News and Notes

Getinge recently introduced one of its latest connectivity solutions for acute care products. The digital platform Getinge Online enables hospitals to improve efficiency by using product data to gain insights and maximize uptime. Of the acute care products, the first...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic: The FDA issued two new emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for serology tests to detect for the presence of coronavirus...

After carefully assessing the rapidly evolving situation as well as our duties to our members, other meeting attendees, and the local communities that infection preventionists serve, APIC has made the difficult, but necessary decision to cancel the 2020 Annual...

Three methods effectively sanitized masks for limited re-use. N95 respirators can be decontaminated effectively and maintain functional integrity for up to three uses, according to National Institutes of Health scientists. N95 respirators are designed for single-use...

Vomaris Innovations, Inc., headquartered in Tempe, AZ, announced today that significant research findings confirmed viruses are killed upon exposure to the company’s bioelectric V.Dox™ Technology platform. Vomaris has begun applying their technology to manufacture...

Cummins has reached an agreement with 3M to manufacture high efficiency particulate filters for use in 3M’s Powered Air Purifying Respirators, or PAPRs. The partnership has the potential to more than double the current production of filters for 3M’s PAPRs. The...