The No. 1 responsibility of everyone involved in reusable medical device reprocessing is to minimize the risk of patient harm caused by a device that remains contaminated with organic debris...

America has entered a whole new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of January 8, 2021, over 2 million U.S. citizens have been vaccinated with the Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccine or with...

On Friday, December 18, 2020 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a second vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 to Moderna. This...

On Friday, November 20, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech submitted a request to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use authorization for their coronavirus vaccine candidate. This request...

COVID-19 represents the single largest pandemic to hit the world in the past 100 years. By the end of October, 2020, the pandemic will have taken the lives of over...

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—“An analysis by the nation’s largest patient safety organization shows that up to 70 percent of KN95 masks it tested do not meet U.S. standards for effectiveness, raising...

Earlier this year the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was made aware of the potential to misinterpret colored hydrogen peroxide indicator strips used to validate vapor sterilization of medical...

Beginning in March of this year, the FDA has issued several Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) to help healthcare personnel and facilities in their fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. Over the...

There has been increased scrutiny on sterile processing departments regarding their practices for cleaning and sterilizing reusable surgical instruments and other medical devices.. The situation is complicated by the variances...

On January 30, 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)