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Johnson & Johnson to Acquire Shockwave Medical

Johnson & Johnson and Shockwave Medical, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Johnson & Johnson will acquire all outstanding shares of Shockwave for $335 per share in cash, corresponding to an enterprise value of...

Medline Expands Catheter Portfolio

Medline and Consure Medical have announced a new agreement for Medline to exclusively distribute the QiVi MEC male external urine management device to help guard against catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) and incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD)....

FDA Clears Single-use Flexible Ureteroscope

Olympus, a global medical technology company committed to making people's lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling, announced U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance of its first single-use ureteroscope system, RenaFlex™, with full market availability to be announced at a later...

Brainlab, Fujifilm Offer Advanced Neurosurgery Capabilities

FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation and Brainlab recently announced that Brainlab will be the exclusive U.S. distributor of ARIETTA Precision Ultrasound for neurosurgery applications to be utilized with Brainlab’s surgical navigation systems. ARIETTA Precision,...

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Staffing Concerns

Staffing Concerns

By Don Sadler With the COVID-19 pandemic now in the rear-view mirror, the nursing profession continues to face shortages, including in the perioperative area. Some of them are severe in certain pockets of the country, especially rural areas. The Bureau of Labor...

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OAS CAHPS Is Coming; Make Sure Your Surgery Center Is Ready

OAS CAHPS Is Coming; Make Sure Your Surgery Center Is Ready

Getting the more than 6,200 Medicare-certified ASCs operating in the U.S. up and running with this survey will take some time. Your facility will not want to be the last in line to ask for the help it will need.  Also, many facilities already conducting the survey have told us that they were disappointed by their initial results and changed some of their training to respond to areas that the survey indicated needed improvement. 

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XENEX LightStrike

XENEX LightStrike

Quickly destroy pathogens in the OR between surgical procedures. A published study showed that between-case manual cleaning plus a 2-minute disinfection cycle using a LightStrike pulsed xenon UV robot resulted in 72.5% more pathogens eliminated on surfaces than manual chemical cleaning alone.

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