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RF Surgical, a provider of solutions for prevention and detection of retained surgical items, has announced it has signed a three-year agreement with Novation, according to an RF Surgical news release (pdf).

Cardinal Health has announced the launch of new sterile latex, powder-free surgical gloves with hydrogel coating, according to a Cardinal Health news release.

Judie F. Charlton, MD, an ophthalmologist specializing in glaucoma, has been named chief medical officer of WVU Healthcare and vice dean for clinical affairs of the WVU School of Medicine in Morgantown, W.Va., according to a WVU news release.

Smiths Medical has received FDA approval for a wireless version of its syringe infusion pump, according to a Smiths Medical news release.

Small entities seeking to patent their inventions will pay a discounted fee when applying for fast-track approval under the new patent reform legislation, according to a MedCity report.

Twenty-seven physicians whose prescription pads had been stolen or duplicated cooperated in the arrests of 41 illegal users of pain medications in three Florida counties, according to a St. Petersburg Times report.

The California Hospital Association has slammed the California Nurses Association labor union, saying the union acted inappropriately by blaming the death of a California patient on a contracted nurse.

Guidant, a subsidiary of Natick, Mass.-based Boston Scientific, has agreed to pay $9.25 million to settle False Claims Act charges over the company’s alleged cost inflation for pacemakers and defibrillators, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.…

Markets for infection control devices and products are expected to reach $10.3 billion by 2011 and cross $18.3 billion by 2016 at a CAGR of 12 percent, according to a Reportlinker release. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review…