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Mercy Ships announced this week that the Global Mercy has now completed deep water sea trials, one of the final milestones in the countdown towards the hospital ship’s delivery, equipping, maiden voyage and launch into service to sub-Saharan Africa in 2022.

Healthmark Industries announced that it has received ISO 13485:2016 certification. ISO 13485:2016 is designed to support medical device manufacturers in designing quality management systems that establish and maintain the effectiveness of their processes.

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Spacelabs Healthcare, a division of OSI Systems Inc., and Masimo announced that they have extended their partnership in patient monitoring to integrate SET pulse oximetry, NomoLine capnography, rainbow SET Pulse CO-Oximetry, SedLine brain function monitoring, and O3 regional oximetry into select Spacelabs multi-parameter monitors.

Today, every hospital and ASC across the country received a letter signed by four influential national employer groups—the Health Transformation Alliance, ERISA Industry Committee, National Alliance of Health Care Purchaser Coalitions, and the Business Group on Health—requesting their participation in the annual Leapfrog Hospital Survey and Leapfrog Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey.

Healthmark Industries has introduced the Light Cord Adapters to its ProSys Instrument Care product line.