Year V – nº 12 – June/July 2009
  The renovation work done in the 24 apartments is over. Still missing the work on the fire escape stairs railing and on the bathrooms of units 103, 104, 108, 203 and 204, scheduled for the low surgery season.
  Last May Hospital da Plástica received the visit of the Sanitary Vigilance obtaining maximum score in every item. Important to say that it was considered the safest hospital in Rio de Janeiro when it comes to hospital infection and mycobacteria control. The doctors and nurses who visited the Hospital were highly impressed with the sterilization sector.
  The Hospital has acquired 08 more leg compressors for the prevention of DVT.
  Today Hospital da Plástica owns 06 Valley Lab and 12 WEM electrical-cauterization machines. 01 more Valley Lab will be bought soon.
  Our surgery rooms hold 12 Datex Ohmeda Cardiocaps while 30 complete GE cardiac monitors are placed in the ICU, at the PAR and in the apartments.
  Hospital da Plástica is buying 25 electronic safes to be installed in the 24 suites and in the PAR, all of them with security code.
  03 disposable cannulas for liposuction are available for R$ 100,00 (optional use), which can be taken by the surgeon at the end of the procedures at his discretion.
  Hospital da Plástica offers the doctors, at no additional cost, 01 scalpel blade nº 15 per surgery, which can be either Personna Plus (best in the world) or Feather. In case there is interest in the acquisition of more blades the price would be R$ 10,00 per blade. BD blades 10, 11 and 22 are also included in the package.
  All the suture threads used at Hospital da Plástica have the brand Ethicon (Johnson & Johnson) and Point Suture, and are used with Prime needles, these ones specially made for plastic surgery. We charge R$ 30,00 per unit for monocryl and vicryl threads by Johnson.
  Patients may acquire the complete set of Accu-Chek Active glucose meters (the machine, 10 strips and needles) for the price of R$ 100,00 each set.
  The Summer Price Table of Hospital da Plástica will remain the same even during high season except for general anesthesia, which will have an increase of 20% in its rate.
  ICU doctors who work on a shift basis, under the supervision of Dr. Marcelo Vieira Gomes, as well as the resident doctors of UNIG – Hospital da Plástica work round-the-clock 24/7.
  We proudly announce that Hospital da Plástica will be once again holding the surgical demonstrations of Jornada Carioca on Friday, August 7. The best plastic surgeons in the world will be taking part in the meeting, and all the surgeries will be transmitted by videoconference to Hotel Sofitel, which will host the visiting doctors.
  A Practical Course on Gluteoplasty will take place on Thursday and Friday, September 18 and 19, here at Hospital da Plástica. Limited places.