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Professional Disposables International, a provider of infection prevention products for environmental hygiene, skin antisepsis, hand hygiene and patient care, has announced Nice-Pak/PDI has received the top honor at the World of Wipes International Conference.

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, is CEO and board chairman of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.

Chicago — The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announce VMG Health has been named a corporate sponsor for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference, to be…

HHS will be administering up to $500 million in Partnership for Patients funding to help healthcare providers improve healthcare care and patient safety, according to an HHS news release.

B. Braun has received FDA 510(k) clearance for adding 1 gram and 2 gram Ceflazidime injections within the DUPLEX System, according to a company news release.

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). To learn more about receiving this resource and joining APIC, visit www.apic.org/ambulatorynewsletter. To learn…

Kimberly-Clark Health Care recently announced the recipients of the HAI WATCHDOG Awards program. The program recognizes efforts of healthcare professionals working to prevent healthcare-associated infections.   Each winning facility receives an educational grant. The four winners were: Cabell Huntington Hospital…

U.S. investigators report a thriving international black market in stolen surgical instruments and equipment, such as endoscopes, according to a report by the Montreal Gazette.

A new report by the Government Accountability Office called on the Food and Drug Administration to tighten its system of reviewing and monitoring recalls of medical devices.

A Fort Myers, Fla., family doctor has been placed on probation and fined $20,000 for overprescribing pain medications to one patient, according to a report by the Naples Daily News.