News and Notes

The Joint Commission recently released sentinel event data for the first six months of 2021. “The Joint Commission has reviewed 569 sentinel events from Jan. 1 through June 30, 2021 with the majority of these — 91% (516) — being voluntarily self-reported by an...

UltraViolet Devices Inc. (UVDI) has announced that the UVDI-360 Room Sanitizer is now available on CME Corporation’s $49.5 million Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Department of Defense contract. The Electronic Catalog (ECAT) contract streamlines procurement of the...

A new analysis by Press Ganey reveals key drivers of voluntary nurse turnover through a recently conducted national Flight Risk Analytics assessment. Responses from 100,000 health care employees across the U.S. reveal a generational divide, leading factors shaping...

The OR Today webinar “Perioperative and Sterile Processing Electrosurgical Instrument Best Practices: Stay Ready So You Don’t Have to Get Ready” was sponsored by Key Surgical and presented by SPD Clinical Educator Jamie Zarembinski, CCSVP, CER, and OR Clinical...

Encompass Group LLC. has named Steve Berg vice president, product strategy and development, healthcare textiles. In collaboration with the Encompass internal sourcing and product teams as well as the external national sales organization, Berg will direct and support...

Medline has announced the addition of push notifications to the MedPack App, a tool that enables clinicians to better manage pack contents and inventory. Developed in-house by Medline, the MedPack App allows partners to access the MedPack digital pack management...