The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Thursday, February 26, 2026
By Dottie Covey-Elleby, BS, RPSGT While the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of infection control in sleep centers, the issue transcends the public health emergency and should be an organization-wide priority at all times. An effective infection control program identifies risks, defines mitigation efforts, and measures results. Whether in […]
Hospitals that perform bronchoscopies, a common endoscopy procedure, can reduce readmission rates by over half, and potentially lower costs, by adopting single-use flexible bronchoscopes. That’s according to a new abstract that was submitted and presented at the recently completed CHEST 2021 Annual Meeting. The study examined the health outcomes of 14,228 patients […]
An American Thoracic Society-led international task force has released a guidance document to help guide clinicians on restoring elective in-person pulmonary and sleep services as COVID-19 incidence decreases in their communities. The new guidance, published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society, is titled “Restoring Pulmonary and Sleep Services as the […]
ndd Medical Technologies (ndd) has introduced single patient-use, inline filters for its lung function testing devices in response to COVID-19. Ensuring added safety, the filters complement ndd’s revolutionary, highly portable EasyOne® spirometry range, including EasyOne Air, Pro, and Pro LAB. ndd’s popular spirometers are of the most sensitive devices available, delivering reliable, […]
By Rachel Clevenger, RRT, ECG, CTP Whatever the details of your assignment for the upcoming shift, respiratory care is always “hand in glove” with ongoing infection control practices of an individual hospital facility or clinic. On the adult or pediatric floors, labor and delivery, neonatal ICU, cardiovascular or neurological ICU, […]
3B Medical, Inc. announced the Lumin Bullet has been selected as a finalist in the home care products segment of the 21st Annual Medical Design Excellence Awards competition. The Lumin Bullet is a new device designed and patented by 3B Medical to address the growing market for disinfecting medical devices. […]
Voorhees Pediatric Facility, a pediatric special care nursing facility located in Voorhees, New Jersey, has had four patients with chronic lung disease contract a mild form of adenovirus. The adenovirus strain at Voorhees Pediatric Facility is not the same virus strain that was identified in the North New Jersey area […]
