News and Notes

3M Chairman and CEO Mike Roman issued the following update announcing additional details about 3M’s capacity increases of N95 respirators, strong measures to combat price gouging and counterfeiting, and new partnerships to help protect our healthcare workers on the...

In a press release, oneSOURCE has announced a new database to assist health care professionals during the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. The COVID-19 database will be available to new and current users at no cost and will feature tools that include...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic: On Tuesday, the FDA stood up a new program to expedite the development of potentially safe and effective life-saving treatments....

Kruger Family Industries (KFI) has announced a critical collaboration between two key brands in their portfolio, TriEnda and Penda. These brands have joined forces to work to combat the severe and immediate need to address the upcoming hospital bed shortage related to...

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) has commended the Trump Administration and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma for sweeping regulatory changes the agency announced to address the surge in the number of patients...

The Joint Commission has issued a statement supporting the use of standard face masks and/or respirators provided from home when health care organizations cannot provide access to protective equipment that is commensurate with the risk health care workers are exposed...