American Society of Healthcare Engineers

Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) are a rapidly emerging threat to patient and health care worker safety and well-being. Hospitals are addressing HAIs for root causes and it is widely believed that dust particles generated by construction, renovation, and even routine maintenance and cleaning are a source or vector of pathogens. Oberon’s IC Sentinel air quality monitor is a distributed, networked sensor and software suite for generating real-time and long-term air quality metrics in hospitals and healthcare facilities. IC Sentinel provides particulate level, differential room pressure, humidity, and CO2 level metrics related to control of airborne particulates. IC Sentinel also provides sound and light levels which can be associated with patient satisfaction studies.

IC Sentinel is an effective tool for healthcare facilities personnel, infection control coordinators, infection preventionists, and patient satisfaction personnel to monitor , and ultimately control, events which can create undesirable environmental air conditions in the hospital. IC Sentinel is the first distributed, networked sensor with this capability.

The Oberon IC Sentinel environmental air quality monitoring system for hospitals is being introduced this week at the American Society of Healthcare Engineers Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA.

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WasteRunner mobile asset management system to be introduced at WasteExpo

Enaptive Inc., creator of the leading asset and logistics management system serving customers in the scrap recycling and transportation industries, launched its newest product – WasteRunner - at this year’s Waste Expo, held May 20-23, in New Orleans. WasteRunner is the only fully integrated container management and asset tracking system in the waste management industry. Innovative features include asset geocoding, portable Windows OS on CDMA or GPRS networks, automated dispatch and tracking and integration with scheduling program systems, which provides a seamless process that saves tangible time and real money.

“We are proud to be offering our newest solution for operators in the waste industry,” said Paresh Hirapara, CEO of Enaptive. “After several large operators came to us seeking help we determined the need was there for us to focus on creating a custom solution that addresses the unique operational and management needs of the majority of waste operators.”

Enaptive has beta-tested WasteRunner at a number of installations to ensure it could validate operational efficiencies, according to David Lee, vice president, client solutions for Enaptive. “Waste processors are just now realizing they can greatly improve their bottom line by automating some of the operational aspects of their fleet operations and utilization of mobile assets,” Lee said.

The programming logic for WasteRunner is based on Enaptive’s popular ScrapRunner, which is used by many scrap recycling operations. For more information about WasteRunner, visit www.wasterunner.com or call 904.281.1902. 

About Enaptive: Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., Enaptive Inc. provides “Technology to Transform Business,” serving its clients in the logistics and transportation industries with a range of information technology-related products and services. Enaptive offers complete business process management, software architecture, engineering, construction and consulting services.