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Scalpel-free surgery could reduce risk of HIV and hepatitis exposure for health care workers

While the incidence of disease from HIV and hepatitis is increasing in the United States, little is known about their prevalence in patients undergoing surgery. Now, researchers have shown that nearly 40 percent of surgeries at The Johns Hopkins Hospital occur in patients who tested positive for a bloodborne germ. "While these rates are alarming, they are not entirely unexpected. General p...

MRSA study demonstrates need for frequent hand washing and environmental disinfection in health care settings

A major cause of hospital-acquired infections can persist for days and even weeks on environmental surfaces found in healthcare settings, including bed linens, computer keyboard covers and acrylic fingernails, according to research presented today at the 105th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of ho...

Careless reporting on HIV 'could cost lives'

Medical researchers must engage with the media to ensure that controversy surrounding HIV/AIDS is reported accurately, concludes a study. Mills says that media reports were partly responsible for trials o...

Johns Hopkins flu expert calls for mandatory vaccination of health care workers

Johns Hopkins' senior hospital epidemiologist and flu expert is calling for mandatory vaccination of all health care workers as the best means of protecting patients and hospital staff from widespread outbreaks of the viral illness. Studies by other United States researchers show that voluntary vaccination programs don't do the job and that each year, nearly 40,000 Americans die from influenza,...

Study shows AIDS drugs cost-effective, care underfunded

New research shows that highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is very cost-effective, despite the high price tag. However, the study also shows that reimbursement to physicians treating patients with HIV is critically low, threatening patients' access to care. The study findings are reported in the April 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. While HAART has...

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KODAK Molecular Imaging Software Regulator Edition from Molecular Imaging Systems, Carestream Health, Inc. (formerly Kodak Molecular Imaging Systems)

Description:Introducing our Regulatory Edition of Molecular Imaging (MI) Software for use in digital imaging systems for life science research and drug discovery applications. The Regulatory Edition package supports compliance with U.S. Food and Drug Administrations Code of Federal Regulations Title 21, Part 11 Electronic Records; Electronic Signatures [21 CFR Part 11]. KODAK MI Software, Regulatory Edition...
Company:Molecular Imaging Systems, Carestream Health, Inc. (formerly Kodak Molecular Imaging Systems)

KODAK Image Station 4000MM Digital Imaging System from Molecular Imaging Systems, Carestream Health, Inc. (formerly Kodak Molecular Imaging Systems)

Description:Eastman Kodak Companys Molecular Imaging Systems group announces the availability of KODAK Image Station 4000 Digital Imaging Systems, featuring high resolution cooled CCD camera technology for comprehensive fluorescence, luminescence, radiographic and chromogenic imaging capability. The systems 4 million pixel CCD and 10x optical zoom lens provides spatial resolution of up to 10 microns/pixel. T...
Company:Molecular Imaging Systems, Carestream Health, Inc. (formerly Kodak Molecular Imaging Systems)

Image Station X-Ray Imaging Module from Molecular Imaging Systems, Carestream Health, Inc. (formerly Kodak Molecular Imaging Systems)

Description:Kodak Molecular Imaging Systems offer an optional X-Ray Imaging Module which allows life science researchers to conveniently capture and precisely co-register anatomical X-rays of tissues, organs and whole animals with molecular based imaging modalities, improving anatomical localization of molecular signals that are generated by optical and radioisotopic based molecular imaging agents. The KODAK...
Company:Molecular Imaging Systems, Carestream Health, Inc. (formerly Kodak Molecular Imaging Systems)

Kit for BASE20/50 dual control unit KIT50EHTD from Wave Biotech now part of GE Healthcare

Description:Kit for BASE20/50 dual control unit, includes mounting plate, HOLDER50T, HEATERPAD50, SRTDX temperature probe(s)....
Company:Wave Biotech now part of GE Healthcare

Taq DNA Polymerase (cloned) from GE Healthcare, formerly Amersham Biosciences

Description:Taq DNA Polymerase (cloned), 250 units. Category: Nucleotides & Enzymes & Biochemicals, Modifying Enzymes, Polymerases....
Company:GE Healthcare, formerly Amersham Biosciences

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Merge Healthcare hires new VP of finance

Merge announced the hiring of Greg Wilson, currently the chief financial officer with <a href="http://w...

Midwest hotter for healthcare investments

The report said the Midwest experienced a 25 percent increase in 2006 for health care-related investments....

Lance Armstrong and the future of cancer care

As many people know, survivors of cancer are much more common today. A recent National Center for Health Sta...

Schwartz leaves Merge board; will launch healthcare technology investment fund

Schwartz will continue providing business development assistance to the company beyond his previously...

Massachusetts firm to buy UW spinoff Bone Care for $600 million

Bone Care and Genzyme, a 24-year-old company with annual revenues of more than $2 billion and almost 7,000 employees w...

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Poor health care in Russia maybe causing Decline in its Population

Medical officials in Russia have reported to have said that more than two-thirds of births in Russia are marred by complications, and every second newborn discharged from a maternity clinic is suffering health problems. The number of normal births declined from 45.3 percent in 1992 to just 30 percent last year, said Olga Frolova, head of the statistics department of Russia's Academy o...

Debate Rages over firing of HIV infected health care workers

When we flip through the news papers it isn’t uncommon for us to see news items which tell us that an employee has been fired from an establishment after testing positive for HIV. But rarely do these matters become a major controversy when many sit up and take notice. Especially in the health care industry people don’t bat an eyelid when someone is fired because of ones HIV serostatus. Ma...

Healthcare sector is now a multi billion-dollar industry in India

A Confederation of Indian Industry study has identified the health care sector in India as a potential gold mine. India is poised to develop into a 'regional healthcare hub' with the $17 billion healthcare industry growing at a rate of 13 per cent the study says. With a 16% increase in budgetary outlay the healthcare industry is poised to zoom ahead bringing with it big bucks as returns....

Asthma Patients Under The Care Of An Allergist Report Less Severe Symptoms

New research shows that asthma patients who are under the care of an allergist report fewer asthma control problems and less severe asthma symptoms as compared to patients receiving care from primary care physicians. // Asthma is a chronic disease that affects approximately 20 million Americans, and is responsible for nearly 5,000 deaths a year. In addition, there are nearly 2 million...

Health Care Ties To Get Stronger Between India And Britain

The meeting between the Union Minister for Health and family welfare, Anbumani Ramadoss and Sue Hill, the visiting Chief Scientific Officer of the British Department of Health ended up with a positive note//, with both officials willing to extend mutual help and cooperation towards strengthening the health sector. The meeting lasted for more than an hour according to official report...

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Solo-Care Brand Multipurpose Solution

Description:Solo-care is a multi-purpose solution for cleaning, rinsing, disinfection and storing soft contact lenses....
Company:CIBA Vision

Solo-Care Multipurpose Solution

Description:Solo-care is a multi-purpose solution for cleaning, rinsing, disinfection and storing soft contact lenses....
Company:CIBA Vision

Rapidlink Critical Care Information Management System

Description:Today, the importance of electronic connectivity for blood gas testing is well understood. Transmission of patient results is critical for patient care, records, and billing. A sound quality assurance program that includes connectivity is essential to ensure analyzers are operating properly....
Company:Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics

Trendcare System

Description:The TrendCare Blood Gas Monitoring System provides a means of continuously monitoring in-vivo measurements of pH, pCO2, pO2 and temperature via a peripheral artery (e.g. radial, femoral or umbilical) and provides calculated values of O2 saturation; base-excess and bicarbonate levels....
Company:Diametrics Medical, Inc.

AfterCare Eye Bandages

Description:Protects the eye from symptoms caused by "dry eye, medical conditions, drug reactions and environmental factors. Forms a moisture chamber over the eye area during rest....
Company:Medtronic Xomed, Inc.

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Point of Care Strep Tests Speed Treatment, Lower Costs

Beta-hemolytic group A streptococcus (S. pyogenes) is the most common bacterial agent associated with upper respiratory tract infections. Although it usually involves mild symptoms (such as headache, fever or abdominal pain) if left untreated streptococcal infection can worsen and become life-threatening. Early diagnosis and treatment of group A streptococcal pharyngitis has been shown to red...

Analyzers Offer Point-of-Care Lipid Panels

Plasma lipids, comprised of triglycerides and cholesterols, vary with genetic predisposition, weight, diet and physical activity. All of these factors contribute to serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels and highly correlate with risk of untoward vascular and cardiac events. Perhaps no other commonly determined medical laboratory values are so much in the public eye as serum levels of good...

Hemoglobin Testing at the Point of Care

Since the level of blood oxygenation can be an essential element of patient assessment, measurement of hemoglobin levels in the clinical setting is often desirable. In keeping with the recent trend to incorporate sophisticated technology into easily used point-of-care devices, recent products from several manufacturers offer prompt assessment of hemoglobin values. HemoCue, Inc., Lake...

Controlling the Spread of Healthcare Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Requires Active Surveillance

Both methicillin sensitive and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA, MRSA) can cause invasive and life-threatening infections such as osteomyelitis, septicemia, endocarditis, and pneumonia. Healthcare associated MRSA is of particular clinical importance because it is not only predictably cross resistant to all penicillins and cephalosporins, but is also typically resistant to mu...

Point of Care Cardiac Analyzers Yield Rapid Cardiac Marker Results

Clinical guidelines from the disciplines of cardiology and laboratory and emergency medicine have all emphasized the importance of cardiac markers in diagnosing or ruling out acute myocardial infarction. The measurement of cardiac troponins is especially useful in the large fraction of patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who have...

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