News and Notes

OR Today is excited to have AORN Connecticut Chapter 0701’s support for the Periop ConneCT conference. The event will be held October 25-26 at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale in New Haven, Connecticut. Registration is now open. Sign up today and join perioperative...

FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation, a leading provider of endoscopic imaging and endosurgical solutions, today announced the commercialization of its two novel endoscopic imaging technologies, CAD EYE®, the company’s AI detection system for endoscopic imaging...

  Infection preventionists are reaching out to policymakers for help with the regulatory process around the current convoluted medical device cleaning instructions, known as instructions for use or IFUs, with which they must comply and are calling for reform to...

The Joint Commission’s newsletter reports that the Sentinel Event Data Annual Report for 2023 is now available, including a figure showing the trend of reported sentinel events by source from 2005-2023. The Joint Commission reviewed 1,411 sentinel events from last...

US Med-Equip, a provider of hospital medical equipment rentals, sales, biomedical and asset management solutions, has partnered with Gentherm, a leading manufacturer of patient temperature management systems, to expand distribution of Gentherm’s Blanketrol System in...

Diversey, a Solenis company, has added Oxivir Three 64 to its leading Oxivir product line. Oxivir Three 64 is a one-step hospital disinfectant cleaner that is bactericidal, virucidal and fungicidal all in three minutes at a 1:64 dilution. With more than 70...