CROWDING AND DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS: THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE

Emergency department (ED) crowding is a multifactorial problem, resulting in increased ED waiting times, decreased patient satisfaction and deleterious domino effects on the entire hospital.Although difficult to define and once limited to anecdotal evidence, crowding is receiving more Costumes attention as attempts are made to quantify the problem

A fluid bed dryer with inert Base Coat particles was used for the drying of suspensions and pastes.The effects of the operating conditions on the dryer throughput and on the product quality were investigated.Experiments were performed in a cylindrical column 215 mm in diameter and 1200 mm in height with 0.925 mm diameter glass spheres as the fluidi