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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… Navy Medicine Implementing Lean Six Sigma
Tue, 11/20/2007 - 22:00
(NOVACES: New Orleans) -- The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery recently presented a contract to NOVACES to implement lean Six Sigma throughout the Navy Medical Logistics Command.As a provider of business process improvement methodologies, NOVACES… A New Shigeo Shingo Book
Tue, 11/20/2007 - 22:00
(Enna Products Corp.: Bellingham, Washington) -- Enna Products Corp. and Norman Bodek have published a new hardcover book by Shigeo Shingo, Kaizen and the Art of Creative Thinking. Along with Taiichi Ohno, Dr. Shingo codeveloped the Toyota… Radiation May Help Knock Out Malaria
Mon, 11/19/2007 - 22:00
How are physicists helping to eradicate malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than a million people annually? Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology helped a young company create weakened, harmless versions… Search for Lead Successful
Mon, 11/19/2007 - 22:00
(Consumers Union: Yonkers, New York) -- Lead hazards in consumer products aren’t limited to the millions of toys recalled so far this year, according to Consumer Reports magazine.Consumer Reports lab tests detected lead at widely varying levels…