Baxa Ltd announced to launch Pre-Filled Saline Flush Syringes

October 14, 2008 Filed Under: Health care

Baxa Ltd announces its launch of a new line of pre-filled saline IV syringes in the UK. Baxa Ltd, an organisation committed to increasing patient safety through specialty devices for the preparation and administration of liquid medication, is adding a range of pre-filled saline intravenous flush syringes for catheter care in UK health systems. Baxa [...]

Retacrit(R) Demonstrates Efficacy And Safety In Chemotherapy-Induced Anaemia

September 14, 2008 Filed Under: Nursing Information

The world leader in generic injectable pharmaceuticals, presented new data showing Retacrit® (epoetin zeta) is an effective treatment for chemotherapy-induced anaemia,1 with an acceptable safety and tolerability profile.2 Results from the Phase III trial were presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress.
Retacrit is a biosimilar erythropoietin approved in Europe3 for subcutaneous administration [...]

Earn a nursing degree with the hopes of getting a job overseas.

September 7, 2008 Filed Under: Nursing Degree Programs

The growing demand for nurses the past few years encouraged thousands of high school graduates and even professionals, even the so-called second coursers to go back to school, earn a nursing degree, with the hopes of getting a job overseas.
Recently, however, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) reported that around 400,000 licensed nurses could not find [...]

Stephen Michael Ewing had been an unusual nursing home executive.

August 12, 2008 Filed Under: Nursing Information, Traveling Nurse

In 2002, Larry May boarded a flight at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport for a business trip across the chilly blue Atlantic. The curious thing about the Hurst nursing home executive’s travel was that it took him to a rendezvous with a rented mailbox in England. He made the 4,500-mile journey to Europe and mailed letters. To [...]