The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology gave 12 infection preventionists the Heroes of Infection Prevention Award for successfully reducing infection, raising awareness and improving the health and well-being of patients, healthcare workers and the public.
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Robert S. Bray, Jr., MD, a neurosurgeon and the CEO of DISC Sports & Spine Center in Marina del Rey, Calif., discusses the past, present and future state of spine surgeon employment.
The following article originally appeared in HPAC Engineering and was written by Ron Rajecki, senior editor.
Robert S. Bray, Jr., MD, is a neurosurgeon and the CEO of DISC Sports & Spine Center in Marina del Rey, Calif.
Increasing the rigor of surveillance may lower the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia independent of patient care, which may cause hospitals to focus less on their VAP prevention efforts, according to a commentary in the American Journal of Infection Control.
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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute announced a funding opportunity for comparative clinical effectiveness research that will aid patients and caregivers in making well-informed healthcare decisions.
Steven Stahle, MD, who practices at the Advanced Surgery Center in Creve Coeur, is touting a procedure used in sports medicine to remove bad tissue and get athletes back to their sport as quickly as possible, according to a St.…
CONMED Corp. has announced its CONMED Endoscopic Technologies unit has launched six new GI/endoscopy medical devices, according to a news release.
A new study by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco shows how cell therapy might one day be used to cure neuropathic pain.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Mich., has provided $400,000 in new funding for a medical device incubator in Kalamazoo, Mich., according to an MLive.com report.