San Diego, CA (June 28, 2011) – Ivera Medical Corporation has been awarded a new  contract with Premier Purchasing Partners, LP,  the group purchasing unit of the Premier healthcare alliance, for its  Curos® Port Protector. This contract was awarded through Premier’s Sourcing Education and Enrichment for Diverse and Small Suppliers (SEEDS) program, a supplier diversity [...]

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution analyzed reams of federal data and compared metro Atlanta hospitals against their peers nationwide for this exclusive story assessing the safety of their hospitals. They found that Metro Atlantans face risks of medical errors and life-threatening hospital infections that are above national averages when they are admitted to some of [...]

On June 10, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed into law SB 339, legislation that will require medical facilities to provide patients with information on how hospital infections are prevented, to publicly post information on infections acquired within the facility, and to designate an infection control officer. If the designated infection control officer is not a [...]

The following information was released by the American Hospital Association (AHA): Hospitals participating in the inpatient quality reporting program must enter their CMS Certification Number (CCN) in the National Healthcare Safety Network in order to share their central line-associated bloodstream infections data with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as required, CMS announced this [...]

Even hospitals known for excellence aren’t immune to deadly hospital-acquired bloodstream and central line infections, says the latest report from Consumer Reports Health. An analysis of U.S. healthcare systems found that many hospitals have high rates of central-line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in their intensive care units. CLABSI is among the most deadly types of [...]