News and Notes

The American Academy of Nursing (Academy) releases its new policy statement on the importance of immunizations to eliminate vaccine-preventable diseases. As researchers around the globe race for a vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus, it is a stark reminder that...

SARS-CoV-2 is a global threat for which the world was unprepared. Xenex Disinfection Services announced today that its LightStrike™ pulsed xenon disinfection robot is the first and only ultraviolet (UV) disinfection technology proven to deactivate the actual...

FUJIFILM Medical Systems, U.S.A., Inc. today announced that the company has selected caresyntax, a pioneering developer in surgical automation, analytics software, as the supplier of Fujifilm Systems Integration using caresyntax’s proprietary operating room (OR)...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration included, under the ventilator emergency use authorization (EUA), a ventilator developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which is tailored to treat patients with COVID-19. The ventilator was added to...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration had announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic: Today, the FDA issued a new video resource explaining Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs), one of several tools FDA uses to help...