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IBA opens new radiotracer site
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radioisotope manufacturer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, has opened a new facility for radiopharmaceutical R&D and production in Belgium.
April 19, 2007
NHS consultants earning more for less work
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters), Apr 20 - A 25% pay raise for hospital consultants over three years has failed to deliver improvements to patient services, the government's financial watchdog said on Thursday. The National Audit Office (NAO) reported that England's 32,000 consultants were working the same or fewer hours for an average 23,000 pound jump in salary.
April 19, 2007
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Arrow, Esaote ink distribution deal
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Interventional accessories developer Arrow International of Reading, PA has signed a distribution agreement with ultrasound firm Esaote of Genoa, Italy.
April 18, 2007
Excess ovarian cancer deaths attributed to HRT use
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 19 - Since 1991, there have been roughly 1,000 ovarian cancer deaths ascribed to the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in the U.K., according to a report in the April 19th issue of the Lancet. Previous reports have indicated that ovarian cancer is the fourth most common malignancy in women in the U.K., but there are few data regarding the proportion of cases related to HRT use.
April 18, 2007
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Britain investigates removal of nuclear body parts
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters), Apr 18 - Unions representing workers in the nuclear industry say as many as 70 people who worked at the Sellafield nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in northern England and other nuclear facilities may have had tissue, bones, and organs removed for radiological testing.
April 17, 2007
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Sectra adds Swedish FFDM order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has received an order for its MicroDose Mammography full-field digital mammography (FFDM) systems from the County Council in Örebro, Sweden.
April 17, 2007
No quick fix for dirty hands in U.K. hospitals: study
By Reuters Health
CHICAGO (Reuters), Apr 18 - Hand washing is something most people learned about as children, but a British study finds that health workers are not faithful about washing their hands and few strategies to improve hygiene have worked. In Britain, 10% of patients develop healthcare-associated infections, which kill 5,000 people each year at a cost of $1.86 billion a year, the researchers said.
April 17, 2007
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Cordis, ClearStream team up
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Interventional firm Cordis has signed a distribution agreement with Irish interventional technologies developer ClearStream Technologies Group.
April 17, 2007
IBt inks IBA distribution deal
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiotherapy and brachytherapy implant developer International Brachytherapy (IBt) of Seneffe, Belgium, has signed a distribution agreement with radioisotope manufacturer and nuclear medicine products firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
April 17, 2007
ContextVision releases GOPView for digital x-ray
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish image enhancement developer ContextVision has released GOPView XR2-ADi, new software for enhancing digital x-ray images.
April 17, 2007
NHS computer project needs urgent review: MPs
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters), Apr 18 - A troubled and costly upgrade of National Health Service (NHS) computers is at risk of failure and should be urgently reviewed at the highest level, an influential committee of U.K. legislators said on Tuesday. The $23.9 billion National Programme for IT is already more than two years behind schedule, the Commons Public Accounts Committee noted in a report.
April 17, 2007
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Student nurses in U.K. left in charge of patients
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters), Apr 17 - Student nurses are being left in sole charge of patients during their clinical training because of cost-cutting in the National Health Service (NHS), the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said on Tuesday.
April 17, 2007
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