GS1 Australia, with the support of the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA), has officially launched GS1 Recallnet Healthcare – an electronic product recall notification management system for therapeutic goods. GS1 ...
Tags: Healthcare Transport, Service
US Department of Veterans Affairs has entered into an agreement to buy Smiths Medical's CADD-Solis ambulatory infusion portable pain management system. The CADD-Solis infusion system is designed to administer narcotics to post-surgery, ...
Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News has been bringing award-winning editorial content to their readers and the healthcare product packaging industry. The team is honored to mark this momentous occasion with year-round editorial coverage ...
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) has selected the recipients of the AIA National Healthcare Design Awards program. The AIA Healthcare Awards program showcases the best of healthcare ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, Construction
Mobile Aspects, US-based RFID solutions provider, has been granted patent for its iRIScope cabinet, which uses RFID-enabled technology to control the spread of infection through flexible endoscopes. It also tracks and timestamps an ...
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Pharmaceutical packaging requires high attention to detail due to the critical nature of the materials required to protect the active product throughout its shelf life. Types of packaging material and design can also be influenced by the ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has urged medical device manufacturers to boost their security protection systems against cyber attacks, which could compromise the safety and privacy of patients. According to the agency's safety ...
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St. Jude Medical, a medical device manufacturer, has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its next-generation Ellipse and SJM Assura portfolio of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac ...
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A cross-functional team of 10 managers from resealable-closure company Zip-Pak recently completed an intensive 18-month global packaging study. Zip-Pak's goal in conducting the study was to openly observe the packaging landscape and the ...
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US Food and Drug Administration intends to have tighter rules for apps that allow to diagnose or treat medical conditions, similar to the 2011 proposal urging for quality standards for ultrasound machines, heart stents, and several other ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Thoratec's HeartMate II Pocket Controller, the safe face of the HeartMate II LVAD System. The Pocket Controller is lighter and compact than the previous LVAD system controllers, and ...
Mediware Information Systems, along with its partner Planned Systems International (PSI), has been chosen by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to provide blood donor and transfusion software validation services. As per the terms of this ...
Posted by Jack Mans, Plant Operations Editor -- Packaging Digest, 5/11/2013 12:32:28 PM Although it won't be obvious to patients, a family of giant robots behind the scenes now counts and processes their medications. With a new automated ...
Tags: UCSF Robotic Pharmacy, Packaging
St. Jude Medical, a US-based medical device company, has announced CE Mark approval of its next-generation Ellipse and SJM Assura portfolio of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy ...
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Cook Medical, a US-based healthcare devices producer, has introduced its Flexor Vue Deflecting Endoscopic System, which can be used in the urological procedures to access and visualize body cavities or organs. The Flexor Vue comprises a ...
Tags: Cook Medical, Endoscopic System