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Covidien CEO, Jose Almeida, said the company is looking to acquire companies with annual sales of $20-120 million in its vascular, respiratory and surgical businesses, according to a Bloomberg News report.

A report issued by New York state's attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, found prescriptions for oxycodone increased by 82 percent from 2007-2010 in the state, according to a New York Times report.  

Wolters Kluwer Health has announced North Shore-LIJ Health System, the second-largest, nonprofit, secular healthcare system in the nation, has selected ProVation Order Sets as the health system's electronic order set solution, according to a Wolters Kluwer Health news release (pdf).

Marion Jenkins, CEO of QSE Technologies, has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the Colorado Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, according to news release from QSE Technologies.

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation has published a report with 10 immediate steps a facility can take to improve medical device processing.

Researchers studied approximately 100 adult patients at a medical center and found noise levels in some patients' rooms sometimes reached 80 decibels, twice the maximum 30-40 decibel level recommended by the World Health Organization, according to a Reuters report.

Lynn Polonski, MD, an eye surgeon at Camp Lowell Surgery Center and Foothills Surgery Center Tuscon, Ariz., was recognized recently by The Explorer for operating on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords after the shooting that left her in critical condition.

Current appropriateness criteria cover only 10 of the 25 most common inpatient procedures and six of the 15 most prevalent ambulatory procedures in the United States, according to a study published in the Archives of Surgery.

Healthcare providers improperly administered antibiotics to 60 of the 183 cases of asymptomatic bacteriuria, which is not clinically appropriate, according to research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Richard L. Lindstrom, MD, will receive the Glaucoma Research Foundation's Catalyst Award at Glaucoma 360 in February, according to an Ocular Surgery News report.