As the industry’s leading manufacturer of electronic scales and balances, Ohaus Balances and Scales offers a surprising selection of balances that deliver intelligent performance. Voyager-Pro Balances are the ideal choice when your applications demand more than a standard balance.

Delivers Precise Weighing Performance

Ohaus Voyager-Pro series of analytical and precision balances are designed for providing precise weighing application in laboratories, schools and industrial and commercial sectors. Whether to calculate the density of solids and liquids or to determine the difference between initial and residual weights, Voyager-pro can deliver stable and precise results, eliminating errors in manual calculations and data logging.

Ohaus Voyager Pro Balances with a Range of Features and Functions

Ohaus Voyager-Pro analytical balances are available in 4 analytical models with varying capacities (62 to 210 g) and 0.1 mg readability for maximum accuracy. Voyager-Pro precision balances featuring ultra-simple and innovative user interface, come with capacity up to 210 g and readability (1 mg to 0.1 g).

Other standard features of Ohaus Voyager-Pro series of analytical and precision balances are:

Advanced software includes Statistics, Formulation, Differential Weighing, Statistical QC, Density Determination and Pipette Calibration

Standard AutoCal internal calibration

Caters to OIML, NTEP standards

With the right combination of performance and features, the Ohaus VoyagerPro offers superior performance for all your basic weighing needs. Whatever be the model of Voyager-Pro balances you are searching for, you can purchase these from any laboratory equipment providers. Many dealers provide refurbished or used models as well. Buying good quality used and refurbished balances adds up to significant cost savings when compared to buying brand new.

Cranesbill is a short plant of up to 0.5 metres, with very aromatic, deeply dissected, green-red leaves, small pinkish flowers and oblong pointed fruits which resemble a stork’s bill. Other species which are used in traditional medicine and as gardening plants include G. maculatum (American cranesbill), G. dissectum (English cranesbill) and G. sanguineum (bloody cranesbill). Geranium nepalerise and G. wailichianum are used for dyes and tanning.

Latin: Geranium robertianum

Common Names: Herb Robert, erba roberta, herbs a Robert (French), geranium robertin, Ruprechtskraut (German), czcuta rossa (Italian).

Origin

Originating in Europe and Asia, Cranesbill was naturalised in North and South America (G. robertianum); central and eastern and North America (G. maculatuni).

Parts Used

Whole dried herb (Geranii robertiani herba).

Actions

Anti-inflammatory, anti-diarrhoeal.

Properties and Uses

Cranesbill has been traditionally used to treat urinary tract infections and mild diarrhoea. It has also been used externally as a styptic, to cure slow-healing wounds, eczema and mucosal inflammations. Cranesbill has also been used in the treatment of stomach ulcers, heavy menstrual bleeding, and IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome). Fresh rhizomes from G.robertianum are used by homoeopathic practitioners.

Dosage and Preparation

Cranesbill tea can be prepared using two teaspoons of the dried herb, or one teaspoon of the dry root. When used in homeopathy, it is usually at a potency of D1. Cranesbill is also available in capsules, powder, liquid extracts, creams and salves.

Active Ingredients

An essential oil can be extracted from Cranesbill leaves, but it has an unpleasant smell since it contains geraniol, germacren D, limonene, linalool and terpineol. The main phenolics of Cranesbill leaves include ferulic acid, caffeic acid, rutin, kaempferol and quercetin. Cranesbill has a high concentration of gallo- and ellagitannins (up to 30%).

Geraniin is the main compound in Cranesbill.

Pharmacological Effects

Cranesbill’s tannins are astringent and have antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effects because of their ability to non-selectively disrupt and cause proteins to lose their tertiary structure and secondary structure. These tannins have anti-diarrhoeal effects, can form a protective layer over skin and mucosa and thereby have a vasoconstricting effect on small vessels, which will produce fluid loss from the skin.

Warning

Severe diarrhoea (especially in children) can be dangerous due to the risk of dehydration and must be treated by a health care professional.

Status

Traditional medicine.

Now that we are fully aware of the benefits and advantages of medical coding, I believe that many of you out there have the urgent urge to get your hands around this field because of the great prospect which this job might bring them in the future. However, before any harsh decision is made from your end, it would definitely be worth-while for us to review and understand what are on the other side of medical coding? There are always pro and cons in almost everything, therefore it is beneficial for us to review and understand both sides of medical coding for good.

Below are some of the key common disadvantages which have been shared for medical coding;

1. Difficult to be breaking into this medical field. This is especially true if you are a fresh graduate with a certificate or degree in medical coding looking for your first job. Most employers preferred medical coders with experiences because they can save up some extensive training cost and time required to provide hands-on trainings to the new hire. Thus, it is really a challenge for new hire with less or no experience in this medical field to gain their market value and competitiveness.

2. Once you find your way into the coding world, it is up to the respective personnel to make it to the top or stay where they were as in the start. It is the diligence and effort from the individual himself which will drive him to succeed as a great medical coder or otherwise. However one thing about medical coding is that anyone who wishes to be a medical coder will need to be patience, hardworking and possess of self-discipline during the process of becoming a qualified medical coder. There is no short cut in getting your way into the related coding field except going through the proper path of education and training which require at least 2-3 years to obtain the prestigious certification to lead your career path to be a successful professional medical coder.

3. Relocation is one of the option to advance in your career as a medical coder. However relocation can be an advantage for some people while at the same time it can be a disadvantage for others. Not everyone is willing to move to a brand new city or town with unfamiliar faces and places for his career advancement. Therefore, relocation can be a disadvantage for medical coders who are staying together with their family.

4. As the name of the profession tells it all, any students in this coding field have to deal with a lot of coding and abbreviations. It can be pretty torturing if you are not good in memorizing words or names and it can turn out to be a terrible nightmare for anyone who has to give up on his/her medical coding education because of the complexities in remembering and digesting the coding required to excel in the medical coding field.

5. It is very normal for medical coders to be working for long hours in the hospitals, clinics, doctor offices or even in the insurance companies. There are a serious lacking of work-life balance for most of the medical coders today.

6. Also, medical coding is a stressful job considering the accuracy that these medical coders will need to enforce in their job because any mistakes made will lead to no payments or long pending claims from the insurance companies itself.