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Since the sudden onset of the COVID-19 pandemic the United States has faced a supply constraint of quality N95 masks. With the continued difficulty of being able to secure N95 designated products, health officials have been encouraging business and public consumers to...

Smart pump programming will allow HCA Capital’s Medfusion 4000 pumps to be programmed based on the clinician order, reducing programming errors. Smiths Medical, a leading global medical device manufacturer, announced that smart pump programming of the Medfusion 4000...

Frost & Sullivan’s recent study, “Growth Opportunities in Artificial Intelligence and Analytics in Surgery, 2020,” finds that the permeation of artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics in operating rooms (ORs) will help hospitals achieve high potential. Their...

Many states have reopened amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and elective surgeries are starting back up. As ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) open their doors again, they are now tasked with figuring out how to update all of their infection prevention policies to keep...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic: In a new FDA Voices, titled FDA maintains the pace of meeting its goals on applications for medical products during the pandemic,...