New Type of Latex Glove Cleared

On April 23, 2008, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared for marketing the Yulex Patient Examination Glove. This is the first medical device made from guayule latex, a new form of natural rubber latex.

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C. difficile exacts heavy toll at Ontario hospital

Canada : HPN has reported a story out of Toronto that a deadly outbreak of a highly contagious superbug at an Ontario hospital claimed the lives of one-third of the patients afflicted with the disease, a far greater toll than previously believed. Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital in Burlington announced yesterday that 91 of the 177 patients diagnosed with Clostridium difficile, commonly known as C. difficile, over a 20-month period ending last December died in the institution. It blamed the disease for 62 of the deaths.

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