The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health has released a report highlighting activities that support the medical device industry and product development, while maintaining the safety and effectiveness of the products.
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UPS will begin offering an air freight container designed for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, vaccines and biologics, according to a company release.
The University of Iowa Computational Epidemiology Group provides a free, downloadable iPhone/iPod Touch application for the monitoring of hand hygiene compliance.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention makes the following nine recommendations to prevent MRSA.
Researchers have concluded transferring patients from larger facilities with higher patient turnover to smaller facilities with lower patient turnover could cause an increase in MRSA prevalence, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Read the full…
Researchers have cited visibility and glove use as two of several predictors of hand hygiene compliance in hospital emergency rooms, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Supporters of a statewide vaccine registry in Massachusetts are restoring efforts to lobby state lawmakers for financial support of the centralized system, according to a Boston Globe report.
The 23,000 California nurses who went on a strike in solidarity over contract negotiations are returning to work amidst questions about why a patient died of a fatal medication error during the walk-off, according to an Oakland Tribune report.
Amitai Etzioni, a professor at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., recently wrote an op-ed for The Huffington Post that encourages lawmakers and healthcare leaders to focus on cutting costs before reducing reimbursement.
A University of Pennsylvania study has found that anesthesia and surgery may be associated with the progression of chronic brain diseases, particularly Alzheimer's, according to a Health News report.