 1.5 kg, rapid boot-up – about five seconds, intuitive interface with a PDA-like touch screen, AC or battery operation (30-60 minute battery life), high quality digital imaging modes: 2D, CPD and tissue harmonic imaging. It can store up to 74 images with easy download through docking station to provide documentation capabilities to a printer or an electronic storage medium.
