The Food and Drug Administration has identified a Class I recall of certain Medline convenience kits containing B. Braun components that have Huons Bupivacaine Hydrochloride in Dextrose Injection, which has also been recalled.
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The AHA’s Hospital Capacity Management Consortium will host a webinar Sept. 9 at 1 p.m. ET for capacity management and operations leaders, exploring how Georgia-based Emory Healthcare’s Capacity Command Center improved patient access, optimized throughput and proactively managed systemwide demand.
There have been 15,716 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis across 47 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico since May 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data reported Aug. 18.
The Department of Health of Human Services Aug. 21 issued a request for information seeking feedback on immunization categories within the Aug. 10 executive order announcing changes to the federal government’s recommended childhood vaccine schedule.
The Ohio Hospital Association announced Aug. 19 that Sean McGlone, OHA senior vice president and general counsel, will be its next president and CEO effective Oct. 17.
The AHA’s American Organization for Nursing Leadership will host a webinar Sept. 2 at noon ET for nursing leaders on two care models: integrated hospital-at-home and home health services, and a 24/7 oncology care model supporting urgent, procedural, cellular therapy and observation-level patient…
The National Security Agency and other federal agencies released a joint advisory Aug. 18 warning of active cyber threats to Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers, which are industrial computers used to monitor essential equipment.
President Trump announced Aug. 19 that he has nominated Heidi Overton to serve as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
A joint advisory released Aug. 19 by the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Department of Health and Human Services provides updates on activity by Medusa, a foreign ransomware-as-a-service variant first identified in 2021.
The Department of Health and Human Services Aug. 18 announced that its Administration for Children and Families has added two new peer support programs to the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse, allowing all states to claim federal reimbursement.