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Category Archives: Medical Devices

Friday Update for 2020-12-25: Comirnaty

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-12-25 by Keith Dawson2020-12-25

Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: Less accurate pulse oximeter readings for Black patients; the spreading mink pandemic; and a marketing name for the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine. Plus the accustomed frippery. Comirnaty You may … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Reservoir, Medical Devices, Vaccines | 7 Replies

Abbott’s $5 Test

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-08-30 by Keith Dawson2020-08-30

Last week the FDA granted Abbott Labs an Emergency Use Authorization for their BinaxNOW antigen test. The test costs $5 (materials only) and reads out in 15 minutes, with a 1.5% false positive rate and 2.9% false negative. The BinaxNOW … Continue reading →

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Saliva Tests in Minnesota

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-08-25 by Keith Dawson2020-08-25

Minnesota is the first state to have made a deal with the maker of a saliva test for SARS-CoV-2. When the simplified testing gets ramped up it will more than double the state’s daily testing capacity. Some of us don’t … Continue reading →

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Vials

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-07-12 by Keith Dawson2020-07-12

Here’s a logistical difficulty that wouldn’t be the first thing to mind when we think about developing a vaccine: How do we deliver 8 or 16 billion doses of it? There are not enough glass vials in the world. If … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical Devices, Public Health, Vaccines | 3 Replies

Thermometer Gun

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-04-29 by Keith Dawson2020-07-12

Have you been “shot” in the forehead yet by a laser thermometer gun? If not, it’s nearly certain that you will have this experience soon. Many, many businesses across all industries, and other organizations such as government departments, are looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Medical Devices | 1 Reply

Pulse Oximeter

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-04-21 by Keith Dawson2020-12-28

Get one if you can. A veteran ER doctor, an expert on ventilator intubation, writes in a letter to the NY Times that these small, inexpensive devices offer a better path forward to get ahead of the the Covid-19 pandemic … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical Devices | Tagged oximeter | 2 Replies

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