News and Notes

Barco Uniforms announced its pledge to donate 10,000 scrubs each month for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic to health care professionals on the front line treating patients who have been infected. Donations will be prioritized and distributed based on requests...

Thanks to legislation expected to be signed today by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, more than 200 new nurses, who are recent graduates of Hondros College of Nursing, may be able to enter the workforce by obtaining temporary licenses to aid in the national COVID-19...

AAAHC has released guidelines and recommendations to help health care facilities navigate safe operations throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. While most organizations are ahead when it comes to being prepared for an infection outbreak, there are additional steps they...

Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took action to make more ventilators available to health care personnel in the United States. The FDA issued an emergency use authorization for ventilators, anesthesia gas machines modified for use as ventilators,...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic: In response to the demand for alcohol-based hand sanitizers and their active ingredient, alcohol, certain entities that are not...

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued this immediately in effect guidance: Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency. The FDA believes the policy set forth in this...