The World Health Organization has launched a new policy on injection safety, which highlights the value of using devices protecting healthcare providers from accidental needle sticks and patients from ...
Fourteen patients are suing Corning Hospital in Elmira, N.Y., after they were exposed to unsafe injection practices. Guthrie Healthcare System, the hospital's parent company, and the unidentified ...
A nurse in a Texas hospital mistakenly believed saline flush prefilled syringes could be reused in separate patients’ intravenous lines, which led to a hepatitis C transmission in 2015, according to a ...
Terumo Medical Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Terumo Corporation, announced the US launch of its SurTract™ Safety Syringe, powered by SafeR® passive safety technology developed by ...
In late January, Olean (N.Y) General Hospital announced that almost 2,000 patients may have received an injection from another patient's insulin pen. Now, three patients are suing the hospital, saying ...
She allegedly injected herself with drops of medication left inside. SPRINGFIELD — Police are investigating how a female patient allegedly stole used syringes at a hospital and injected herself with ...
Enable Injections’ enFuse Syringe Transfer System has secured CE mark approval under the European Union Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR). This approval allows the company to distribute drug delivery ...
DENVER (CBS4) - Spending time sick in the hospital is hard enough for children, but all the needle pokes can be painful. Now a hospital in Denver is offering a pain-free way to insert those needles.
One person died while 25 others are in a critical condition after a single syringe was used for all the patients admitted at a district hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia District. Duty officer said, ...
As part of a patient-support program (PSP) for those with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), Ipsen offers Somatuline Autogel/Somatuline Depot (lanreotide) in a prefilled syringe. The company recently ...
On the 17th, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) recommended getting the influenza vaccine by November if possible. This recommendation considers that the flu season has been ...