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Penguin Quote - No more Styrofoam Cups
…The Penguin has been such a time saver …
Penguin Quote - The nurses in our Level III NICU really love the Penguin…
The nurses in our Level III NICU really love the Penguin milk warming system. The Penguin is a safe and reliable way to warm breast milk or formula. The system keeps the milk safe from water contamination and warms the milk to the optimal temperature.-no worries about it being too hot or too cold. The [...]
Children’s National Medical Center Opens New Single Family Room NICU
Children’s National Medical Center in Washington DC moved into their new 54-bed single family room NICU last month. They bought Penguin Nutritional Warmers for every room and they couldn’t be happier. Here’s a clip from the Medical BisNow newsletter
Warm Milk, Happy Baby
Freddy Echiverri, the Creche rep in San Antonio, Texas just completed a Penguin trial at a local hospital. He reports:
“During my trial at WHMC, a patient who just started bottle feeding was NOT taking to the bottle. After the Penguin in-service, one of the nurses warmed the next feeding for her patient. She [...]
Happy new year
Happy New Year to all our Creche supporters! It is amazing to look back and see the progress we made in 2008. I just read an article from the Harvard Business School about how slow most people are at adopting new innovations. They mentioned that it took 20 years for computer tools to [...]
Penguins, Penguins Everywhere!
I wanted to give special recognition to our Production Manager, Tony Hash. Tony has been working diligently to put together our largest single order – 57 single well units to Overland Park Regional Hospital in Overland Park, KS! Tony not only was instrumental in production but he is also installing our new software [...]
A Trip to Denver
I was so fortunate to have a long weekend in Denver, touring Breckenridge in the Rocky Mountains and then visiting the NICU at Denver Children’s. Thank you to Lynn Cavaliero and her husband Rich who played tour guides in Breckenridge and to Lynn and her staff who welcomed Kathi Randall and me for [...]
Comings and goings
It’s been a hectic month of tradeshows, both locally and nationally, and the reception to the Penguin has really been overwhelming! So many people have commented that nutritional warming is just common sense and the most common response after seeing the Penguin is “Oh my gosh, why didn’t I think of that!” We [...]
NANN conference in Ft. Lauderdale
Creche Innovations made our official debut at the NANN conference in Ft. Lauderdale last week. Our new name elicited many questions and lots of positive comments. The new design of the Penguin was appreciated, as was the new Therma-Liner with the “bag in a bag” design to help prevent any waterborne infections. [...]
Magee Women’s Hospital in Pittsburgh
I had a great meeting with the team at Magee Women’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. They are starting a CQI project later this month to look at the effects of consistently warmed breastmilk for their NICU babies. They will be looking at gastric aspirates, weight gain, volume of feeding, abdominal distension, length of [...]