Calumeo today announced the U.S. launch of a point-of-care N95 mask reprocessing device.
The Morgan Hill-Calif.-based company said its Calumeo Clean countertop device uses dry heat to decontaminate N95 masks for reuse, without the use of toxic chemicals. The process takes just over an hour. The device can process six masks at a time and each mask can be processed this way up to five times, the company added.
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Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) shares dipped slightly on second-quarter results that topped the consensus forecast.
The Dublin, Ohio-based company posted profits of $629 million, or $2.13 per share, on sales of $41.5 billion for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2020, for a more-than doubled bottom-line on sales growth of 4.5%.
Adjusted to exclude one-time items, earnings per share were $1.74, 30¢ ahead of Wall Street, where analysts were looking for sales of $41.4 billion.
Cardinal Health’s medical segment saw a 7% year-over-year revenue increase to $4.3 billion, resulting in a $236 million profit — a 21% gain from Q2 2020. The increases were attributed to the impact of personal protective equipment (PPE) sales and higher volumes for the companies lab business, both related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, some gains were partially offset by the adverse effects of canceled or deferred elective procedures because of the pandemic, according to a …
Ford Motor Company announced that it is ramping up new initiatives to help protect people from COVID-19, including mask development.
Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford designed a patent-pending, clear respirator in the hopes of benefitting those with hearing impairments. It expects the respirator to certify to N95 standards of virus protection.
The transparent, low-cost, reusable respirators allow people to communicate better by seeing the full range of human expression, while those with hearing impairments would be better able to read lips that are blocked the standard personal protective equipment (PPE) seen today.
Testing for the transparent respirators to prove effectiveness is underway and continuing through the winter, with Ford expecting availability sometime in the spring.
“One of the things that’s missing during the pandemic is the power of a smile,” Ford VP, enterprise product line management and leader of the company’s Pro…
President Joe Biden kept to his word to announce plans to “establish clear federal leadership” to tackle the coronavirus pandemic on his first full day in office.
The White House issued a 200-page document on Wednesday, detailing “full-scale, wartime” plans to harness the nation’s manufacturing and distribution capabilities to boost vaccine production, end shortages of medical and personal protective equipment (PPE) and ensure equitable distribution of pandemic supplies.
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In one of his first official acts as president, Joe Biden announced a plan to “fully use” the Defense Production Act to ramp up production of testing supplies, masks, face shields and other PPE, with an eye toward boosting American manufacturing to reduce reliance on other countries. The president also announced his intention to invest $25 billion in a vaccine manufacturing and distribution plan that will provide vaccines to all Americans, free of charge.
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Respirator masks are among the most effective forms of protection health care workers have against contracting COVID-19. (Image courtesy of Sandia)
Months into the coronavirus pandemic, the FDA has released its first official list of shortages of items needed by healthcare workers.
The list ranges from personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gowns and gloves to testing supplies and ventilation-related products for the sickest patients. The list also includes Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) BodyGuard infusion pump and syringe pump systems, which were discontinued in April following a Class 1 recall.
Frontline healthcare workers have spoken out about PPE shortages since the pandemic began hitting the U.S. hard earlier this year, even setting up their own supply lines such as GetUsPPE, a volunteer organization connecting healthcare providers with supplies of PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic. GetUsPPE’s …