Demand for pharmaceutical packaging globally is projected to advance 6% a year to reach a value of $112bn in 2021, according to Freedonia’s latest study. Aging populations, rising levels of acute and chronic conditions, and new ...
Teleflex Medical OEM Wayne, PA Teleflex Medical OEM, a global leader in medical suture and fiber technology, announces a portfolio of highly-specialized capabilities for delivering innovative, fiber-based solutions to medical device ...
Teleflex Medical OEM Teleflex Medical OEM announces the launch of a dramatically redesigned version of its website. Wayne, PA Teleflex Medical OEM, a global leader in medical product development and manufacturing, announces the launch ...
Tags: critical care, surgery, Health
Scientists have discovered that using a stent-retrieving device to remove blood clots from the brain can significantly help patients recover from stroke. According to The New York Times, the technology may be a game changer for patients ...
US-based medical device manufacturer Rhythmlink International has announced plans to invest in a new automated packaging line at its Richland County facility in the Columbia Industrial Park. The company intends to invest $1.4m to install ...
Tags: Automated Packaging, Rhythmlink
To kill these bacteria , while reducing the ability of human cells , cigarettes , as an alternative to a healthy electronic cigarette in the laboratory studies , and drug resistance , the manufacturer is potentially Despite being touted the ...
It seems that a fight is looming over a seat on Echo Therapeutics Inc.'s board of directors. The company's largest shareholder, an investor group led by Platinum Management (NY), LLC, which owns approximately 19.9% of Echo's common ...
Retrieving organs from brain-dead donors is logistically challenging and time consuming in hospitals. Multiple surgical teams often fly to a donor's hospital but frequently face delays in retrieving organs due to crowded operating-room ...
Tags: Moving Organ Donors, stand-alone facility, lowers costs
A computerized safety checklist that automatically pulls information from patients' electronic medical records was associated with a threefold drop in rates of one serious type of hospital-acquired infection, according to a study by ...
Tags: Checklist, Threefold Drop, Hospital-Acquired Infection, LCD
NxStage® Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM), a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today reported record financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2013, that include revenue slightly above its ...
A snapshot of patients who required care at Duke University Hospital during this year's flu season shows that those who had not been vaccinated had severe cases and needed the most intensive treatment. In an analysis of the first 55 ...
Tags: Flu Patient, Intensive Care, ICU level care, Duke
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recognizes 122 units from 101 hospitals nationwide that earned the Beacon Award for Excellence between Jan. 1, 2013, and Dec. 31, 2013. The Beacon Award for Excellence lauds hospital ...
Tags: Critical-Care Nurses
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) — as part of the Critical Care Societies Collaborative (CCSC) — has identified five routine critical care practices that should be questioned because they may not always be ...
Tags: AACN, CCSC, ABIM, Choosing Wisely
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) invites nurses and other healthcare professionals who care for high acuity and critically ill patients and their families to its 2014 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care ...
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford have found a new way to boost the survival of pediatric patients whose hearts stop while they are hospitalized. The researchers ...
Tags: Cardiac Arrest, Pediatric Patients, New Way to Boost Survival