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Covidien Increases Wound Dressing Production Following Recent FDA Import Alert

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, has increased manufacturing of its made in the United States cotton-based wound care products to ensure there are no disruptions in the supply of these materials. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently ...More
January 24, 2013
Posted in News
MedClean Technologies Forms Co-Promotion Relationship With Covidien

MedClean Technologies, Inc., a provider of on-site technology for the treatment and disposal of medical waste and the destruction of confidential documents and related media, announces that it has formed a co-marketing agreement with Covidien, a global healthcare products ...More
May 16, 2011
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Covidien Expands V-LOC Family of Absorbable Wound Closure Devices

Covidien announces the global launch of the V-Loc™ 90 device, expanding its family of V-Loc™ absorbable wound closure devices. This latest addition to Covidien’s knotless wound closure product line received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug ...More
June 2, 2010
Posted in News
Study Finds Covidien’s Mallinckrodt™ TaperGuard™ Endotracheal Tube Provides More Protection Against Microaspiration

Covidien, a leading global healthcare products company, announces that a new in vivo study concluded that the Mallinckrodt™ TaperGuard™ endotracheal tube provided significant protection from microaspiration and lung damage compared to the Mallinckrodt™ ...More
April 7, 2010
Posted in News
GHX Announces Medical-Surgical Market Leaders

GHX today announced the winners of the sixth annual Best In Class Awards, recognizing 30 medical-surgical manufacturers that have achieved significant market-share positions for distributed products through the end of 2008. Awards were given to companies that achieved the ...More
June 3, 2009
Posted in News
How to Evaluate Surgical Skin Prep Products

ICT introduces a new, regular column in which members of industry suggest strategies for the evaluation and purchasing of infection prevention and control products. This month we take a look at surgical skin prep products. Participants are: Jane Kirk, MSN, RN, CIC, clinical ...More
February 27, 2009
Posted in Articles, Hand Hygiene
Covidien’s Kendall Wound Care Products Now Available Through Cardinal Health

Covidien, a global provider of healthcare products, announce an extended offering of its market-leading Kendall line of wound care bandages, dressings and gauze, sold under the brand names of Curity™, Kerlix™, Telfa™, Dermacea™ and others, are now ...More
December 8, 2008
Posted in News
New Study Shows Subglottic Secretions Drainage Reduces VAP and Antibiotic Use

BOULDER, Colo. – A two-year randomized study just published in the peer-reviewed journal Chest (November 2008) demonstrates that continuous aspiration of subglottic secretions (CASS) significantly reduced antibiotic usage in post-cardiac surgery patients. CASS ...More
November 10, 2008
Posted in News
Covidien Announces New Program to Recognize Reduced VAP Infection Rates

DENVER — Covidien, a leading global healthcare products company and innovator in mechanical ventilation and respiratory care devices, announces the Zap VAP Recognition Program. This program will publicly recognize hospitals that have successfully reduced their ...More
June 19, 2008
Posted in News
National Program to Help Prevent Staph Infections is Launched

NEW YORK – Award-winning professional baseball team manager Terry Francona announces the launch of “Strike Out Infection,” a national campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of staph infections and how to prevent them. Francona is partnering in the educational campaign ...More
January 21, 2008
Posted in News