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Articles in March, 2003 issue of Healthcare Purchasing News

• Safety needle
• Going it alone in contacting and distribution
• Survey: one-third of Americans use antibiotics inappropriately
• Report: screen diabetics for dangerous antibodies
• DePuy
• Olympus America Inc
• Majority of meat plants violate E. coli rules
• Contamination sparks washer/disinfector innovation
  by Carren Bersch
• Fold-up scale
• Artromick medical carts
• MedAssets names Kimmeth to head lab unit
• AHRMM offers conference scholarships
• Lessons from the bronchoscope case: what happened at Allegheny General?
  by Lawrence F. Muscarella
• Healthmark Industries
• Skytron
• Hand hygiene guidelines fact sheet: from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Cath lab cart
• Shielded IV catheter
• IAHCSMM to adopt practice-based exam format
• Lionville Systems Inc
• MedAssets HSCA inks agreement with Natus Medical
• New techniques stimulate growth in HIV market
• Artromick International Inc
• Mobile Instrument Service
• Officials urge use of rapid HIV test
• Keeping hospitals clean demands quality, speed
  by Karin Lillis
• Aluminum retractor
• Smaller is better for storing, moving CS chemicals
  by Carren Bersch
• The importance of thorough cleaning
  by Nancy Chobin
• Trading places
• Out on a limb
• SourceOne, AmeriNet ink three-year deal
• The ethics of smallpox vaccinations
  by Randy Cohen
• J&J/Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc
• Spectrum Surgical Instruments
• Higher risk
• Quality control
• Cup holder
• Modern MMIS systems lacking passion
  by Jack Anderson
• Spacesaver Corp
• Masimo releases new Low Noise Optical Probe Neonatal sensor
• Wake Forest establishes hypertension registry
• Action Products
• Maxxim Medical
• Pediatric blood specimens may be contaminated
• New protocol for H. pylori breath test
• Portable vials
• Pulse oximeter
• Growing numbers
• Sixth annual Supplier Quality Awards announced
• Healthcare spending
• Enthermics Medical Systems
• Ruhof Corp
• Protection, comfort drive gown and drape selection
  by Karin Lillis
• Storage system
• Scope trays
• Lone Star Medical Products Inc
• Faststats
• Worker safety demands strong policies, safe products and some luck
  by Curt Werner
• 3M
• Masimo
• Propper
• Linen and things can tuck away real savings
  by Curt Werner
• Burn therapy
• Legislative visions vary among healthcare trade organizations
  by Carren Bersch
• Study: deadly sepsis on the rise
• Instrument tracking — a science of its own
  by Carren Bersch
• Donovan Industries
• Kimberly-Clark Health Care
• Valleylab
• Report: 3D imaging market set for growth
• Narrow cart
• HIPAA oral privacy
• Physician preference products: driving cost-effective clinical efficiency
  by Marc Westerman
• Novation signs CPT pact with Medline
• Post-merger Global Healthcare Exchange seeks a balanced market
  by Curt Werner
• ALARIS Medical Systems
• Medi-Flex
• Scale-Tronix
• Eliminating sterile outdates

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