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ISO 9000 Standards Available as Book, CD
Mon, 12/03/2007 - 22:00
(ISO: Geneva) -- The 14 ISO International Standards currently making up the ISO 9000 family of generic quality-management standards are now available in new paper and compact disc editions of The ISO Standards collection. Two standards now at… Dedhia Awarded APQO Harrington-Ishikawa Medal
Mon, 12/03/2007 - 22:00
Navin S. Dedhia of San Jose, California, received the Harrington-Ishikawa Quality Professional Medal for 2007 during the international conference of the Asia Pacific Quality Organization in October in Shanghai.Dedhia has served many… Signature Verification System for Medical Manufacturing
Tue, 11/27/2007 - 22:00
(Sciemetric Instruments: Ottawa, Canada) -- Sciemetric Instruments has announced the general availability of SigPOD Medical, a system to verify parts and processes in the manufacturing of medical devices.Regulatory initiatives such as the Food and… New Tool to Combat MRSA Infections in Hospitals
Tue, 11/27/2007 - 22:00
(Cardinal Health: Dublin, Ohio) -- Cardinal Health, a global provider of products and services that improve the safety and productivity of health care, recently announced a new service to help hospitals combat methicillin-resistant… Defibrillator Recall
Tue, 11/27/2007 - 22:00
In October, Medtronic Inc., makers of a wide range of medical devices, issued a voluntary suspension of its Sprint Fidelis defibrillation leads due to an increasing rate of lead fractures.Rob Clark, Medtronic senior director of public relations,… Process Improvement Summit for Bio/Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices
Tue, 11/27/2007 - 22:00
(CBI: Woburn, Massachusetts) -- The Center for Business Intelligence will hold the Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Process Improvement Summit for Bio/Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices on Jan. 24-25, 2008 in Philadelphia. This… Baldrige Winners Announced
Mon, 11/26/2007 - 22:00
(NIST: Washington) -- Five U.S. organizations were recently named winners of the 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, which promotes excellence in organizational performance, recognizes the achievements and results of U.S.… Measures Assessing Care for HIV/AIDS Patients Unveiled
Mon, 11/26/2007 - 22:00
(NCQA: Washington) -- A set of measures assessing the quality of care for HIV/AIDS patients was released recently for public comment. Developed by the National Committee for Quality Assurance in collaboration with the AMA-convened Physician… Safety Symbols Revised
Mon, 11/26/2007 - 22:00
(ANSI: New York) -- Safety symbols—like those for high voltage, biohazards, a wet floor, and radioactive materials—depend upon consistency and bold graphics to warn against specific hazards and personal injury. A revised American National… New Standard for Building-Construction Sustainability
Mon, 11/26/2007 - 22:00
(ISO: Geneva) -- A new ISO standard will help to ensure that urbanization, a global trend, develops in an environmentally friendly manner. The building-construction industry is a major employer and responsible for generating a large amount of…