Industry Insights

Premier Inc. has released survey results finding that isolation gowns surpassed N95 masks as the top personal protective equipment (PPE) shortage concern among healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients. Up from 56 percent last month, 74 percent of survey...

PDI Healthcare is testing several of its disinfectant products for efficacy against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, for submission to the EPA for approval. Partnering with Microbac Laboratories, Inc. for testing, PDI hospital-grade products could become...

AAAHC has published guidance on administrative options for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) considering temporary hospital status to meet the health care industry’s aim of increasing patient capacity. In response to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers...

RGF Environmental Group, Inc., a Florida-based environmental design and manufacturing company, announced a breakthrough process for sanitizing personal protective equipment (PPE) such as the N95 mask. Once sterilized, the masks can be reused multiple of times, which...

On April 14, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) “Characteristics of Health Care Personnel with COVID-19 — United States, February 12–April 9, 2020.” A summary on the CDC website it...