FDA approves room temperature storage of ZLB Behring's Helixate FS
...each package of Helixate FS will include a special notification with details on the new labeling. While the new room temperature storage option may be used, ZLB Behring recommends refrigerating (2 degrees- 8 degrees C, 36 degrees- 46 degrees F) Helixate FS whenever possible. Please refer to the full prescribing i...Conference on health communication call for papers and panel proposals
...n and panel proposals is Dec. 2, 2005. Acceptance notification will be sent by Dec. 23, 2005. Papers submitted by graduate students and by post-doctoral fellows/scholars or researchers who have received their Ph.D. within the last five years will be considered for Top Paper awards. Please indicate "Student Pap...New faster screening test for MRSA
... for MRSA decreases the time between screening and notification of results from four days to one day, compared wit...A with historical records of the time taken to get notification of test results using the standard microbiological methods. Harbarth et al. show that with qMRSA, th...Acrux patent portfolio advances in USA
...ine patents now granted in USA Acrux has received notification of the grant of a US patent (number 6,978,945), which provides robust protection for its Metered Dose Transdermal Spray (MDTS)applicator for delivery of drugs. The applicator is currently used in the three women's health products that Acrux has under...Keeping patients from falling through the medical-imaging cracks
... physician via a written report and a direct phone notification about the unexpected finding that might indicate cancer. But as a backup, each week a staff member pulled up the computerized records tagged with Code 8s and checked if each had received follow-up care. If they hadn't, she contacted the patient's phy...Heart rhythm society issues draft recommendations on performance policies for pacemakers and ICDs
...alfunctioning devices more quickly and 3) standard notification and communication to physicians and patients from the manufacturer when a device malfunction is identified. Manufacturers, the FDA, and physicians are encouraged to work together to prevent adverse events due to device malfunctions. Select highlights...The ESC releases guidance document on Cardiac Rhythm Management product performance
...n of a single, standardized multi-lingual incident notification sheet that can standardize the process of reporting incidents or near-incidents. Additionally, a confidential forum for informal discussions of product performance issue should be established to help improve communication about devices. EHRA also pro...FSU study: Abortion notification, consent laws reduce risky teen sex
...measure of risky sex in connection to the parental notification or consent laws that were in effect at the time. ...2 percent for white girls in states where parental notification laws were in effect. The results were not statistically significant for black girls. The study will ...Heart Rhythm Society publishes final recommendations for heart patients
...ify malfunctioning devices more quickly; Standard notification and communication to physicians and patients from the manufacturer when a device malfunction is identified. Manufacturers, the FDA and physicians are encouraged to work together to prevent adverse events due to device malfunctions; and The global sco...Researchers develop novel method for treatment of sickle cell disease
...5-HMF compound. A Notice of Allowance is a written notification that a patent application has cleared an internal review and it has been approved for issuance. Sickle cell disease is caused by an abnormality in the hemoglobin molecule. Normal red blood cells carrying hemoglobin are smooth, round and flexible and...