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Hospira Applauds North Carolina's New Legislation Aimed at Reducing HAIs

Hospira, a leading provider of clinical information and medication delivery technologies, announces its support for North Carolina's new law establishing a statewide surveillance and reporting system for 14 specified healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The legislation, ...More
June 30, 2011
Posted in News
Technology Helps Combat the Antimicrobial Resistance Threat

As part of World Health Day 2011 earlier this month, the World Health Organization (WHO) called on policy makers, providers, the public and the healthcare industry to take action to combat the serious health threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Aligned with these ...More
April 18, 2011
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Clinical Surveillance System Documents Interventions to Help Reduce Catheter-Related Infections

Hospira, Inc. today announced a study showing how the TheraDoc™ clinical surveillance system has helped clinicians at Memorial Hospital Miramar reduce catheter-related infections, which correlated with an increase in infection control interventions. ...More
July 13, 2010
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Hospira Acquires TheraDoc, Enhances Medication Safety and Infection Management Offerings

Hospira, Inc., a leading provider of clinical information and medication delivery technologies, announced today that it has acquired Salt Lake City-based TheraDoc, a clinical informatics company that develops hospital surveillance systems. TheraDoc's two leading products, ...More
December 2, 2009
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Hospira Ships First Orders of Ceftriaxone Injection

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Hospira, Inc. announced today that it has shipped the first customer orders of the company's generic ceftriaxone for injection, USP. The medication is the generic version of Roche Pharmaceuticals' Rocephin, the world's leading injectable antibiotic, ...More
July 20, 2005
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Hospira and Bridge Medical Announce Agreement to Develop New Medication Management Solution for Use at the Patient Bedside

DALLAS -- Hospira, Inc., a leader in the development of medication delivery systems, and Bridge Medical, a patient safety software and services company, and subsidiary of AmerisourceBergen Corporation, today announced a development agreement to create a new, wireless ...More
February 14, 2005
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Hospira Supports Tsunami Disaster Relief With $300,000 and Medical Product Donations

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Hospira, Inc. and its employees announced that they are contributing $300,000, as well as product donations, to support the relief efforts related to last weekend's earthquake and tsunamis affecting southern Asia and the eastern coast of Africa. Hospira ...More
January 3, 2005
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