Veterans donate vein-finder device to hospital laboratory
 24Aug2017
- By Lori Lyn C. Lirio - lyn@mvariety.com - Variety News Staff
MEMBERS of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
of the United States on Wednesday donated a vein-finder device to the
Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. laboratory.
"The device is used in blood collection
which is also called phlebotomy,” CHCC laboratory director Philip A.
Dauterman said. "With some people, it is hard to find a vein so it is
hard to do the lab testing.”
He said the device, when held above the
skin, uses LED infrared light, which allows veins to "shine” through
skin. "This will allow more accurate identification of areas from which
we can draw blood for laboratory tests.”
"It is important for patients,”
Dauterman added as he thanked the members of the VFW for the donation.
"And it is very helpful to us. It will help us out a lot when drawing a
patient’s blood — the initial step in lab testing.”
In a separate interview, VFW chief
financial officer Mariano Fajardo said: "We are an organization that
helps the community out. We want to let them know that we are here for
them for a good purpose and for a good reason.”
In the past, VFW donated money to Garapan Elementary School when it needed to buy an air-conditioning unit.
"We also help out families who are in
need,” Fajardo said. "This is the first time for us to donate medical
equipment. This is the first time we have been approached by the CHCC
Volunteers Association. It’s a very small machine, but it will help
nurses locate the vein quicker which will mean less pain for patients.”
CHCC Volunteers Association president
John Gonzales said: "We are grateful for this latest acquisition of much
needed sophisticated medical equipment to serve the needs of our
patients. We thank the VFW for donating this important equipment. It is
little things like this that make the quality of life of our people
better.”
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