Why Do Leading Healthcare Facilities Partner With Atrium?

Why Do LeadingHealthcare FacilitiesPartner With Atrium?

Trust.The highest grade materials, state-of-the-artmanufacturing and rigid quality control standards…Always. The quality of Atrium chest drains is secondto none. High-impact plastics, automatic high negative release protection andinnovations like internal knock-over nozzles and our line of DEHP-Free thoraciccatheters…they are all part of Atrium’s constant commitment to quality and safety.QUALITY & SAFETYMillions of dollars have been invested in state-of-the-art manufacturing technologyand automation to perform numerous quality assurance checks throughout themanufacturing process. Every Atrium drain passes through a computerized visionsystem to confirm that it has all the required components to assure safe, reliableoperation. We conduct 100% pressure testing and suction regulator accuracytesting to assure our drains perform to specification prior to leaving our facility.Atrium also keeps quality control at home and close at hand.Every Atrium chest drain is still manufactured right here atour US corporate headquarters facility to strict ISO 13485medical device standards.

It All Starts Witha Commitmentto Innovation1983 Entered chest drain market with Pneumodrain-1st swing-out floor stand1983 Soft, taper-tip PVC catheters1985 1st compact water seal chest drain1985 Pioneered linear vibration welding for chest drain manufacturing1986 1st continuous ATS chest drain1988 2450 Self-Filling ATS bag1989 Safe, blue dye (FD&C blue #1) for improved visibility1990 Suction Control Stopcock1990 Patented “overflow” ATS blood filter1992 HydraGlide heparin coated catheters1996 Oasis Dry Suction Water Seal Chest Drain1997 1st company to go 100% latex free1999 Firm PVC and HTS silicone catheters1999 Drain-Caddy and full line of chest drain accessories2000 Became #1 chest drain manufacturer2000 Express Dry Seal Chest Drain2000 1st removable patient tube clamp2002 Pneumostat Chest Drain Valve2003 Pre-packaged sterile water2003 Internal knock-over nozzles and multi-position hangers2004 Express Mini 500 Mobile Chest Drain2005 Next generation Ocean Chest Drain2005 The most technically advanced single lumen chest tube: HydraGlide XL2006 PleuraGuide Disposable Chest Tube Kit2008 First company to offer 100% DEHP-Free PVC cathetersAtrium’s portfolio now includes over 60 issued U.S. and foreign patents,and dozens of US and foreign patent applications currently pending.

Hospitals worldwide have come to count on Atrium as their chest drain company ofchoice year in and year out because of reliable product performance, consistentproduct availability, responsive customer service, and 24 hour technical support.RELIABLEAtrium chest drains are designed to allow the clinical staff to spend more time working with theirpatients and less time managing and troubleshooting equipment. Today, 7 out of 10 chest drainsused in the US are Atrium drains. That’s why Atrium can provide your hospital the best value andsupport of any chest drain company.Reliable and• • • • • • • • • • • •Easy to UseEASY TO USEFrom the beginning, Atrium has pioneered advances inwater seal design with compact chest drains that are userfriendly, simple and intuitive to use. Atrium prides itself incombining common sense engineering solutions withgenuine scientific advancements. Atrium manufacturesa full line of wet suction, dry suction, dry seal and mobiledrains that are all very easy to set up and manage.

Because patient care doesn’t keep “business hours”, neither dowe. Atrium is the only chest drain company to provide 24 hourtechnical support. We make it easy to get in touch with a Product Specialist 24 hours a day, 365days a year to answer any questions that may come up. And we are easy to get in touch with…we print our toll free 800 number on the frontof every Atrium drain. No other chest drainWE’RE HERE FOR YOUmanufacturer even comes close to providingthis kind of customer support.24-HourTechnical Support800-528-7486UnmatchedEducation, Training& 24/7 Support• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •Atrium realized early on that nursing education is criticalwhen it comes to managing chest drainage. That’s whywe created Atrium University which has been integrated into all of our customersupport materials. No other company offers such a wide variety of comprehensiveeducation and support resources. A full assortment of in-service videos(DVD, VHS and On-line viewing), Instructions for Use, handbooks,wall charts, PowerPoint presentations, interactive on-linetraining, a competency manual, a CEU program andour award winning quarterly Clinical Update newsletter areall provided at no charge to our customers. In addition, Atrium offers a“Teachers Survival Kit for Chest Drainage” to help nursing schools teachchest drainage to nursing students.THE EDUCATION COMPANYwww.AtriumUniversity.com

Over the years, Atrium’s passion and our focus on theTHE SOLUTIONS COMPANYcardiothoracic drainage market has earned us the reputationof being “the solutions company”. With our unique Indication by Design platform, Atrium iscapable of satisfying virtually all of the cardiothoracic drainage product needs of your hospital.Atrium’s wide range of cardiothoracic solutions include pediatric specialty products, multipleautotransfusion options, balanced drainage solutions, problem-solving chest drain accessories,and a highly efficient, cost effective disposable chest tube insertion kit.We also offer a complete family of DEHP-Free/Latex Free coated and uncoated PVC andsilicone thoracic catheters and, in a proven first for the healthcare industry, cost-effective mobiledrain technology for sending patients home with a chest tube. As a result, many hospitals havecome to rely on Atrium as their sole-source supplier for thoracic drainage products.Atrium Medical Corporation wasEXCEPTIONAL FILL RATESrecently recognized with aprestigious award by one of our major GPO partners for exceedingtheir affiliated hospitals operational and performance expectations.When it comes to exceptional fill rates, there is only one chest drainmanufacturer that delivers…Atrium.A recent quote from a Procurement Services manager:“ As I have spent my entire day today trying to resolve backorder issues with other vendorsI wanted to thank you and Atrium for your consistent superior manufacturing processes,product lines and customer service. In the 8 years I have dealt with your company I havenever had to spend hours of my day trying to resolve product backorder problems.”

STENNERDownloaded By: [Griffith University] At: 12:22 1 June 2010if and when, despite this sympathetic vibration, theyever want to sing different tunes.Authoritarianism versus Status QuoConservatism: Difference Across Spaceversus Difference Over TimeSo the fundamental distinction between authoritarianismand status quo conservatism—between aversionto difference, and aversion to change—is rathermore difficult to discern than that between authoritarianismand laissez-faire conservatism. For my part, Ihave found it useful to think of authoritarianism asprimarily an aversion to difference across space (i.e.,diversity of people and beliefs) and status quo conservatismas primarily an aversion to difference over time(i.e., change). That is to say, the two characters divergein whether they find difference across space or differenceover time more objectionable. But they clearlyshare a general distaste for difference. Other things beingequal, then, authoritarians should also prefer notto confront new experiences or face an uncertain future,and conservatives should also prefer not to sharetheir environment with unfamiliar people, or to dealwith different beliefs and behaviors. Social stabilitycan generally be enhanced by the kinds of constraintson individual freedom so appealing to authoritariansfor their tendency to minimize difference. Likewise,social diversity can often be constrained by limitingthe pace of social change. Thus in many conditions,the concerns and interests of authoritarians and statusquo conservatives may tend to converge, such that weoften see a modest alignment of authoritarianism andstatus quo conservatism.Nevertheless, the two characters still diverge inwhether they find more objectionable difference acrossspace, or difference over time, that is, variety or novelty,complexity or uncertainty. Although this mayseem a subtle distinction to draw, it has important politicalconsequences: some commonplace but by nomeans insignificant, others rare but absolutely vital tothe maintenance of liberal democracy at critical historicaljunctures.First, one of those commonplace consequences isthat although authoritarianism should always provokeintolerance of difference across domains, cultures, andtime, status quo conservatism will only produce intoleranceif intolerance is the status quo. For statusquo conservatives (but not authoritarians), social stabilityis more important than striving for oneness andsameness, and aversion to change trumps aversion todifference. So authoritarians can generally be reliedon to clamor for racial segregation, and restrictionson free speech, and censorship of pornography. If ithappens to represent the status quo they are compelledto preserve, status quo conservatives may demand onewithout the others. Given a cultural context of stable,148institutionalized and authoritatively supported respectfor diversity, they may demand nothing at all. (At leastin theory, one can even imagine regimes so persistentlyand pervasively tolerant that aversion to change amongcitizens socialized in said culture might actually bolstertolerance of difference). Thus status quo conservatism,in notable contrast to authoritarianism, should yieldonly modest and erratic returns of intolerance, with theintolerant “yield” varying in line with prevailing traditions,in that domain, within that culture, or at thathistorical juncture.Table 1 presents evidence bearing on these claims,which has been extracted and compiled from an arrayof earlier analyses (Stenner, 2005, pp. 91–116, 188–192). The upper panel utilizes data drawn from a setof Western European and Eastern European countriessampled by the WVS around 1990. The Western Europeananalyses include a set of countries that mostlyrepresent the “cradle of liberal democracy”: Sweden,Denmark, West Germany, Britain, the Netherlands,Belgium, and France, plus Spain, Portugal, and Italy.The Eastern European set mostly includes countriesfrom behind the “Iron Curtain”: East Germany, theCzech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Belarus,Russia, and Romania, plus Serbia and Croatia. Theywere all surveyed on the eve of German reunification,after 40 years of separate development and vastly differentcultural socialization, which will certainly makethe results difficult to reconcile with a “social learning”account of authoritarianism and intolerance.The WVS constructs reflecting authoritarianismand laissez-faire conservatism have already been outlined.My measure of status quo conservatism—guided by the same measurement philosophy previouslydescribed—was formed simply from two itemsgauging (on 10-point scales, anchored each end) the extentto which respondents agreed that “one should becautious about making major changes” (vs. “you willnever achieve much in life unless you act boldly”), andthat “ideas that have stood the test of time are generallybest” (vs. “new ideas are generally better than oldones”). (As usual, the resulting scale was rescored to beof one unit range, and centered on a sample mean of 0).Cleanly measured, status quo conservatism provesto be substantially independent of authoritarianism,correlating just .18 across the Western European nations,.16 across the Eastern European set, and a meager.09 across the entire pooled WVS1990–1995.Noteagain that the same story of relative independence istold if we cross-tabulate crude categorical variablesformed from the two ordinal scales (see Appendix E,Table E.5, at http://www.karenstenner.com; also AppendixD, Table D.6, for relevant U.S. data). Thus,whereas 52% of authoritarians are conservative (meaning,averse to change), so too are 44% of libertarians(neither of which deviates far from the population proportionof 48%).

Why Leading HealthcareFacilities Partner With Atrium…“ I can trust Atrium will consistently provide quality products with exceptional performance…every time!”“ We have used other chest drain devices and found that Atrium chest drainsoffer the best value clinically and economically…”“ We like the convenience of having everything we need available to do a bedside chest tubeinsertion all in one thoughtfully-designed disposable kit. The PleuraGuide disposable chesttube kit has allowed us to standardize products, streamline the procedure, reduce cost andprovide our clinical staff the time to focus on patient care instead of acquiring supplies.”“ I prefer using the HydraGlide XL catheters over competitive catheters for better flow ratesand more patient comfort when removing the chest tubes.”“ I appreciate the fact that all of Atrium’s PVC thoracic catheters are DEHP-free and Latexfree,especially for our pediatric patients.”“ The nurses on my unit like using the Oasis Dry Suction Water Seal Chest Drain because it is easyto set-up and manage. And if they have a question, there is 24/7 technical support available.”“ Our teaching facilities fully utilize the resources that Atrium provides for our new nursing staff.We count on Atrium supporting our nursing school programs with their Nursing Survival Kitsand the phenomenal education information available on AtriumUniversity.com. There is noother company that offers this level of educational material or support for chest drainage.”“ We can rely on Atrium for on-time delivery, dedicated customer service and don’t have toworry about backorders.”“ I can say that I have never heard a complaint about the quality or reliabilityof an Atrium brand product.”“ Our local Atrium representative presented all of the company’s thoracic products availableto us and provided me with the options and solutions that worked best for our hospital.I can attest to Atrium’s quality, reliable product performance, customer service, on-timedelivery, ease of use, education resources… and it speaks volumes about the “value” Ireceive in working together with Atrium.”Atrium ® © Atrium Medical Corporation 2010. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. 9/09 Part #0263Awww.atriummed.com