Eizo Nanao will produce new RadiForce diagnostic and clinical review monitors this fall.

The primary mode of death at a regional referral neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) was withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, according to a 10-year single-center study assessing the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at the time of death, published in the July issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

The information seekers are a largely overlooked health population to whom to provide medical devices according to an IBM report, which provides advice on how to best approach this audience. 

ECRI Institute and the Health Care Improvement Foundation are collaborating on the Partnership for Patient Care, which will focus on improving CT radiation safety in Philadelphia and surrounding counties, according to ECRI. The joint venture by the two nonprofit organizations is funded by area hospitals and Independence Blue Cross.

The Institute of Medical Microbiology (IMM) at the University of Zurich is using Brukers Maldi Biotyper system as its new microbial identification system. The IMM and Bruker will work in collaboration to focus on coryneform bacteria, actinomycetes, fastidious gram negative bacteria and moulds.

Nurses at the University of Maryland Medical Center's surgical intensive care unit cut central line-associated bloodstream infections to zero over a 25-week period, according to results of a six-month nursing initiative presented June 28 at the 38 annual educational conference and international meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) in Baltimore.

Los Alamos National Laboratory has announced that it will remain closed at least until June 30, because of risks presented by the Las Conchas Fire and the mandatory evacuation of Los Alamos town, marking the fourth day of closure. However, the lab has announced that the radioactive material stored onsite is curently safe.

Children exposed to low doses of x-ray radiation do not exhibit higher rates of cancer, a valuable empirical insight that can supplement theoretic radiation models and inform pediatricians, according to a large German study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.