News and Notes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is updating the April 2020 Safety Communication to provide new information supporting the transition to fully disposable duodenoscopes and those with disposable components as well as new information on completed postmarket...

Cox Communications recently announced the addition of hand hygiene monitoring capabilities to its real-time location services (RTLS) platform Cox Prosight. According to the Center for Transforming Healthcare, 2 million patients contract healthcare-associated...

Getinge announced that it has been awarded an infection control contract from HealthTrust, a national group purchasing organization (GPO) and performance improvement authority for health care. This contract will bring Getinge’s innovative infection control product...

Nihon Kohden America recently announced the expansion of the Life Scope G Series with the U.S. market introduction of Life Scope G5 and G5Max, a new series of bedside monitoring systems. “Created by clinicians, for clinicians – these patient monitors provide more...

GE Healthcare has announced the FDA pre-market approval (PMA) for its End-tidal (Et) Control software for general anesthesia delivery on its Aisys CS2 Anesthesia Delivery System. GE Healthcare is the only manufacturer approved to offer general anesthesia delivery with...

Aspen Surgical Products, a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity, announced that Audax has closed on a single-asset continuation fund to support additional investment in Aspen and reaffirming its commitment to supporting the company’s long-term growth strategy....