Saturday, October 20 is the CKNX Health Care Heroes Radiothon to help raise money for local hospitals, including the Louise Marshall Hospital in Mount Forest.
The Foundation is hoping to raise $100,000 for 15 infusion pumps.
Manager of Patient Care Gianni Accettola said the infusion pumps will help limit mistakes for any fluids patients need.
"An infusion pump really helps control the delivery of those fluids, medication or blood and blood products so it allows us to control the amount that you get the rate or the time that you get that as well and prevents us giving too little or too much of what we're trying to give you," said Accettola. "We are actually replacing our current fleet its been around for approximately eight to 10-year range with one that is more technologically advanced and has more safety features."
Accettola adds the brand of IV pump they have has a library of products they could infuse into patients to avoid any errors.
"The IV pump brand that we have is Alaris, and it has what's called guardrail technology. That is basically a library of all the products that we would be infusing into a patient and we are to go through a series of checks of this library to ensure that we have the proper product... [which reduces] the risk of any type of fluid or medication error."
The 17th CKNX Health Care Heroes Radiothon starts at 9 a.m. on Saturday, October 20.
