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ISO Standard for Cosmetics
Mon, 08/27/2007 - 22:00
(ISO: Geneva) -- From shampoo to toothpaste to make-up and skin cream, hundreds of thousands of cosmetic products will now benefit from improved quality and safety, thanks to a new standard published by the International Organization for… ASQ Education Conference Explores New Concepts to Tap Student Potential
Mon, 08/27/2007 - 22:00
(ASQ: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) -- How can education leaders ensure that schools reach their full potential and meet the needs of the business community? The 15th annual National Quality Education Conference explores solutions to these challenges… ISO Technical Report to Help Ensure Patient Safety of Health Software
Tue, 08/21/2007 - 22:00
(ISO: Geneva) -- A new International Organization for Standardization technical report is aimed at reducing the number of patients harmed, or even killed, due to the misuse or malfunction of software for health care. In the past, health-related… Diabetes Drugs Manufacturers to Strengthen Warning on Heart Failure Risk
Tue, 08/21/2007 - 22:00
(FDA: Washington, D.C.) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced that manufacturers of certain drugs approved to treat Type 2 diabetes have agreed to add a stronger warning on the risk of heart failure, a condition that… Employers, Unions, Consumer Advocates Endorse New NCQA Health Plan Accreditation Standards
Tue, 08/21/2007 - 22:00
(NCQA: Washington) -- Preferred provider organizations (PPOs), which cover nearly two-thirds of all privately insured Americans, will be required to report on the quality of care and service their members receive under standards that were… HHS Outlines Next Steps to Create Public-Private AHIC Successor
Tue, 08/21/2007 - 22:00
(HHS: Washington D.C.) -- As part of the efforts to design and establish a public-private partnership to succeed the American Health Information Community by fall 2008, HHS has issued the final white paper describing the vision for and attributes… Survey Says: National Quality Agenda, Payment Reform and Care Integration Are Keys to Improving Health Care
Tue, 08/21/2007 - 22:00
(Commonwealth Fund: New York City) -- As health care quality and patient safety concerns rise, the latest Commonwealth Fund health care opinion leaders survey finds leaders united behind several key reform measures: more than half (56 percent)… NIST, UMBI To Expand Cooperation in Bioresearch
Mon, 08/20/2007 - 22:00
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- Officials from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute recently signed a memorandum of understanding designed to expand significantly the scope… ANSI in Global Food Safety Program
Mon, 08/20/2007 - 22:00
(ANSI: New York) -- Seven of the world’s leading retailers, including U.S.-based Wal-Mart, have agreed to rely upon food safety and quality management systems that have been certified as meeting rigorous standards for production, preparation,… Tufco Technologies: 2 Million Hours Without a Lost-Time Accident
Mon, 08/20/2007 - 22:00
(Tufco Technologies: Green Bay, Wisconsin) -- Tufco Technologies Inc., a provider of contract manufacturing and business imaging services, recently announced that as of July 20, its employees had worked 2 million consecutive hours without a lost-…