One challenge standing in the way of physician-involvement in infection control programs in ambulatory surgery centers is lack of time. Tina Piotrowski, clinical director of Northwest Michigan Surgery Center in Traverse City, Mich., shares five ways ASCs can improve physician-involvement…
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The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) has issued a report showing that while the FDA medical device approval process in the United States takes significantly longer than in Europe, recalls in Europe and the United States occur at about the…
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Medicare patients are reporting problems receiving home medical equipment and services prescribed by their physicians following the Jan. 1 implementation of the Medicare "competitive bidding" program in nine regions across the United States, according to an American Association for Homecare…
The American Society of Anesthesiologists have published a Q&A column with Mark Lema, MD, PhD, a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and professor and chair of anesthesiology at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
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Cumberland Pharmaceuticals will recall six lots of Acetadote injection because of a particulate matter observed in a "very small" number of 30 mL single-dose glass vials, according to a Cumberland news release.
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The medical device market will present greater opportunity and greater challenges for device companies, as it grows by 19.9 percent from 2009-2013, according to a Plastics Today report.