Show d W Wk el Mrk In This year ear about P people peo peo- eo pie pic will wiH discover disco that a quiet revolution J has taken place it in Utah THESE MEN UEN and women will be admitted as patients into info one or 01 another of oC this states state's 36 hospitals And in all ill of these institutions the they'll Jl find in m daily use techniques and undreamed of only a generation ago This week the state observes National Hospital Week Weck to salute sa- sa salute salute sa sa- lute those whose efforts have developed institutional medicine medicine medi medi- cine cine to its present efficiency and find md who tho work toward the improved improved im im- proved lO cd hospital of oC the future AUTHORITIES point to developments developments developments de de- II such as Shortening toning of the average stay in US U.S. hospitals from 40 days da s 's in 1900 to 8 days da s 's in 1963 Development De of a host of new pro products Including electronic elec elec- devices that automatically automatically automatically cally dispense medicine ande and g give e continuous readings on blood pressure pulse respiration respiration ration r- r and temperature TRIPLING of the use of 1 f oxygen i since world tt Widespread use of new cost- cost cutting disposable products from needles and syringes to it bedpans and oxygen masks A guide path for future in- in I ovation is pro provided ded by the progress of oxygen therapy from a world war I curiosity to the present indispensable role in treatment of respiratory respiratory respiratory tory and amI circulatory difficulties difficulties ties tics reports Corporation Corporation Corporation Cor Cor- a leading producer of medical oxygen and inhalation inhalation inha inha- lation therapy equipment OXYGEN use in hospitals has tripled since world warn war II n and is still climbing b by ten per cent a year ear according to Medical and md engineering researchers researchers re- re searchers have worked together together to to- together gether to broaden application of this vital therapy while atthe at atthe atthe the same time lime reducing its cost to hospital authorities and ultimately the patient lists these developments saving Labor-saving piping systems have done away with clumsy and psychologically c cylinders linders in operating recovery recovery ery and patients' patients rooms Central supply systems some containing huge amounts of oxygen in form save space and reduce storage stor store storage age expense Comfortable use single-use oxygen oxygen oxy oxy- gen masks have raised sanitary sanitary sani sanitary sani- sani tary standards yet cost less than cleaning a usable reusable prod |