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OR a.m. March 26, 2019
 
Improving hand hygiene compliance among anesthesia providers in the OR
Educating anesthesia providers on the World Health Organization’s five indications for hand hygiene, increasing access to hand hygiene products in the OR, and monitoring  hand hygiene among anesthesia providers can improve hand hygiene compliance, this study finds. Hand…
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FDA issues Safety Communication on cybersecurity vulnerabilities in Medtronic cardiac devices
The Food & Drug Administration on March 21 issued a Safety Communication on cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified in wireless telemetry technology used for communication between Medtronic’s implantable cardiac devices, clinic programmers, and home monitors. Medtronic (Dublin, Ireland) is working…
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