Healthcare Purchasing News articles from September 2003

Healthcare Purchasing News archives from September 2003

A fine summer spoiled.(From the Editor)
September 1, 2003

Fast stats.(News Wire)
September 1, 2003

Chris Pancratz, former HIDA exec, dead at 52.(News Wire)
September 1, 2003

Baylor to operate with Encision.(News Wire)
September 1, 2003

CEOs worry about money.(News Wire)
September 1, 2003

Tenet to pay $54 million in fraud case.(News Wire)
September 1, 2003

Kodak and Siemens sign global sales deal.(News Wire)
September 1, 2003

Quorum to gas up at Praxair pump.(News Wire)
September 1, 2003

GAO: many hospitals unready for bioterrorism.(News Wire)
September 1, 2003

MEDICA readies huge exhibition.(News Wire)
September 1, 2003

Survey of overseas hospitals finds similarities, contrasts.(News Wire)
September 1, 2003

Premier packs care into kit deals.(News Wire)
September 1, 2003

Consorta succeeds with wound closure deals.(News Wire)
September 1, 2003

B. Braun, Venetec morph needlestick system.(News Wire)
September 1, 2003

California nursing ratios approved.(News Wire)
September 1, 2003

Materials departments scratching surface of wireless potential.(News on the Cover)
September 1, 2003

MedAssets acquisition to expand its offering in revenue cycle management.(News)
September 1, 2003

How centralizing purchasing and AP can yield significant benefits.(News)
September 1, 2003

Senate asks for quicker GPO reform.(News)
September 1, 2003

Premier says hospitals save $23 million via collaboration.(News)
September 1, 2003

Med-surg distributors quietly do their part in supply chain.(News)
September 1, 2003

Study says AEDs work with infants and children.(Outpatient Connection)
September 1, 2003

Study shows benefits of repeating sigmoidoscopy.(Outpatient Connection)
September 1, 2003

OR apparel makers weave comfort, value into innovative products.(Operating Room)
September 1, 2003

Sentinel Event from JCAHO: preventing surgical fires.(Operating Room)
September 1, 2003

Care for patients with probable SARS.(Infection control Update)
September 1, 2003

The real cost of toxic chemicals in healthcare.(Infection Connection)
September 1, 2003

HPN pay poll: infection control professionals earn 4.9% salary increase.(Infection Connection)
September 1, 2003

Keeping sterile processing in-house.(Self-study Series)
September 1, 2003

Standardizing central service and infection control work.(ASHCSP Angle)
September 1, 2003

Bar coding drugs and med-surg supplies can enhance patient safety.(AHRMM Ideas)
September 1, 2003

More docs saying 'cool it'.(New Technology)
September 1, 2003

R2 Technology, Stanford begin research collaboration.(New Technology)
September 1, 2003

New technology for detecting breast cancer.(New Technology)
September 1, 2003

Carts roll, storage rocks, on evolutionary scale.(Products & Services)
September 1, 2003

NY hospital uses processs, product, education to cut bloodstream infections.(What Works)
September 1, 2003

Web-based purchasing data.(New Products)
September 1, 2003

Disinfecting and sanitizing wipers.(New Products)
September 1, 2003

Smoke tube kit.(New Products)
September 1, 2003

New exam glove packaging.(New Products)
September 1, 2003

Medication cart.(New Products)
September 1, 2003

Cleaner/disinfectant fights SARS.(New Products)
September 1, 2003

Handwashing education.(New Products)
September 1, 2003

Antimicrobial alcohol-based hand wipe.(Products & Services)
September 1, 2003

Sulfite-free injections.(Products & Services)
September 1, 2003

Non-adhesive pulse oximetry sensors.(Products & Services)
September 1, 2003

New Redi-Tag dispenser.(Products & Services)
September 1, 2003

Needle safety device.(Products & Services)
September 1, 2003

Carpet care system.(Products & Services)
September 1, 2003

Super-cold freezer.(Products & Services)
September 1, 2003

Worth repeating.
September 1, 2003

A conversation with a safety expert on staff protection.(Q&A)
September 1, 2003

On reprocessing.(Letters)
September 1, 2003

Information please.(Letters)
September 1, 2003

STERRAD rebuttal.(Letters)
September 1, 2003