News and Notes

The Joint Commission has issued a statement supporting the use of standard face masks and/or respirators provided from home when health care organizations cannot provide access to protective equipment that is commensurate with the risk health care workers are exposed...

UL has announced that PurpleSun, a healthcare technology company providing smart, light-based solutions for infection prevention, has received the first UL Certification for a large-scale mobile ultraviolet disinfection system, the PurpleSun E300 Modular Paneling...

Siemens Healthineers announced today that its latest critical care testing solution, the RAPIDPoint 500e Blood Gas Analyzer, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The analyzer generates blood gas, electrolyte, metabolite, CO-oximetry, and...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic: On March 28, 2020, the FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to allow hydroxychloroquine sulfate and chloroquine...

Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) has qualified a new reprocessing protocol that can extend the lifespan of single-use N95 masks (respirators) utilizing STERRAD Systems already available in most US hospitals and globally. The evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic has...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a letter to the nation’s hospitals on behalf of Vice President Pence requesting they report data in connection with their efforts to fight the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Specifically, the Trump...