News and Notes

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is the first health system in Ohio to launch a new clinical trial that uses inhaled nitric oxide to improve coronavirus outcomes and keep COVID-19 patients out of intensive care. Researchers are administering...

Net Health is offering a new software solution to help hospital and provider employee health departments track, monitor and report on employee exposures to COVID-19. The solution – Net Health Employee Health for COVID-19 – is a special version of the company’s...

The following is a Statement from Commissioner of Food and Drugs – Food and Drug Administration Stephen M. Hahn, M.D.: “Every step we have taken as part of our approach to COVID-19 testing has been a careful balancing of risks and benefits in order to meet the...

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...