The CDC and the FDA held another joint press conference for updates on a meningitis outbreak that stems from contaminated epidural steroid injections prepared at the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass.
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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the ASHP Foundation have offered up guidelines on outsourcing sterile compounding services, following a deadly outbreak of meningitis caused by contaminated steroid injections.
Miami VA Healthcare System lost in a lawsuit that alleged the hospital used dirty colonoscopy equipment, according to a Huffington Post report.
Brian R. Gantwerker, MD, of The Craniospinal Center of Los Angeles, currently uses minimally invasive spine techniques with patients and has seen the clinical and economic value of these less invasive procedures.
At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Larry D. Taylor, President and CEO of Practice Partners in Healthcare, and Sean McNally, CEO of Moore Clinic will give a presentation titled "Key Relationships Between ASCs & Hospitals."
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Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, chairman of the American Society for Interventional Pain Physicians, was recently featured in an Every Day Health report discussing the recent fungal meningitis outbreak from contaminated steroid injections from a compounding pharmacy.
A new study published in Physical Therapy shows negative back pain beliefs associated with disability in adults with low back pain, according to a Physical Therapy Products report.
Boston Scientific Corp. has announced the launch of a new guidewire designed to facilitate crossing of resistant lesions, according to a news release.
Alma Lasers has announced it has received FDA clearance for its new fractionated skin resurfacing module for the company's Accent family of products, according to a news release (pdf).
Insightra Medical has announced it has received FDA clearance for its new inguinal hernia system, according to a news release.