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The RollerMouse family of products facilitate, safely and effectively, the multiple demands for medical transcription in the healthcare field, and - more recently - the MediMousePro product line to help healthcare IT systems function in environments where infection control is paramount.

Pressures, especially from the federal government, on the healthcare industry to automate EHR (electronic healthcare records) production and maintenance have had and are having a "spillover effect," that of indirectly causing "mousing-intensive" RSI (repetitive strain injuries) among medical personnel, especially those responsible for transcription services.

The prescription from Contour Design is the RollerMouse family. With these devices, mouse control is accomplished by a "rollerbar" located in close proximity to the keyboard space bar. The net result is not only a marked reduction of RSI cases, but also dramatic improvements in productivity. Please visit www.contourdesign.com/rollermouse.

More recently, the tragedy of HAI (healthcare associated infections) that affects some two million Americans each year - killing an estimated 100,000 patients - has become a major healthcare issue, not just in the USA, but also throughout the world. Infectious agents, such as the frequently lethal MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus), can live on inanimate objects, including computer keyboards, mice, notebooks, and flat panel touch screens. Unless these IT devices are protected by medical-grade polyurethane covers and regularly disinfected they can and do serve as vectors for such agents.

Contour's offerings in this arena include high reliability, USB, 800 dpi mice - a small one for installation and operation on wireless LAN carts in hospitals and examination rooms, and a larger one for heavier-duty application in labs, pharmacies, and other EHR facilities where there is risk of infection. These mice are available with medical-grade polyurethane covers so that they can be disinfected. Similarly, the product line includes polyurethane covers for most standard keyboards, laptop computers, and touch screens. With disciplined disinfection, these covered IT devices support EHR goals and objectives while providing minimal risk of vectoring HAI agents. More info is available at www.contourdesign.com/medimousepro.