Cardinal Health has announced the launching of a new latex-free exam glove.
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Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health System and Wayne State University are working on a new "buy local" strategy to purchase supplies locally, bolstering area businesses and the local economy, according to a Detroit News report.
A nephrologist from Plattsburgh, N.Y., specializing in kidney disease, has been put on probation for violating infection control standards and failing to properly maintain accurate patient medical records, according to a Press Publican news report.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists and two other organizations expressed support for the FDA's research into the effects of anesthesia on young children, according to a letter sent to the agency Feb. 24.
The Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA) has announced its support for a new bill which would strengthen the research and development tax credit and make it permanent.
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association has announced its support for new legislation which would grant the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the ability to take steps to help prevent drug shortages, including propofol.
Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), MD, an anesthesiologist-turned-politician who centered his campaign on a planned repeal of the healthcare law, has said he will forego the government-subsidized insurance coverage provided by Congress in favor of keeping his own private plan, according…
The automatic Medicare physicians fee cut, which would go into effect if Congress did not come through with another physician fee fix, would rise to 29.5 percent on Jan. 1, 2012, according to a CMS letter to MedPAC.
The development of new microcameras may lead to disposable endoscopes, according to a news release from Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM) in Berlin, Germany, which has developed the devices with Awaiba GmbH.
The number of patients who required home healthcare after hospital discharge increased by 70 percent from 1997 to 2008, according to an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality report.