Looking Forward to UKONS 2019

by | Aug 5, 2019 | Events, Qimono

In a little over four months, Telford will be the venue for this year’s UKONS conference.  The theme is Cancer care; staying safe and there will be presentations on emotional safety, professional safety and patient and carer safety. We will be at UKONS to share the...

Manifesto Pledge For Nurse Safety

by | Aug 5, 2019 | Best Practice, Qimono

Cancer nurses across Europe are being encouraged to adopt the new EONS Safety Manifesto to protect them and their patients from the potential health risks of cytotoxic drugs. With exposure to chemotherapy used in cancer therapies linked to a number of problems ranging...

Qimono drug compatibility proven

by | Nov 12, 2018 | Benefits of Qimono, Qimono

Tests to evaluate the compatibility of Qimono, Vygon’s closed system transfer device, with key cancer therapies have concluded the connectors would be compatible with all cytotoxic drug infusions in current clinical practice. The testing conducted by Professor Graham...

New study shows big contamination risk reduction

by | Nov 12, 2018 | Qimono

A new clinical study from the US shows a reduction in contamination risk of 97% when using a closed system transfer device (CSTD) to administer hazardous drugs. The US study* involved 13 cancer centres across the United States and the findings demonstrated that the...