preventive healthcare News
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Preventative Healthcare Access for All Patients
Preventive care is close to my heart. My father died from leukemia when I was 26 years old, and, like many, he only believed in seeing a healthcare provider when he was sick. An annual wellness exam and a simple blood test may have caught his cancer earlier and extended his life. Something so simple, yet many don’t take the time to do. I think about my dad a lot in my career as a ...
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SAVE LIVES: Clean your hands
On 5 May 2009, WHO formally launched its global initiative SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands as part of its First Global Patient Safety Challenge: 'Clean Care is Safer Care' 1 The aim of SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands is to continue to raise worldwide awareness about the importance of hand hygiene to prevent healthcare-associated infections and to sustain action to the point of patient care. More than ...
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Digital Diagnostics, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Sign Intent to Provide Preventative Diabetic Healthcare to 35M
CORALVILLE, IOWA July 21, 2022 – Leadership from Digital Diagnostics – maker of IDx-DR, the first-ever FDA-cleared, fully autonomous AI system for the diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy – signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Investment during a ceremonial visit with United States of America President Joe Biden. With this ...
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UVD Robots Deploys Robot #200 donated by The European Commission to European hospitals
This week, Consorci Corporació Sanitari Parc Taulí hospital in Barcelona, Spain received the UVD Robot no. 200 donated via the European Commission’s Emergency Support Instruments. In the last couple of years, the corona virus has caused a huge impact all across Europe. UVD Robots and Blue Ocean Robotics - the manufacturer of the autonomous disinfecting robot equipped with ...
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OnLume Surgical is a winner of the 2020 Wisconsin Innovation Award!
Last night, four winners were honored from ten finalists and almost 400 nominees during the 2020 Wisconsin Innovation Awards which was broadcast live from Milwaukee. The ceremony, emceed by Wisconsin local Denise Thomas, President at The Effective Communication Coach, LLC, recognized the state’s most innovative products and services. The 2020 winners were selected by a panel of 30 expert ...
By OnLume Inc.
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Nature publication: Ondine’s therapy suppresses SARS2 in COVID-19 patients
The Toronto-based research reports a decrease of viral infectivity of 90% of SARS-CoV-2 patient samples using Ondine’s nasal antimicrobial photodynamic disinfection (aPDT), with 70% of patient samples completely inactivated from a single 5-minute treatment. The nose is the primary location for SARS-CoV-2 entry and it has a central role in transmission and disease severity. The Journal ...
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UK online store opens for Sky Labs
Preventive healthcare start-up Sky Labs has opened its UK online store to enable customers to buy its innovative smart ring device. Fashionable, discreet and stylish, the CART-I (Cardio Tracker) ring uses advanced technology to consistently monitor the wearer’s heartbeat. The wearable technology is comfortable and easy to use and can become an integrated part of the buyer’s ...
By Sky Labs
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UVD Robots Deploys Robot #200 donated by The European Commission to European hospitals
In the last couple of years, the corona virus has caused a huge impact all across Europe. UVD Robots and Blue Ocean Robotics - the manufacturer of the autonomous disinfecting robot equipped with UV-C light - was selected by the European Commission, as a supplier for its autonomous disinfection robots to European Union hospitals in the fight against SARS-CoV-2 known as Coronavirus. Each year ...
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CMS Close to Beginning Hospital Infection Control Inspections
According to recent reports, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are currently finalizing their hospital control survey. Once complete, the CMS is expected to conduct hospital infection control inspections in the near future. Some in the industry see these actions as a likely prelude to forthcoming regulations meant to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). ...
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Healthcare-Associated Mold Outbreaks Discussed in New Online Video
Today the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video. Their newest production discusses information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about healthcare-associated mold outbreaks. “Hospitals and other healthcare settings often have patients with weakened or suppressed immune systems, making them more ...
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Longenesis and Dante Genomics Partner to Make Personalised Medicine More Accessible Across Europe
Biotech and genomics companies Longenesis and Dante Genomics launch more personalised genomic services to more than 10,000 people across the Baltics and Italy, thus expanding and bridging the reach of valuable health insight delivery to patients across Europe. Latvian Biotechnology startup Longenesis has partnered with Dante Genomics, a global company of genomics and precision medicine, to offer ...
By Longenesis
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Biomedical Company Gedeon Richter Partners with Health Education Platform Skrinings to Deliver Global, No-Cost Contraceptive Education
Women’s health platform Skrinings.lv announced today that it has partnered with multinational pharmaceutical company Gedeon Richter to launch a completely private educational platform that empowers people to make informed decisions about contraception and other birth control options. In the first two months of operations, more than 1,700 women across Northern and Western Europe have taken ...
By Longenesis
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ViiV healthcare announces positive action U.S. southern initiative, an innovative community support program to fight HIV/AIDS
ViiV Healthcare today announced the launch of Positive Action U.S. Southern Initiative, a collaborative, community-focused program designed to address gaps in services or programs that support linkages to care and treatment adherence among individuals living with HIV/AIDS. The launch follows extensive consultations with some of the sector"s leading non-governmental organizations, practitioners ...
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UVD Robots Deploys the #100 Robot Ordered by EU in Hospitals Across Europe
Bagdasar-Arsenie Hospital in Romania has received UVD Robot number 100 of the total of 200 fully autonomous disinfection robots the European Commission have purchased to its member states. As the second wave of Coronavirus cases surged across Europe in the fall of 2020, UVD Robots and Blue Ocean Robotics - the manufacturer of the autonomous disinfecting robot equipped with UV-C light - was ...
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World TB Day and Preventing New Cases in Healthcare Facilities and Correctional Institutions in Puerto Rico
World TB Day is recognized in Puerto Rico and across the globe on March 24th. The date of this annual event was chosen to coincide with the date that Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the cause of tuberculosis (TB), back in 1882. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes World TB Day as a time to educate the public about the impact of TB ...
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AVRA Medical Robotics, Inc. (OTCMKTS: AVMR) 2020 Year-End CEO Update Letter to Shareholders and the Investment Community
ORLANDO, FL – February 11, 2021 – AVRA Medical Robotics, Inc. (“AVRA” or “the Company”) (OTCMKTS: AVMR) today issued the following update letter by its CEO, Barry Cohen to shareholders and the investment community: Dear AVRA Shareholder, As 2020 began, all things seemed pretty much as usual: we were fresh from the holidays and positively charged with optimism ...
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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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Ultrasound Technology Answers COVID-Era Medical Training Challenges
The disruptive impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on medical services has been a central concern across our industry. The global health strategy, backed by guidance from the National Institutes of Health and World Health Organization, has so far focused on flattening the epidemiological curve. By doing so, we’ll prevent healthcare services, resources, and medical staff from being overwhelmed. ...
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Infection Control Resources to Mitigate Patient Exposure Risks to Klebsiella and Other Pathogens
An article published last year in Emerging Infectious Diseases detailed a notable increase of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) infections in New York City during 2021 through June of 2022. The data for the study came from a large public healthcare system in New York City that serves more than 1.2 million people each year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...
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The Zendal brand is created to integrate all the companies of the Spanish biotechnology group made up of CZ Veterinaria and Biofabri
The biotechnology companies specialized in human and animal healthcare and prevention CZ Veterinaria, Biofabri, Bialactis, Probisearch, Vetia and Petia have a new umbrella brand. CZ Veterinaria, their parent company and leader in the provision of veterinary vaccines against bluetongue disease in Europe, became CZ Vaccines on the 25th anniversary of its creation. Grupo Zendal is named after ...
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