Blood Centers: Strengthen Safety by Matching the Standards of the Hospitals You Work With

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) recommends that blood centers match the quality and safety standards of the hospitals they hope to work with. “…Allow[ing] blood centers and hospitals to organize and strengthen their patient safety efforts and achieve high-reliability operations.” An area of significant interest within hospitals is procedural correct site marking; additionally many infection control teams ... Read the full story here!

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Organ Donor Labels: Why They Matter

East Hanover, NJ – [March 21], 2013 – How Viscot Can Help Donor Sites

A failure in hospital policies allowed a nurse to mistakenly throw away a much needed kidney donation in September of 2012. How can errors like this be avoided in the future? The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) suggests... read the full story on www.viscot.com!

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Botox® is booming

East Hanover, NJ – [March 7], 2013 – World Wide Aesthetics: The Popularity of Injectables


Botox® and other Injectables are the most common cosmetic procedure preformed. According to a 2011 study the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, 38% of non-surgical aesthetic procedures worldwide were Botox® injections. Injectables even beat out the top surgical procedure of lipoplasty by nearly two million procedures. [ISAPS International Survey on Aesthetic/Cosmetic ].

In the U.S. alone the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic reported in March 2012 that of the “9 million surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures performed in the United States in 2011” over 2.6... read the rest on www.viscot.com!

Infection Prevention: The Steady Decline

East Hanover, NJ – [February 21], 2013 – Viscot Medical and Infection Prevention

CDC has released data showing the decline in specific Hospital Acquired Infections. Such as central line-associated bloodstream infections- especially in intensive care units and neonatal intensive care units- which dropped 41 percent between 2008 and 2011, beating out the previously recorded 32 percent in 2010. Surgical site infections (SSIs) saw a 17 percent reduction since 2008, up from the 7 percent reduction in 2010 [www.fiercehealthcare.com].

This is only the beginning, as suggested by... read the rest on www.viscot.com!