B. Braun recently took over Medinic commercial operations and founded B. Braun Serbia, which recently opened and began marketing medical devices under the B. Braun name, according to a B. Braun news release.
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St. Joseph Health System in Orange, Calif., has awarded $74,250 to PDI Surgery Center in Windsor, Calif., according to a North Bay Business Journal report.
Here are reports featuring 13 downloadable patient safety and staff education tools which were added to the Becker's Operating Room Clinical Quality & Infection Control Downloadable Patient Safety Tools and Resources database during the week of Aug. 15-Aug. 19.
Jen Johnson, CFA, has been promoted to partner of VMG Health.
LaClaro, maker of the Lighthouse revenue cycle management system for ambulatory surgery centers, recently expanded its client base into Texas and Kansas, bringing to 10 the number of states where ASCs are using its software.
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R - Ohio) is set to introduce a bill that would permit the government to fine and imprison Veterans Health Administration employees who ignore infection control practices, according to a Dayton Daily News report.
UC San Diego Health System recently became the first provider in the Western United States to host scarless removal of rectal tumors, according to release from the health system.
Citing a worsening overdose rate, drug treatment counselors are urging drug oversight agencies to tighten controls over hydrocodone, the second most-abused medicine, according to a Bloomberg Business Week report.
A new microscope can see details at the nanoscale by combining X-rays and an algorithm similar to one used to sharpen images from the Hubble Space Telescope, according to a UC San Diego news release.
Steven Hendrick, MD, has joined Harper Bariatric Medicine Institute in Detroit as a bariatric surgeon, according to a Harper BMI news release.