Researchers may have a solution to the shortage of personal protective equipment among healthcare professionals: Using a combination of moderate heat and high relative humidity to disinfect N95 masks.
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AAMI is releasing Complete Dialysis Collection: 2020 edition, a comprehensive collection of 14 dialysis standards. New editions of the book will be regularly released to keep pace with the rapidly changing dialysis landscape.
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Sweden-based Getinge is announcing a voluntary medical device recall for the Servo-i ventilator system, due to a potentially shorter than specified nebulizer connector.
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An analysis by the nation’s largest patient safety organization shows that up to 70% of KN95 masks it tested do not meet U.S. standards for effectiveness, raising risks of contracting COVID-19 for care providers and patients at hospitals and other healthcare organizations that imported masks from China.
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The Critical Medical Infrastructure Right-to-Repair Act of 2020 stands to give HTM professionals more access to manufacturer data needed to repair medical devices. Some say that’s good; some say that’s bad. 24×7’s associate editor Melanie Hamilton-Basich investigates here.
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