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Medical Center Health System Selects UVDI’s UV Surface Disinfection Technology
Founded over 60 years ago, Medical Center Health System has grown from one facility into a family of healthcare providers delivering a broad range of advanced medical services to the people of Odessa, Texas and the surrounding 17 counties of the Permian Basin. Medical Center Hospital (MCH), a 402-bed regional medical center, currently serves over 100,000 patients each year. Recently, Medical ...
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Medical Center Health System Selects UVDI’s UV Surface Disinfection Technology
Founded over 60 years ago, Medical Center Health System has grown from one facility into a family of healthcare providers delivering a broad range of advanced medical services to the people of Odessa, Texas and the surrounding 17 counties of the Permian Basin. Medical Center Hospital (MCH), a 402-bed regional medical center, currently serves over 100,000 patients each year. Recently, Medical ...
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CDC Awards Millions to Fight Healthcare-Associated Infections
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) one out of every twenty hospital patients acquires an infection while being treated for another illness. To help combat this problem, the CDC’s Prevention Epicenter Program recently announced $10 million awarded to five medical centers to explore ways to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Also this week the ...
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Seattle Children's Hospital Operating Rooms Shut Down Because of Fungus
Operating rooms at Seattle Children’s Hospital were shut down after the discovery of Aspergillus, a fungus that can cause infections. Air tests detected Aspergillus in several operating rooms and equipment storage rooms. The fungus postponed between 20 and 50 surgeries per day, and 3,000 patients were notified. The hospital is working with an outside industrial hygienist to investigate the ...
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EPA Honors Maine, Michigan Programs for Serving as National Models for Cutting-Edge Asthma Care
(Washington, D.C.) Commemorating World Asthma Day -- May 1 -- and kicking off Asthma Awareness Month, EPA is recognizing two leading asthma management programs that serve as national models for effective asthma care. One health plan – Priority Health of Grand Rapids, Mich. – and one health care provider – MaineHealth of Portland, Maine – have earned EPA's 2007 National Environmental Leadership ...
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Take action this summer to reduce exposure to asthma triggers
Summer heat is here, and that means it is more important than ever for people with asthma or other respiratory ailments to pay close attention to the air quality where they live. Like the weather, air quality can change from day to day or even hour to hour. During the summer when ozone levels rise, the number of people with asthma related symptoms admitted to hospitals and emergency rooms ...
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Safe Label System now integrates with JVM’s automated anesthesia dispensing cabinet
Pharmacy and Hospital Automation Solution provider JVM became an Integrator of Codonics Safe Label System to deliver more complete anesthesia medication management solutions to operating rooms in hospitals worldwide. JVM, a subsidiary of Hanmi Pharmaceuticals and leading global provider of pharmacy and hospital automation solutions including ATDPS and INTIPharm, today announced its integrator ...
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Take action this summer to reduce exposure to asthma triggers
Summer heat is here, and that means it is more important than ever for people with asthma or other respiratory ailments to pay close attention to the air quality where they live. Like the weather, air quality can change from day to day or even hour to hour. During the summer when ozone levels rise, the number of people with asthma related symptoms admitted to hospitals and emergency rooms ...
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Points of light recognizes extraordinary achievements in service
As our nation struggles with continuing crucial challenges, Points of Light Institute last night honored inspirational achievements from individuals and organizations who have significantly transformed communities for the better. They were recognized at the 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service in New York City Four Daily Point of Light award-winners were recognized for creating ...
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IBM helps cities take the guesswork out of city services
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today inaugurated a free website called City Forward (http://www.cityforward.org). It's designed to improve the quality of life in cities of all sizes around the world by helping officials make sounder and more scientific decisions on city services. The site gives policy makers, citizen-advocates and the public a new perspective on how their respective cities are performing ...
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RIVANNA announces award from U.S. government to develop Accuro Platform for rapid triage of blast-related injuries
RIVANNA, developers of imaging-based medical solutions, announced that they have received a contract from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), a division of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for the design and development of a computer-aided 3D fracture detection ...
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Medical Journal Affirms Case for Greener Operating Rooms
An article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal which examined the efforts to green hospital operating rooms supports the work currently underway by Practice Greenhealth, the nation's leading membership organization for institutions in healthcare that have made a commitment to sustainable, environmentally friendly practices. The article, which appeared in the Canadian Medical ...
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WHO: Nearly 99% of World Population Breathes Poor-Quality Air
The WHO says 99% of the global population breathes air that exceeds its air-quality limits and is often rife with particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs, enter the veins and arteries, and cause disease. The UN health agency, about six months after tightening its guidelines on air quality, on Monday issued an update to its database on air quality that draws on information from cities, ...
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Over 30% Reduction in Unnecessary Head CT Scans When Integrating FDA-Cleared BrainScope One
BrainScope announced today the publication of a study conducted by physicians at Washington University Barnes Jewish Medical Center in St. Louis in the peer-reviewed journal The American Journal of Emergency Medicine entitled “Reduction in unnecessary CT scans head-injury in the emergency department using an FDA cleared device." The study demonstrated that the FDA-cleared BrainScope One ...
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Take action on hot summer days to reduce asthma attacks
Summer is here and the hot weather can cause ozone levels to rise, making the air unhealthy to breathe, especially for people with asthma or other respiratory ailments. On days like today and throughout the hot summer months, it’s important to pay close attention to air quality. Like the weather, air quality can change from day to day or even hour to hour, and can have a serious affect on ...
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Study links California hospitalizations to hotter weather
Rising temperatures have already impacted the health of thousands of Californians, according to a paper in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), written by scientists at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). “The 2006 California Heat Wave: Impacts on Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits,” describes the enormous health impacts of California’s severe heat wave in ...
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4-Gas anesthetic vapor monitor, from Wilks Enterprise
A portable, mid-infrared specific vapor analyzer, designed for easy, on-site measurement of four anesthetic gases, has been introduced by Wilks Enterprise, Inc. The InfraRan 4-Gas Anesthetic Specific Vapor Analyzer provides on-site, real-time measurements of Nitrous Oxide (0-1000 ppm), Desflurane (0-30 ppm), Isoflurane (0-30 ppm), and Sevoflurane (0-30 ppm). The analyzer is ideal for use in ...
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Anavasi Diagnostics Announces FDA EUA Submission for Its COVID-19 Test
Anavasi Diagnostics announced today that it has submitted the required EUA Clinical Study Data for the AscencioDx®, the molecular diagnostic platform for the detection of RNA indicative of the presence of the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 virus, to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Anavasi is a medical technology company focused on the development of novel molecular diagnostic testing. It uses a ...
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Plasma Surgical Names Steve Gulick Senior Vice President of North American Sales & Business Development
Plasma Surgical Names Steve Gulick Senior Vice President of North American Sales & Business Development Industry veteran brings 20 years of surgical technology sales experience Roswell, Georgia – November 1, 2014 – Plasma Surgical, creator of the PlasmaJet® Surgery System, an energy-based medical device designed as a safe and effective alternative to traditional ...
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BrainScope Receives $4.5 Million Department of Defense Contract to Add Ocular Assessment to Future Concussion Products
BrainScope today announced that it has been awarded a research contract by the United States Department of Defense (DOD) valued at $4.5 million to create and integrate ocular capabilities into its handheld, multi-parameter mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) and concussion products. BrainScope’s initial product in the market, BrainScope One, is the first FDA-cleared medical device to offer ...
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