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CDC releases costs for Healthcare Associated Infections
The CDC released an updated study on the full costs of Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) with total estimates ranging from $28B to...


Poor infection control at many surgery centers
Violations by 70 percent of facilities studied failed “basic fundamentals of infection control” according to a recently released federal...


Pharmacy Benefit Managers: Too Powerful?
“To patients, it appears they are purchasing medication from a pharmacy — with their doctor’s permission — and are simultaneously or...


CU lawsuit claims ‘defective’ toilet paper clogged campus pipes
Colorado University Board of Regents in Boulder District Court, alleges, in May and June 2009, the CU Boulder campus “began to experience...
Pentagon builds auditing army as budget shrinks
After allowing a 10-year audit backlog to build and now faced with hiring 1600+ employees to conduct contract audits, the DOD finally...
Audit finds problems in Mesa purchasing procedures
“During audit test work, we found multiple instances of non-compliance with procurement polices and/or procedures,” the audit said. “We...
Settlement Costing Grainger $70 Million
Dec 28, 2012 – “The GSA Office of Inspector General learned that Grainger failed to meet its contractual obligations to provide the GSA...
Norovirus Plagues Children, Says CDC Study
According to a new study released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), norovirus sent nearly 1 million children under age five...
Food Service Management Contracts: Are Contractors Overcharging the Government?
The federal government spends billions of dollars every year on contracts for food service management at military installations and...
Jan/San FSSI Inform Initiative
Under the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiave (FSSI), the GSA is working with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and all Federal...
Not free, after all: Public school fees add up
Buying tissue and copy paper for your kid’s classroom – or subjecting co-workers and family members to endless fundraisers – have become...
Lawrence Tynes’ wife blasts Buccaneers for informing them of non-football injury
If Lawrence Tynes’ wife was unhappy with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before, she definitely will remove coach Greg Schiano and general...
Rare disease at hospital raises concerns about VA health care
In July 2011 John Ciarolla died in a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Pittsburgh. His daughter, Maureen, was told that the...
Distributor Rebates
Distributors have their pick of options for Diversey rebates through the end of the year. Whether it’s household brands like Ziploc or...
Distributors and End-Users to Earn Massive Q4 Diversey Rebates
Distributors are typically stuck in the middle of supply and demand, in that they supply themselves with what their customers demand,...
Transparent Healthcare: The Costco for Health Insurance
After seeing obstacles that the uninsured face, Betty Heiman created a company that hopes to make health care costs truly clear and...
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