News and Notes

The RCSI Institute of Global Surgery and global medical technology company, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) announce KidSURG, a joint initiative aimed at significantly improving pediatric surgical services across Southern Malawi.

ASTM International’s committee on medical and surgical materials and devices (F04) is developing a proposed standard that will provide a cleaning agent formula to clean dried blood from stainless steel medical devices.

Study in December 2020 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Researchers at MIT and the Indian Institute of Technology have come up with a device that could provide pressurized steam to run autoclaves without the need for electricity in off-grid areas.

Medline today announced plans to manufacture face masks in North America for the first time. The company is modifying its Lithia Springs, Ga. plant and anticipates production on level-1 ear loop procedure masks will begin in January, with an anticipated second production line launching later in 2021.

ExplORer Surgical, the only comprehensive intraoperative case support and workflow platform, announces a suite of advanced audio/video capabilities that make remote support highly efficient, promoting unprecedented levels of communication and guidance between the medical device rep and the surgical team.