This comparative analysis examined the effectiveness and safety of bedpan washers for reusable bedpans with that of macerators for disposable bedpans, as well as organizational, economic and environmental issues.

Home telemonitoring is a telemedicine application in which physiological and biological data are transmitted over a distance for follow-up, interpretation and clinical decision-making purposes. In Québec it is a relatively recent and steadily growing intervention modality, but the outcomes are optimistic. It is a means of making health care and services accessible to vulnerable patients where there is a shortage of resources.

Informative note prepared by Raymonde M.-H. Mayot. In French only.

Report prepared by Geneviève Martin et Lorraine Caron with the collaboration of Alexandra Obadia

The various types of single-use medical devices (SUDs) that have emerged on the market over the last few decades help prevent disease transmission to other patients and device malfunction through wear and tear. However, for economic reasons, some health-care institutions have decided to reuse these devices, some of which are quite expensive.

Report prepared by Jolianne Renaud et Pierre Dagenais

The Québec Newborn Urine Screening Program (Programme québécois de dépistage néonatal urinaire : PQDNU), which operates at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Sherbrooke (CHUS), presently screens for more than 25 inborn errors of metabolism.