MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for October 12, 2017

Say hello to MassDevice +5, a bite-sized view of the top five medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 5 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s news to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry. Get this in your inbox everyday by subscribing to our newsletters.   5. UVC LEDs: Energizing a new generation of portable, healthcare disinfection devices According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), one in every 25 hospital patients in the U.S. will contract a hospital-acquired infection (HAI) during their visit. Often expensive and sometimes fatal, HAIs are adding billions to the country’s already bourgeoning healthcare costs. For decades, hospitals and other healthcare facilities have employed ultraviolet germicidal irradiation systems (more recently referred to as germicidal UV or GUV), equipped with low-pressure mercury vapor lamps as an added layer of disinfection for a variety of applications ranging from operating rooms to the air circulating in the building’s ductwork. Read more 4. Ex-Cleveland Clinic director Fingerhut pleads guilty in $3m fraud case Former Cleveland Clinic Innovations director Gary Fingerhut plead guilty this week to charges that he helped defraud the clinic out of more than $2.7 million and will face several years in federal prison, according to a Cleveland.com report. Fingerhut was fire...
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