Industry Insights

By Patricia James, BS, RN, CNOR Background: Since February 2020 COVID-19 became almost synonymous with personal protective equipment (PPE). Gowns, N-95 masks, and face shields were required in intensive care units (ICU)s, floor units as well as the operating rooms...

Aspen Surgical Products, Inc. announced it is further increasing production capacity for the Precept brand of personal protective equipment (PPE) to help support COVID-19 relief efforts in North America. With high demand for facial protection from the outset of...

Ambu Inc., a rapidly growing medical device maker and pioneer of sterile, single-use endoscopes, introduced a new single-use cystoscope. The Ambu aScope 4 Cysto will give urologists immediate access to a single-use cystoscope that can be used for procedures such as...

The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum (NQF) formally announced the recipients of the prestigious John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. The 2019 awardees include a Pennsylvania health system’s telemonitoring “bunker” that saved 227 patient...

Zebra Technologies Corporation is celebrating the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife by encouraging nurses and nursing students globally to share their ideas on how to use technology to provide the right patient care at the right time. “Now is the time to challenge the...

Case Medical, a provider of infection prevention, sterile processing, and surgical solutions, has announced the release of Case Solutions Alcohol Antiseptic 80% Topical Solution Hand Sanitizer. Supplies of hand sanitizer have been insufficient to meet demand during...