A “political agreement” on the EU Health Programme 2007-2013 recently has reached the Health Ministers Council in Brussels. The programme is a framework for the Commission´s funding of projects relating to health and will be part of a broader EU health strategy to be put forward by the Commission next year.
The first five out of a total of 25 German hospitals have just been awarded the certification "Qualified Pain Therapy" with the completion of the pilot project "Pain-free Hospital".
A donation of the antibiotic Cipro® (Bayer HealthCare) with a wholesale value of more than US$ 25 million has been given to the non-profit organization MAP (Medical Assistance Programs) who will distribute it to clinics and hospitals in Africa and Latin America, which suffer badly from the lack of essential drugs.
The Fred easyport, the only pocket defibrillator in the world, which Schiller brought onto the market three years ago, was a huge success so far. From next year on, the device will also supply a manual shock option. It is so small (133 x 126 x 50mm) and light (490 g including the battery) that for many doctors it is already standard equipment in their emergency bag.The fact that this ‘life…
Apparently, 20 children are diagnosed each day in the UK with alcohol poisoning.
Patients with swallowing difficulties could benefit from the new version of the exakt S Tablet Splitter.
Health Manager, a new diagnostic system for personal health monitoring, will be launched by Biocomfort at Medica in November.
Emergency care doctors can now use just one stethoscope to tend either paediatric or adult patients.
Cancer can be tackled with a combination of drug and genetic therapies, so that the effectiveness of individual treatments are enhanced.
Fear for the quality of acute care for the injured and victims of accidents was expressed by Professor Vilmos Vécsei, traumatology and sports traumatology specialist and Head of the University Clinic for Trauma Surgery in Vienna (VV), as well as President and General Secretary of the European Trauma Society (ETS), and Professor Otmar Trentz, Director of the Trauma Surgery Clinic at University…
About 1,600,000 artificial hips are implanted every year, in Germany alone.
Czech Republic - Two unique ophthalmic simulators are in use at the Motol Faculty Hospital, Prague.
New pulsatile heart pumps (ventricular assist devices - VAD) can remain in the body as a permanent heart support.
To meet US requirements, Provotec GmbH & Co KG, of Espelkamp - which is entering US and international markets with their Prognost XPE tables - has increased the patient load and will have UL and CCC approval.
Less bleeding complications due to safe citrate anticoagulation.
The Prismaflex monitor, produced by Gambro Healthcare provides extra therapy options and features for continuous renal replacement therapy.
Continous, non-invasive tissue oxygenation and monitoring during resusciation.
Respironics develops and manufactures innovative sleep and respiratory products and programmes, which it distributes internationally:
Fukuda Denshi, manufacturer of advanced patient monitoring and user-configurable clinical information management systems, recently introduced its popular DS-7100 range of portable, multi-parameter monitors to the European market.
Intersurgical expanded its range of respiratory products.
Spacelabs Healthcare is a growing group of companies now operating under one new name. Earlier companies incorporated under this name include Spacelabs Medical, Del Mar Reynolds, Blease, Hertford Cardiology and Spacelabs Medical Data.
Another introduction at the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Congress, in Spain, was the Vela Diamond mechanical ventilator platform made by Viasys Healthcare.
The Raphael XTC offers non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV), full-featured invasive ventilation and easy switching between those two ventilatory modes. Its Swiss manufacturer, Hamilton Medical AG, also points out that the system is fully adapted for use in sub-acute care units, long-term care centres, intensive care departments, recovery rooms and during patient transit.
Two new ventilators - Carina and Carina home - were introduced at the 26th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine in Brussels.
A report by Keith Halson, our correspondent in France.
