News and Notes

The Joint Commission has launched an online resource center dedicated to preventing workplace violence in health care settings. The resource center, “Workplace Violence Prevention Resources,” provides a broad range of resources for health care organizations, health...

Healthmark Industries has announced the addition of Gown with Thumb Loop to its Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) line. OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030) requires employers to protect workers who are occupationally exposed to blood and other...

Clorox Healthcare has announced the introduction of Clorox Healthcare Fuzion Cleaner Disinfectant. Fuzion combines bleach efficacy against tough-to-kill pathogens with the aesthetics required for broad use throughout health care facilities. Fuzion is Environmental...

This year, physicians, administrators, nurses, breast cancer survivors and community members from 16 different states donned pink exam gloves and created dance videos for breast cancer awareness. It was part of the sixth annual Medline Pink Glove Dance Competition....

The Checklist Boards Corporation has announced the successful installation of Surgical Checklist Boards at their 500th client hospital. “We are pleased to announce Checklist Boards’ products have met our health care industry goal to reduce medical procedure risk by...

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) and Vancive Medical Technologies, an Avery Dennison business, have launched a line of transparent vascular dressings with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) antimicrobial preservative that are designed to enhance patient care and be easy...