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Applied Medical (Rancho Santa Margarita, California) said it has been awarded a supplier agreement with Premier (San Diego, California) for endomechanical kits, ligation systems and trocars. The contract is the third supplier agreement between Applied Medical and Premier Purchasing Partners, the group purchasing organization of Premier.
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Manufacturers of drugs and certain over-the-counter medications used in hospitals have been given two years to include linear bar codes on product labels. The requirement is designed to protect patients from preventable medication errors and to reduce the overall cost of healthcare, Tommy Thompson, secretary of Health and Human Services, said late last month.
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Abiomed (Danvers, Massachusetts) reported several recent hires. Kim Byrum Chappell joins the company as a clinical field consultant. Most recently, she was employed by Jewish Hospital, one of the clinical sites for the clinical trial of Abiomeds AbioCor implantable replacement heart, in various positions.
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The use of combination evidence-based pharmacologic therapy was associated with lower 6-month mortality in patients with ACS.
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Patients with lone atrial flutter have an increased risk for thromboembolic events and use of anticoagulation is urged for all patients with atrial flutter who are older than 65.
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ICD therapy is an effective management strategy in selected pediatric and congenital heart disease patients.
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Heres an easier way to obtain a catheter urinalysis on pediatric females when you need a very clean urine specimen, such as for a septic work-up on a small child, or you need to rule out a urinary tract infection.
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Risk managers often look at the emergency department as a little like a container of potato salad left out in the sun. Its a Petri dish for all the terrible things that can happen in your hospital, says one expert. That attitude has some basis in fact, she says, but there are specific actions you can take to reduce the risk.
