Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking to identify contractors capable of providing bladder scanners with mobile carts/workstations for the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System. The scanners are used to assist in the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of post-operative urinary retention, prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections, and assess a patient's hydration status. The required specifications include accuracy, point and click functionality, post-scan aiming guidance, and a quiet gliding cart/workstation.
• The scanners must have the most accurate and user-friendly features to assist in optimizing patient care.
• The scanners must be able to automatically detect and define bladder location, size, and shape across all adult patient types and anatomies with no manual fanning.
• The scanners must have post-scan aiming guidance to notify users if the entire bladder has not been fully captured.
• The scanners must have a pubic bone indicator to alert users when the pubic bone may have interfered with the accuracy of the scan.
• The scanners must have a contoured, organic shape to enable an assured grip of the probe, providing ease of use across all patient types and positions.