Healthcare providers improperly administered antibiotics to 60 of the 183 cases of asymptomatic bacteriuria, which is not clinically appropriate, according to research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Richard L. Lindstrom, MD, will receive the Glaucoma Research Foundation's Catalyst Award at Glaucoma 360 in February, according to an Ocular Surgery News report.
Amerinet entered into a partnership with Amblitel to provide ambulatory surgery centers with financial management services including revenue cycle functions, accounting, business intelligence and strategic planning and benchmarking, according to an Amerinet news release.
Three-quarters of biomedical company CEOs in California said their companies delayed a research or development project last year, according to a survey by CHI-California Healthcare Institute, BayBio and PwC US.
Eric Bouvier, PhD, took over as president and CEO of BG Medicine, a Waltham, Mass.-based diagnostics developer, according to a news release.
Researchers found noise-cancelling headphones playing classical music reduced pain and anxiety during a prostate biopsy, according to findings published in Urology.
Fecal immunochemical testing, which tests for human blood in a patient's stool, is now available as a take-home test from Life Line Screening, according to a company news release.
The number of gastric banding procedures has increased 22 times since the early 1990s and is expected to help drive the gastrointestinal device market to $14.6 billion, according to Kalorama Information's The World Market for Gastrointestinal Devices report.
APIC has developed a free kit intended to accelerate both learning and delivery of practical tools for infection preventionists.
The Hand Hygiene Resource Center provides a free, downloadable and adaptable hand hygiene slide presentation.