The Tego Connector is a catheter protection device designed specifi- cally for use in hemodialysis treatments. The device protects the catheter from contamination during hemodialysis sessions, preventing bloodstream infections for patients and helping prevent revenue losses for dialysis clinics.

Pressure Right, a 5-inch medical-style acupressure wristband, helps reduce the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) to a low level in high-risk patients with few adverse effects.

The International Society of Microbial Resistance (ISMR) convened healthcare professionals to discuss the most current information on the rising prevalence and consequences of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The program was held in a series of two MRSA Educational Summits, the first in Houston, TX on June 9 and the second in Los Angeles, CA on June 23.

Blood transfusions may be more of a risk to recovery than previously suspected, according to two articles in the June issue of Critical Care Medicine, the journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Siemens Medical Solutions has signed an agreement with Bayer Healthcare Diagnostics to acquire the chemical and pharmaceutical company's Diagnostics Division. The acquisition will enable Siemens to expand its position in the high-growth molecular diagnostics market. At the end of April, Siemens announced the planned acquisition of Diagnostic Products Corp. in the U.S., a leading company in immunodiagnostics. The purchase price for Bayer HealthCare Diagnostics — which had sales of $1.4 billion and a double-digit profit margin in fiscal 2005 — is roughly €$4.2 billion.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and NYU Medical Center (NYUMC) in New York City are the first facilities in the U.S. to install Siemens’ SOMATOM Definition, a dual-source computed tomography (CT) system, which for the first time incorporates two X-ray sources and two detectors in a single scanner. To date, 10 Definition scanners have been installed worldwide.

A study by researchers at the Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany, which was published in Journal Annals of Internal Medicine, September 19, 2006, stated that multislice CT and MRI are more effective than coronary angiography at detecting coronary artery disease (CAD).

Siemens Medical Solutions announced today that a new Web-based budgeting solution is available online, which is designed to provide financial management and workflow efficiencies tools to healthcare facilities.

Consorta, a healthcare group purchasing organization, has extended two contracts with Eastman Kodak Company as part of its plan to make Kodak digital imaging products available to Consorta Members through August 2009.

Under one contract, Consorta members will be able to purchase Kodak computed radiography (CR) and digital radiography (DR) medical imaging systems. Under the second, members will be able to purchase KODAK laser imaging systems, medical x-ray films and mammography films.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has renewed its contract with Elekta Inc. for radiation oncology products for one year with the option of three additional extension years. Along with the Department of VA the contract also includes the Department of Defense and other federal agencies within the 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. The contract covers Elekta's digital linear accelerators, capable of IMRT and 3-D X-ray volume imaging for IGRT, developed to address the problems of organ movement and patient set-up uncertainties in radiation therapy.

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