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CareFusion Corp.

CareFusion Completes Sale of Onsite Services Instrument Management and Repair Business

CareFusion, a leading, global medical technology company, and Frazier Healthcare today announced they have completed the sale of CareFusion's OnSite® Services instrument management and repair business to affiliates of Frazier Healthcare. The companies previously announced ...More
March 29, 2011
Posted in News
Medline Acquires CareFusion's International Surgical Products Distribution Business

Medline Industries, Inc., a privately held manufacturer and distributor of healthcare products, and CareFusion Corp., a global medical technology company, today announced an agreement to sell the CareFusion International Surgical Products (ISP) distribution business to ...More
February 3, 2011
Posted in News
CareFusion Announces Sale of OnSite Services Instrument Management and Repair Business

CareFusion, a global medical device company, announces that it has signed an agreement to sell its OnSite Services instrument management and repair business to Frazier Healthcare. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. "The decision to sell OnSite Services is ...More
January 17, 2011
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
CareFusion Launches Respiratory Airway Adapter to Improve Patient Safety and Reduce Hospital Costs

CareFusion announces the launch of Verso™ 90 adapter, a component that enables uninterrupted access to a ventilated patient's airway without having to disconnect the patient from the ventilator. Disconnecting a patient from the ventilator circuit can lead to ...More
December 7, 2010
Posted in News
Survey Shows One-Third of HCWs Don't Follow Evidence-Based Guidelines for Skin Antisepsis

A survey released today of 1,500 hospital-based healthcare professionals reveals that 33 percent report they do not follow evidence-based guidelines and data for patient skin antisepsis. This finding is especially surprising given that the survey, which was conducted by ...More
November 15, 2010
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
CareFusion Expands Skin Antisepsis Portfolio

CareFusion Corp. announces it has entered into an agreement with Healthpoint, Ltd. to market and sell innovative surgical scrub solutions, including Surgicept® Waterless Surgical Hand Scrub, Triseptin® Water-Aided Surgical Scrub and Triseptin® Hand and Body Antiseptic. The ...More
September 27, 2010
Posted in News
CareFusion, Blue Cross/Blue Shield Create Hospital Quality Initiative to Help Eliminate HAIs

CareFusion and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois today announced that 23 hospitals have formed the Illinois Hospital Quality Initiative (IHQI), a partnership created to improve clinical outcomes and cut health care costs by reducing health care-associated infections ...More
September 15, 2010
Posted in News
Study Shows Reduction in Post-Cesarean Section Infection Through Comprehensive Prevention Strategy

A new study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Infection Control concluded a statistically significant reduction in the rate of surgical site infections (SSI) in patients undergoing cesarean section (C-section) delivery (7.5 percent versus 1.2 ...More
May 1, 2010
Posted in News
CareFusion to Acquire Medegen for $225 Million

Global medical device company CareFusion Corp. today announced an agreement to acquire Medegen, an innovator in clinically differentiated needleless access valves and administration sets that deliver intravenous (IV) medication to patients, for $225 million in cash."Medegen ...More
April 5, 2010
Posted in News
CareFusion Shipping Ventilators to CDC for National Emergency Preparedness

CareFusion today announced it is shipping more than 3,900 CareFusion LTV® 1200 ventilators ordered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to be included in the strategic national stockpile.The CDC ordered a total of 4,500 LTV® 1200 ventilators for ...More
October 19, 2009
Posted in News