Medical Lighting - Shedding Light to Make the Proper Diagnosis

Nowhere else in the world is precise procedural lighting more important than in medicine. Electrical component welds can be repaired, architectural drawings corrected, but a faulty diagnosis or improper incision can lead to a poor prognosis for patients and complications for doctors.

Medical lighting is not simply illumination but, in some instances, a spectrum of light that allows levels of color rendition not possible under ordinary, fluorescent light. This is equally as important in the office of a general practitioner, who uses it to determine skin color and tone as a measure of health, as it is in a specialist's office, where change in the color of a mole or lesion may signal the need for immediate treatment.

In emergency rooms, where project or target lighting allows physicians to determine the extent of injuries, well-engineered lighting that can be easily moved from room to room provides an ideal solution at an affordable cost. In outpatient surgery clinics, a wall-mounted magnifying light that moves to exact positioning, and remains there, allows surgeons to perform delicate biopsies without the interruption of constantly adjusting the lighting source.

Portable, hand-held UV lights are ideal for diagnosing skin diseases. Normal skin will not fluoresce under UV light, but fungal or bacterial infections will, giving the clinician an instant diagnosis. UV lights are also useful for examining blood vessels or potential infection in the eye without blinding the patient.

In dental surgeries, lighting is second in importance only to the skill of the surgeon, and Halux lights, which provide brilliant, heat-filtered light, offer a safe and comfortable alternative to other flexible lighting solutions, which can become dangerously hot and even burn skin if surgeries are difficult and prolonged.

Precise, medical lighting, with built-in durability and versatility, enhances any surgical suite, dermatological practice, dental clinic or obstetrician's office by providing accurate, intense, task-specific lighting that allows the most delicate operations to proceed without interruption.

Stephen is a writer for Universal Medical Inc.

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