News and Notes

AAAHC has published guidance on administrative options for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) considering temporary hospital status to meet the health care industry’s aim of increasing patient capacity. In response to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers...

RGF Environmental Group, Inc., a Florida-based environmental design and manufacturing company, announced a breakthrough process for sanitizing personal protective equipment (PPE) such as the N95 mask. Once sterilized, the masks can be reused multiple of times, which...

On April 14, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) “Characteristics of Health Care Personnel with COVID-19 — United States, February 12–April 9, 2020.” A summary on the CDC website it...

Global workwear brand Dickies®, in partnership with its parent company, VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC), today announced that it is further supporting the fight against COVID-19 in the U.S. by manufacturing FDA-compliant isolation gowns for hospitals and health care...

As the COVID-19 surge wanes in different parts of the country, patients’ pent up demand to resume their elective surgeries will be immense. To ensure patients can have elective surgeries as soon as safely possible, a roadmap to guide readiness, prioritization and...