Feature | Dave Fornell

Antibiotics were a miracle drug when introduced more than 60 years ago, but they have also spurred the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant strains of super bug bacteria that hospitals are having a tough time controlling.

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InfoLogix Inc. will launch the SurgiChip, a real-time wireless solution designed to address leading causes of surgical ...

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Feature | Nick Obradovich

Between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die each year from preventable medical errors, according to the Institute of ...

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RES-Q Healthcare Systems demonstrated its Patient Waiting Room View at AONE 2008. Similar to airline flight displays at ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

There has been a flood of new products and a rush by companies to get new infection control products on the market since last summer, when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) passed a rule it will no longer reimburse healthcare facilities for preventable hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) starting in October 2008.

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Michigan Instruments Inc. recently launched its new life support device, Life-Stat that provides effective, consistent hands-free cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This mechanical CPR device provides rescuer hands-free AHA Guideline-compliant CPR in either the 30:2 compression to ventilation ratio or continuous chest compressions with asynchronous ventilation modes of operation.

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At AACN 2008, Vital Signs Inc. will display its new 500 and 1,000 mL InfusaScan fluid pressure infusor bags, which are designed to help reduce medication errors.

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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

Medrad hopes to thrust new life into molecular imaging with its 510(k) pending FDG-PET power injector system called Intego, designed to promote greater accuracy in dose injection and which reportedly reduces radiation exposure related to FDG-handling by 40 percent.

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April 8, 2008 - The first-in-man study funded by MIV Therapeutics Inc. (MIV) showed that MIV's VESTAsync stents ...

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April 8, 2008 - Battelle, a nonprofit independent research and development organization, and MEDRAD Inc. won a Medical ...

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April 8, 2008 - The government on Monday said it would raise payments next year to insurers that provide healthcare ...

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MEDRAD Inc. won a Medical Design Excellence Award (MDEA) for the MEDRAD XDS Extravasation Detector, a device for the ...

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April 8, 2008 - OrbusNeich received CE Mark approval for the Sapphire 1.25-mm PTCA dilatation catheter, a small-diameter ...

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April 8, 2008 - A study using Itamar Medical's Endo-PAT2000, an FDA-cleared device used to assess endothelial function ...

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April 8, 2008 - Philips launched the latest addition to its HD ultrasound family of products, the Philips HD7, in the U ...

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