Corporate Spotlight
PI-KARE™ Technology: Skin-Friendly PI Surgical Glove Advancement
A leading manufacturer of surgical and examination gloves, Ansell—based in Melbourne, Australia—has a 125-year history of developing innovative products and technologies designed to improve hand and body safety for the health care, industrial, and life science fields.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Baxter Announces Renewed Commitment to Bariatric Surgery
Baxter recognizes that partnerships are critical for the advancement of surgical techniques and improvement of health care delivery across the United States and around the globe. Investment in partnerships is one of the key ways that Baxter is advancing surgical care across a number of specialties and improving patient outcomes.
DECEMBER 25, 2018
Ultraviolet Light: A Rapidly Growing Approach to Disinfection
Despite concerted efforts to implement rigorous cleaning and sterilization protocols, the persistence of pathogens on environmental surfaces has been shown to contribute to nearly 1.7 million patients acquiring an infection during their hospital stay per year.1 Surgical site infections, the most costly health care-acquired infections in the United States, cost hospitals more than $7 billion each year.2
DECEMBER 2, 2017
AQUACEL Ag® SURGICAL Wound Dressing for Preventing Infection in Ventral Hernia Repair
CANCUN, MEXICO—AQUACEL Ag® SURGICAL cover dressing (ConvaTec, Bridgewater, N.J.), a hydrofiber wound dressing composed of moisture-activated carboxymethylcellulose fibers integrated with ionic silver, may provide benefit in patients at risk for infection, including those who undergo ventral hernia repair, according to a presentation during an industry-sponsored symposium at the 2017 annual meeting of the Americas Hernia Society.
DECEMBER 1, 2017
Product Guide
OviTex Reinforced BioScaffolds; GORE® BIO-A® Tissue Reinforcement; SurgiSLUSH™; NOVA Hand Held Surgical Light Source; AQUACEL Ag Surgical Cover Dressing; and the FasTouch™ Fixation System.
AUGUST 30, 2017
Aquacel® Ag Surgical Dressing for Reducing Surgical Site Infections
In what many would consider a laudable goal, the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was implemented to encourage the reduction and, whenever possible, avoidance of preventable adverse events.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
Aquacel® Ag Surgical Dressing for Reducing Surgical Site Infections
Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), hospitals have come under pressure to improve patient outcomes, reduce Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC) and avoid preventable adverse events.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015