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This week is National Pet Week. While it technically ends tomorrow, it’s not too late to celebrate your furry companions! National Pet Week was created in 1981 by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and the Auxiliary to the AVMA. It is celebrated each year during the first full week of May to encourage responsible pet care and to celebrate the bond between pets and their ...
Currently, the national benchmark for acceptable contamination rates sits at a too-high 3 percent, equating to over 1.4 million patients annually in the U.S. at risk of inappropriate treatment. In addition to the health risks, an estimated $6 billion is wasted annually due to false-positive blood culture results within the U.S. healthcare system. The Mission to ZERO is ...
Interview With Horst Nowosad, Sales and Project Engineer at Inmatec Medical oxygen is used in emergency care and vaccine production. With their own O2 generation, hospitals and pharmaceutical manufacturers secure supplies and reduce costs. ...
It is understood that lack of attention to respectful care by maternity care providers is a major barrier to the utilization of health facilities in many countries, as reflected in health surveys that show reasonable uptake of antenatal care but low rates of delivery in health facilities, and ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the way care is delivered on a fundamental level. What was once an up-and-coming tool for improved care delivery — namely, advanced patient monitoring technology — is now at the forefront of virtually every aspect of patient care. ...
Study Objective: In the face of heightened concerns over nuclear, biological or chemical (NBC) terrorist attack or accident , in the federal government has mandated an increase in the number of positive and negative pressure isolation rooms. Currently these rooms represent a scarce hospital resource, especially in Eds that may have only 1 or 2 available. It would be useful to be able to create ...
Arbutus Medical has developed and patented a radically affordable orthopedic drilling kit to combat rising healthcare costs and improve access to safe surgical power tools around the world. In September 2019, the kit was implemented at a leading trauma center in the United States for use in damage control ...
On August 28, 2016, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) adopted revisions to its Proposition 65 (Prop 65) Article 6 regulations covering "clear and reasonable warnings" requirements. ...