News and Notes

Innovative Medical Products has made hip surgery for obese patients easier and safer than ever with its patented MorphBoard® modular pegboard positioning system.

Patient safety is a top priority at Rush Foundation Hospital, which was the first hospital in East Mississippi and West Alabama to deploy Xenex LightStrike™ Germ-Zapping Robots™ to enhance environmental cleanliness by disinfecting and destroying hard-to-kill germs, bacteria and superbugs in hard-to-clean places.

Actifuse Flow offers accelerated bone growth in a new, easy-to-use, prepackaged delivery syringe for precise placement into small bony voids or gaps in the skeletal system.

McKenzie County Healthcare Systems Inc. is the first hospital in the region to invest in Tru-D SmartUVC to help keep patients and staff safe from germs and hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).

Music City USA hosted the 2018 OR Today Live Surgical Conference with wild success. More than 100 people were on hand for the fifth annual OR Today Live Surgical Conference as its continues to grow each year.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have published best practices on using the health care physical environment to prevent infections.