News and Notes

Gulfside Healthcare Services is the first health care provider of its kind to deploy the SafeHaven Personal Hand Hygiene Monitoring System from GP PRO. The SafeHaven System combines a wearable hand sanitizing device with real-time, cloud-based reporting and personalized feedback to support sustained hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers.

Diversey has been awarded the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses’ (AORN) Seal of Recognition for its Operating Room Environmental Hygiene Program.

GP PRO, a division of Georgia-Pacific and provider of hygienic dispensing systems, and Mӧlnlycke, a medical products and solutions company, have announced a partnership to create a new hand hygiene standard in health care with the Hibiclens Antimicrobial Hand Soap System by GP PRO.

Ethicon, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, has announced its state-of-the-art and fully functional surgical lab on wheels will travel to hospitals in 70 locations across America providing surgeons and other healthcare professionals the opportunity for hands-on learning experiences and demonstrations with the newest technologies for colorectal, bariatric, gynecological and thoracic procedures.

Dale Medical Products Inc. has created a virtual space to allow clinicians, patients and purchasing/value analysis professionals the opportunity to learn about Dale products in a simulated setting. When visiting the Virtual Dale Medical Center users can enter rooms by...

Healthmark has announced the acquisition of McGan Technology LLC that takes effect immediately. McGan Technology LLC has been an industry leader offering insulation testing device designed to electrically test electrosurgical instruments.