Reduce the Pressure with Intersurgical
Intersurgical has announced that it offers two products to reduce the occurrence of pressure ulcers on the ear. (Source: Hospital Management)
Source: Hospital Management - April 4, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
‘Red band’ preventing pressure ulcers caused by casts
Staff at Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have eliminated pressure ulcers caused by devices like plaster casts with the help of a “simple red stripe”. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - March 4, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Innovation Hub Announces Participants in HubX-LifeSciences Program
In a video released Wednesday, HubX-LifeSciences announced that eight startup companies from around the world will come to Arkansas next month to participate in its health care business accelerator program.
"We're delighted and honored to have a cohort of health care founders of this quality," said Jeff Stinson, the director of entrepreneurship at the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub who also directs HubX-LifeSciences. "We really can’t wait to get these founders to Arkansas and begin working with them."
The startups were selected after several months of national and international recruitment and vetting.
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Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - March 3, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Palliative Care Plays Important Role in Wound Care
Pressure ulcer management calls for more than just treating the wound. Palliative care can help address pain and discomfort, and it can improve quality of life. Yet patients and practitioners alike often avoid important conversations because they think palliative care means giving up or giving in. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - February 26, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Joanne Kaldy Source Type: news
Blog: Eliminating avoidable heel pressure ulcers
The incidence of all types of pressure ulcers has fallen over the years, heel ulcers remain difficult to eliminate due to the unique anatomy and pathology of the heel.
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Source: Nursing in Practice - February 24, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Kerrie Schofield Tags: Wound care Source Type: news
UTARI, Pitt researchers to develop automated seat cushion to aid in ulcer prevention
(University of Texas at Arlington) Researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute and Human Engineering Research Laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh are developing a solution in an automated seat cushion designed to prevent pressure ulcers in wheelchair users. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 23, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Grading wheel helping nurses identify pressure ulcers
Tissue viability nurses at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust have devised a pressure ulcer grading wheel to help staff identify the correct grade of ulcer. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - February 12, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
US FDA prioritizes devices requiring human factors reviews
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group
US medical device regulators have specified types of devices for which premarket application submissions should include human factors testing information, according to new Food and Drug Administration guidance.
The FDA guidance explains that devices it identifies warrant human factors data because of “clear potential for serious harm resulting from use error.” Such data is necessary for proper evaluation of safety, effectiveness and substantial equivalence, states the agency.
Premarket applications for the following device types should include human factors testing reports unless app...
Source: Mass Device - February 8, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: Blog Emergo Group Source Type: news
Acelity to float $400m in senior notes offering, reports slimmed losses for Q4, FY2015
Acelity said today that through its subsidiaries Kinetic Concepts and KCI USA, the company will float $400 million in 1st lien senior unsecured notes through a private offering, and reported its Q4 and fiscal year 2015 earnings, with losses shrinking for both.
The San Antonio, Texas-based company intends to use the funds to repay outstanding debt on its senior term E-2 credit facility which comes due on November 4 this year.
Funds will also be used to pay fees and expenses related to repaying the credit line coming due in November, and for general corporate purposes, the company said.
The company reported losses of $15.5 ...
Source: Mass Device - February 1, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News MassDevice Earnings Roundup Acelity Source Type: news
NHS Safety Thermometer: Patient Harms and Harm Free Care England December 2014-December 2015, official statistics
The NHS Safety Thermometer is the measurement tool for a programme of work to support patient safety improvement. It is used to record patient harms at the frontline, and to provide immediate information and analyses for frontline teams to monitor their performance in delivering harm free care. It records the presence or absence of four harms: pressure ulcers, falls, urinary tract infections (UTIs) in patients with a catheter and new venous thromboembolisms (VTEs). (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Devices Aim to Prevent Pressure Ulcers
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Source: MDDI - January 21, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Arundhati Parmar Tags: Medical Device Business Source Type: news
News Devices Aim to Prevent Pressure Ulcers
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Source: MDDI - January 21, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Arundhati Parmar Tags: Medical Device Business Source Type: news
Spiracur to pay $3m to settle VA kickbacks case
Federal prosecutors said last week that Spiracur agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges that it paid kickbacks to U.S. Veterans Affairs Dept. physicians in return for using the Snap negative pressure wound therapy it just sold to Acelity.
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Spiracur admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement, but agreed to cooperate with the investigation of healthcare providers who received the alleged kickbacks, according to the U.S. Justice Dept.
Spiracur compensated VA podiatrists at 4 centers in Phoenix, Atlanta, San Francisco and Cleveland with gifts, “gratuities” and speaking fees, the Justice De...
Source: Mass Device - December 8, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Legal News Wound Care Dept. of Justice (DOJ) Spiracur Source Type: news
Blog: Raising awareness of pressure ulcers
The initiative to eliminate pressure ulcers has been another radical project. Prior to its instigation I would see patients every single week with sacral pressure ulcers large enough that you could get your fist into them
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Source: Nursing in Practice - December 3, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Kerrie Schofield Tags: Wound care Editor ' s pick Blogs Source Type: news
HHS: Dramatic Downturn in Hospital-Acquired Conditions
(MedPage Today) -- Big reductions in adverse drug events, pressure ulcers (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - December 1, 2015 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
