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No, the manufacture should submit the 510(k), if required for the device. As required under 21 CFR 801.1(c), where a device is not manufactured by the person whose name appears on the label, the name shall be qualified by a phrase that reveals the connection such person has with such device; such as, "Manufactured for ABC Company," "Distributed by ABC Company," or any other wording that expresses the facts. The distributor should forward all product complaints to the manufacturer for evaluation in accordance with 21 CFR 820.198 Complaint files.
Yes. The foreign manufacturer may submit a 510(k) directly to FDA. For convenience, a foreign manufacturer may receive assistance from a U.S. entity and may use a contact person residing in the U.S.
No. If you are a new company and do not manufacture any medical devices, you should not register until you are within 30 days of manufacturing and distributing the device. The 510(k) submission should state that you are not currently registered. Information on how to register your facility is available at Registering Your Establishment.
No. However, if you are submitting a Special 510(k), you must provide declaration of conformity with the design controls aspect of the Quality System.
Do I need to have my facility inspected to the Quality System regulations before I submit a 510(k)?
No. There is no pre-approval inspection as a prerequisite to 510(k) clearance. However, you should be prepared for an FDA inspection at any time.
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New FDA guidance on considerations used in device approval, de novo decisions
Clinical data, risks, benefits and patient risk tolerance outlined in process
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today published a first-of-a-kind guidance for medical device manufacturers, describing how the benefits and risks of certain medical devices are considered during pre-market review.
Premarket approval (PMA) is the FDA process of scientific and regulatory review used to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Class III medical devices. Class III devices are those that support or sustain human life, are of substantial importance in preventing impairment of human health, or which present a potential unreasonable risk of illness or injury. The de novo process is available for low- and moderate-risk devices that have been found not substantially equivalent (NSE) to existing devices.
When evaluating PMA applications or de novo petitions, the FDA relies upon valid scientific evidence to assess safety and effectiveness. Both clinical and non-clinical data play a role in FDA's benefit-risk determinations.
The guidance includes a worksheet for device reviewers that incorporates the principal factors that influence benefit-risk determinations, such as the type, magnitude and duration of a risk or benefit, the probability that a patient will experience the risk, patient tolerance for risk, availability of alternative treatments, and the value the patient places on treatment.
The guidance:
"This guidance clarifies this process for industry, which will provide manufacturers with greater predictability, consistency and transparency in FDA decision-making while allowing manufacturers and the FDA to use a common framework for benefit-risk determinations," said Jeffrey Shuren, M.D., director of FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH).
The FDA will also increase the transparency of the decision-making processes by describing the worksheet analysis in the Summary of Safety and Effectiveness Data for PMAs and the decision summary review memos for de novo decisions.
"In addition to bringing clarity to our decision making for industry, this guidance will provide our reviewers with uniform and consistent guidelines to assess probable benefits and risks," said Shuren.
CDRH will train medical officers, review staff managers and device reviewers on the guidance to assure the guidance is applied consistently to submissions and petitions. CDRH reviewers will begin applying the guidance to incoming PMA and de novo submissions and to submissions already under review with decisions beginning on May 1.
The FDA is also developing external training modules to help industry and device sponsors understand how CRDH will apply the guidance.
For more information:
Medical Device Guidance Documents
The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devices. The agency also is responsible for the safety and security of our nation's food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products that give off electronic radiation, and for regulating tobacco products.
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Medical Device Reporting (MDR) is the mechanism for the Food and Drug Administration to receive significant medical device adverse events from manufacturers, importers and user facilities, so they can be detected and corrected quickly. If you are a consumer or health professional you should use the nearby link to the MedWatch program for reporting significant adverse events or product problems with medical products.
User Facilities (e.g., hospitals, nursing homes) are required to report suspected medical device related deaths to both the FDA and the manufacturers. User facilities report medical device related serious injuries only to the manufacturer. If the medical device manufacturer is unknown, the serious injury is reported by the facility to FDA. Health professionals within a user-facility should familiarize themselves with their institution procedures for reporting adverse events to the FDA.
There is a guidance for user facilities, "Medical Device Reporting for User Facilities". See its nearby link.
Note: Please do not send the actual device to FDA as stated in Block D9 of the MEDWATCH 3500A form. In Block D9 indicate that you are keeping the device or returning it to the manufacturer.
Legislation requiring device user facility reporting was enacted by Congress to increase the amount of information the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and device manufacturers receive about problems with medical devices. Although manufacturers and importers of medical devices have been required since 1984 to report to FDA all device-related deaths, serious injuries, and certain malfunctions, numerous reports have shown there is widespread underreporting. A 1986 General Accounting Office (GAO) study showed that less than one percent of device problems occurring in hospitals are reported to FDA, and the more serious the problem with a device, the less likely it was to be reported. A GAO followup study in 1989 concluded that despite full implementation of the Medical Device Reporting (MDR) regulation, serious shortcomings still existed.
Under the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 (SMDA), device user facilities must report device-related deaths to the FDA and the manufacturer, if known. Device user facilities must also report device-related serious injuries to the manufacturer, or to the FDA if the manufacturer is not known. In addition, SMDA also required that device user facilities submit to FDA, on a semiannual basis, a summary of all reports submitted during that time period. The device user facility reporting section of SMDA became effective on November 28, 1991.
To implement SMDA, FDA published a tentative final rule in the Federal Register on November 26, 1991, and invited comments on the regulation. Over 300 comments were received by FDA. Then, on June 16, 1992, the President signed into law the Medical Devices Amendments of 1992 (Public Law 102-300; the Amendments of 1992), amending certain provisions (section 519 of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) relating to reporting of adverse events. The primary impact of the 1992 Amendments on device user facility reporting was to clarify certain terms and to establish a single reporting standard for device user facilities, manufacturers, importers, and distributors. A final rule published in the Federal Register on December 11, 1995, addresses the comments received by the FDA and the changes mandated by the Amendments of 1992.
The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (FDAMA) was signed on 11/21/97 and became effective on 2/19/98. There were four changes that affected MDR:
See the nearby link to amendments to the MDR regulation that implemented FDAMA changes, effective March 27, 2000.
Any medical device that is legally in the U.S. may be exported anywhere in the world without prior FDA notification or approval. The export provisions under section 802 of the FD&C Act only applies to unapproved devices. For a device to be legally in commercial distribution in the U.S., the following requirements must be met:
- The manufacturing facility must be registered with FDA;
- The device must be listed with FDA;
- The device must have a cleared Premarket Notification 510(k) or Premarket Approval (PMA) unless exempted by regulation or if the device was on the market prior to May 28, 1976 (before the Medical Device Amendments to the FD&C Act);
- The device must meet the labeling requirements of 21 CFR Part 801and 21 CFR 809, if applicable;
- The device must be manufactured in accordance with the Quality Systems (QS) Regulation of 21 CFR Part 820 (also known as Good Manufacturing Practices or GMP), unless exempted by regulation.
In addition, the U.S. exporter must comply with the laws of the importing country.
Please note that U.S. manufactures that export medical devices outside the U.S. are required to register their facility and list their devices (21 CFR 807).
Device Registration and Listing
A medical device is an instrument, apparatus, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, which is intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or intended to affect the structure or any function of the body and which does not achieve any of its primary intended purposes through chemical action within or on the body.[1] Whereas medicinal products (also called pharmaceuticals) achieve their principal action by pharmacological, metabolic or immunological means, medical devices act by other means like physical, mechanical, thermal, physico-chemical or chemical means.
Medical devices include a wide range of products varying in complexity and application. Examples include tongue depressors, medical thermometers, and blood sugar meters.
The global market of medical devices reached roughly 209 billion US Dollar in 2006 and is expected to grow with an average annual rate of 6–9% through 2010.[2]
Based on the "New Approach", rules relating to the safety and performance of medical devices were harmonised in the EU in the 1990s. The "New Approach", defined in a European Council Resolution of May 1985, represents an innovative way of technical harmonisation. It aims to remove technical barriers to trade and dispel the consequent uncertainty for economic operators allowing for the free movement of goods inside the EU.
The core legal framework consists of 3 directives:
They aim at ensuring a high level of protection of human health and safety and the good functioning of the Single Market. These 3 main directives have been supplemented over time by several modifying and implementing directives, including the last technical revision brought about by Directive 2007/47 EC.
Directive 2007/47/ec defines a medical device as: "any instrument, apparatus, appliance, software, material or other article, whether used alone or in combination, including the software intended by its manufacturer to be used specifically for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes and necessary for its proper application, intended by the manufacturer to be used for human beings. Devices are to be used for the purpose of:
This includes devices that do not achieve its principal intended action in or on the human body by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means, but which may be assisted in its function by such means."
The government of each Member State is required to appoint a Competent Authority responsible for medical devices. The Competent Authority (CA) is a body with authority to act on behalf of the government of the Member State to ensure that the requirements of the Medical Device Directives are transposed into National Law and are applied. The Competent Authority reports to the Minister of Health in the Member State. • The Competent Authority in one Member State does not have jurisdiction in any other Member State, but they do exchange information and try to reach common positions.
In UK the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) acts as a CA, in Italy it is the Ministero Salute (Ministry of Health)[3]
Medical devices must not be mistaken with medicinal products. In the EU, all medical devices must be identified with the CE mark.
Medical machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, including a component part, or accessory that is:
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The term medical devices, as defined in the Food and Drugs Act, covers a wide range of health or medical instruments used in the treatment, mitigation, diagnosis or prevention of a disease or abnormal physical condition. Health Canada reviews medical devices to assess their safety, effectiveness and quality before being authorized for sale in Canada[citation needed].
The regulatory authorities recognize different classes of medical devices, based on their design complexity, their use characteristics, and their potential for harm if misused. Each country or region defines these categories in different ways. The authorities also recognize that some devices are provided in combination with drugs, and regulation of these combination products takes this factor into consideration.
The Medical Devices Bureau of Health Canada has recognized four classes of medical devices based on the level of control necessary to assure the safety and effectiveness of the device. Class I devices present the lowest potential risk and do not require a licence. Class II devices require the manufacturer's declaration of device safety and effectiveness, whereas Class III and IV devices present a greater potential risk and are subject to in-depth scrutiny.[4] A guidance document for device classification is published by Health Canada .[5]
Canadian classes of medical devices generally correspond to the European Council Directive 93/42/EEC (MDD) devices as follows: Class IV (Canada) generally corresponds to Class III (ECD), Class III (Canada) generally corresponds to Class IIb (ECD), Class II (Canada) generally corresponds to Class IIa (ECD), and Class I (Canada) generally corresponds to Class I (ECD) .[6] Examples are surgical instruments (Class I); contact lenses, ultrasound scanners (Class II); orthopedic implants, hemodialysis machines (Class III); and cardiac pacemakers (Class IV) .[7]
The Food and Drug Administration has recognized three classes of medical devices based on the level of control necessary to assure the safety and effectiveness of the device.[8] The classification procedures are described in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, part 860 (usually known as 21 CFR 860).[9]
Class I devices are subject to the least regulatory control. Class I devices are subject to "General Controls" as are Class II and Class III devices.[8][10][11] General controls include provisions that relate to adulteration; misbranding; device registration and listing; premarket notification; banned devices; notification, including repair, replacement, or refund; records and reports; restricted devices; and good manufacturing practices.[11] Class I devices are not intended for use in supporting or sustaining life or to be of substantial importance in preventing impairment to human health, and they may not present a potential unreasonable risk of illness or injury.[11] Most Class I devices are exempt from the premarket notification and/or good manufacturing practices regulation.[8][10][11] Examples of Class I devices include elastic bandages, examination gloves, and hand-held surgical instruments.[10]
Class II devices are those for which general controls alone are insufficient to assure safety and effectiveness, and existing methods are available to provide such assurances.[8][10] In addition to complying with general controls, Class II devices are also subject to special controls.[10] A few Class II devices are exempt from the premarket notification.[10] Special controls may include special labeling requirements, mandatory performance standards and postmarket surveillance.[10] Devices in Class II are held to a higher level of assurance than Class I devices, and are designed to perform as indicated without causing injury or harm to patient or user. Examples of Class II devices include powered wheelchairs, infusion pumps, and surgical drapes.[8][10]
A Class III device is one for which insufficient information exists to assure safety and effectiveness solely through the general or special controls sufficient for Class I or Class II devices.[8][10] Such a device needs premarket approval, a scientific review to ensure the device's safety and effectiveness, in addition to the general controls of Class I.[8][10] Class III devices are usually those that support or sustain human life, are of substantial importance in preventing impairment of human health, or which present a potential, unreasonable risk of illness or injury.[10] Examples of Class III devices which currently require a premarket notification include implantable pacemaker, pulse generators, HIV diagnostic tests, automated external defibrillators, and endosseous implants.[10]
The classification of medical devices in the European Union is outlined in Annex IX of the Council Directive 93/42/EEC. There are basically four classes, ranging from low risk to high risk.
The authorization of medical devices is guaranteed by a Declaration of Conformity. This declaration is issued by the manufacturer itself, but for products in Class Is, Im, IIa, IIb or III, it must be verified by a Certificate of Conformity issued by a Notified Body. A Notified Body is a public or private organisation that has been accredited to validate the compliance of the device to the European Directive. Medical devices that pertain to class I (on condition they do not need to be sterilised or are not used to measure a function) can be put on the market purely by self-certification.
The European classification depends on rules that involve the medical device's duration of body contact, its invasive character, its use of an energy source, its effect on the central circulation or nervous system, its diagnostic impact or its incorporation of a medicinal product.
Certified medical devices should have the CE mark on the packaging, insert leaflets, etc.. These packagings should also show harmonised pictograms and EN standardised logos to indicate essential features such as instructions for use, expiry date, manufacturer, sterile, don't reuse, etc.
The classification of medical devices in Australia is outlined in section 41BD of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 and Regulation 3.2 of the Therapeutic Goods Regulations 2002, under control of the Therapeutic Goods Administration. Similarly to the EU classification, they rank in several categories, by order of increasing risk and associated required level of control; various rules exist in the regulation which allow for the device's category to be identified [12]
Medical Devices Categories in AustraliaClassificationLevel of RiskClass ILowClass I – measuring or Class I – supplied sterile or class IIaLow – mediumClass IIbMedium – highClass IIIHighActive implantable medical devices (AIMD)High
In 2004, the FDA authorized marketing of two different types of medical devices that incorporate radio-frequency identification, or RFID. The first type is the SurgiChip tag, an external surgical marker that is intended to minimize the likelihood of wrong-site, wrong-procedure and wrong-patient surgeries. The tag consists of a label with passive transponder, along with a printer, an encoder and a RFID reader. The tag is labeled and encoded with the patient's name and the details of the planned surgery, and then placed in the patient's chart. On the day of surgery, the adhesive-backed tag is placed on the patient's body near the surgical site. In the operating room the tag is scanned and the information is verified with the patient's chart. Just before surgery, the tag is removed and placed back in the chart.
The second type of RFID medical device is the implantable radiofrequency transponder system for patient identification and health information. One example of this type of medical device is the VeriChip, which includes a passive implanted transponder, inserter and scanner. The chip stores a unique electronic identification code that can be used to access patient identification and corresponding health information in a database. The chip itself does not store health information or a patient's name.[13]
Companies developing RFID-containing medical devices must consider product development issues common to other medical devices that come into contact with the body, are implanted in the body, or use computer software. For example, as part of product development, a company must implement controls and conduct testing on issues such as product performance, sterility, adverse tissue reactions, migration of the implanted transponder, electromagnetic interference, and software validation.
Medical devices that use RFID technology to store, access, and/or transfer patient information also raise significant issues regarding information security. The FDA defines "information security" as the process of preventing the modification, misuse or denial of use, or the unauthorized use of that information. At its core, this means ensuring the privacy of patient information.[13]
The FDA has recommended that a company's specifications for implantable RFID-containing medical devices address the following four components of information security: confidentiality, integrity, availability and accountability (CIAA).
Although the FDA made these recommendations in the context of implantable RFID-containing medical devices, these principles are relevant to all uses of RFID in connection with pharmaceuticals and medical devices.[13]
Medical devices such as pacemakers, insulin pumps, operating room monitors, defibrillators, surgical instruments including deep-brain stimulators are being made with the ability to transmit vital health information from a patient's body to doctors and other professionals.[14] Some of these devices can be remotely controlled by medical professionals. There has been concern about privacy and security issues around human error and technical glitches with this technology. While only a few studies have been done on the susceptibility of medical devices to hacking, there is a risk.[15] In 2008, computer scientists proved that pacemakers and defibrillators can be hacked wirelessly through the use of radio hardware, an antenna and a personal computer[16] These researchers showed that they could shut down a combination heart defibrillator and pacemaker and reprogram it to deliver potentially lethal shocks or run out its battery. Jay Radcliff, a security researcher interested in the security of medical devices, raises fears about the safety of these devices. He shared his concerns at the Black Hat security conference.[17] Radcliff fears that the devices are vulnerable and has found that a lethal attack is possible against those with insulin pumps and glucose monitors. Some medical device makers downplay the threat from such attacks and argue that the demonstrated attacks have been performed by skilled security researchers and are unlikely to occur in the real world. At the same time, other makers have asked software security experts to investigate the safety of their devices.[18] As recently as June 2011, security experts showed that by using readily available hardware and a user manual, a scientist could both tap into the information on the system of a wireless insulin pump in combination with a glucose monitor. With a PIN access code of the device, the scientist could wirelessly control the dosage of the insulin.[19] Anand Raghunathan, a researcher in this study explains that medical devices are getting smaller and lighter so that they can be easily worn. The downside is that additional security features would put an extra strain on the battery and size and drive up prices. Dr. William Maisel offered some thoughts on the motivation to engage in this activity. Motivation to do this hacking might include acquisition of private information for financial gain or competitive advantage; damage to a device manufacturer's reputation; sabotage; intent to inflict financial or personal injury or just satisfaction for the attacker.[20] Researchers suggest a few safeguards. One would be to use rolling codes. Another solution is to use a technology called "body-coupled communication" that uses the human skin as a wave guide for wireless communication.[19]
The ISO standards for medical devices are covered by ICS 11.100.20 and 11.040.01.[21][22] The quality and risk management regarding the topic for regulatory purposes is convened by ISO 13485 and ISO 14971. ISO 13485:2003 is applicable to all providers and manufacturers of medical devices, components, contract services and distributors of medical devices. The standard is the basis for regulatory compliance in local markets, and most export markets.[23][24][25] Further standards are IEC 60601-1, for electrical devices (mains-powered as well as battery powered) and IEC 62304 for medical software. The US FDA also published a series of guidances for industry regarding this topic against 21 CFR 820 Subchapter H—Medical Devices.[26]
Starting in the late 1980s [27] the FDA increased its involvement in reviewing the development of medical device software. The precipitant for change was a radiation therapy device (Therac-25) that overdosed patients because of software coding errors.[28] FDA is now focused on regulatory oversight on medical device software development process and system-level testing.[29]
A 2011 study by Dr. Diana Zuckerman and Paul Brown of the National Research Center for Women and Families, and Dr. Steven Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, showed that most medical devices recalled in the last five years for "serious health problems or death" had been previously approved by the FDA using the less stringent, and cheaper, 510(k) process. In a few cases the devices had been deemed so low-risk that they did not need FDA regulation. Of the 113 devices recalled, 35 were for cardiovacular issues.[30] This may lead to a reevaluation of FDA procedures and better oversight.
Medical device packaging is highly regulated. Often medical devices and products are sterilized in the package.[31] The sterility must be maintained throughout distribution to allow immediate use by physicians. A series of special packaging tests is used to measure the ability of the package to maintain sterility. Relevant standards include: ASTM D1585 – Guide for Integrity Testing of Porous Medical Packages, ASTM F2097 – Standard Guide for Design and Evaluation of Primary Flexible Packaging for Medical Products, EN 868 Packaging materials and systems for medical devices which are to be sterilized. General requirements and test methods, ISO 11607 Packaging for terminally sterilized medical devices, and others.
Package testing needs to conducted and documented to ensure that packages meet regulations and all end-use requirements. Manufacturing processes need to be controlled and validated to ensure consistent performance.[32][33]
The cleanliness of medical devices has come under greater scrutiny since 2000, when Sulzer Orthopedics recalled several thousand metal hip implants that contained a manufacturing residue.[34] Based on this event, ASTM established a new task group (F04.15.17) for established test methods, guidance documents, and other standards to address cleanliness of medical devices. This task group has issued two standards for permanent implants to date: 1. ASTM F2459: Standard test method for extracting residue from metallic medical components and quantifying via gravimetric analysis[35] 2. ASTM F2847: Standard Practice for Reporting and Assessment of Residues on Single Use Implants[36]
In addition, the cleanliness of re-usable devices has led to a series of standards, including the following: 1. ASTM E2314: Standard Test Method for Determination of Effectiveness of Cleaning Processes for Reusable Medical Instruments Using a Microbiologic Method (Simulated Use Test)[37] 2. ASTM D7225: Standard Guide for Blood Cleaning Efficiency of Detergents and Washer-Disinfectors.[38]
The ASTM F04.15.17 task group is working on several new standards involving designing implants for cleaning, validation of cleanlines, and recipes for test soils to establish cleaning efficacy.[39] Additionally, the FDA is establishing new guidelines for reprocessing reusable medical devices, such as orthoscopic shavers, endoscopes, and suction tubes.[40]
A number of specialist University-based research institutes have been established such as the Medical Devices Center (MDC) at the University of Minnesota in the US, the Strathclyde Institute Of Medical Devices (SIMD) at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland and the Medical Device Research Institute (MDRI) at Flinders University in Australia.
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Needlestick/Sharps Injuries
Needlesticks and other sharps-related injuries which expose workers to bloodborne pathogens continue to be a significant hazard for hospital employees. OSHA estimates that 5.6 million workers in the healthcare industry and related occupations are at risk of occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens. Bloodborne pathogens are pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B Virus(HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), and others.
Any worker handling sharp devices or equipment such as scalpels, sutures, hypodermic needles, blood collection devices, or phlebotomy devices is at risk. Nursing staff are most frequently injured. Exposure Prevention Information Network (EPINET) data shows that needlestick injuries occur most frequently in the operating room and in patient rooms.
Syringe with a Retractable Needle.
Common safety and health topics:
Potential Hazard
According to the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, employers with the help of employees, must select safer needle devices to use in work environments.
There are many types of safety devices. Some examples of safety device designs include:
Example Devices with Safety Features
(Figure 2A) Self Re-sheathing Needles. Before Use.
**(Figure 2B) Self Re-sheathing Needles. After Use.
**Please note these safety devices lock in place and do not reset in actual use situations. The animation resets for viewer convenience only. Self Re-sheathing Needles
As seen in this animation, initially the sleeve is located over the barrel of the syringe with the needle exposed for use.
**(Figure 3) Syringe with Retractable Needles. The used needle retracts into the barrel of the syringe.
**Please note these safety devices lock in place and do not reset in actual use situations. The animation resets for viewer convenience only.
Syringe with Retractable Needles
As seen in this animation, after the needle is used, an extra push on the plunger retracts the needle into the syringe, removing the hazard of needle exposure.
**(Figure 4) Blunt-Tipped Blood Drawing Needles. Blood collection tube and blood drawing syringe.
**Please note these safety devices lock in place and do not reset in actual use situations. The animation resets for viewer convenience only. Blunt-Tipped Blood Drawing Needles
As seen in this animation, after blood is drawn, a push on the collection tube moves the blunt tip needle forward through the needle and past the sharp needle point.
The blunt point tip of this needle can be activated before it is removed from the vein or artery.
**(Figure 5) Winged Steel Needles. Blunt-tipped winged steel needle.
**Please note these safety devices lock in place and do not reset in actual use situations. The animation resets for viewer convenience only. Winged Steel Needles
As seen in this animation, after placement, the third wing is rotated to flat position which blunts the needle point before it is removed from the patient.
**(Figure 6) Re-sheathing Disposable Scalpels. Re-sheathing scalpel.
**Please note these safety devices lock in place and do not reset in actual use situations. The animation resets for viewer convenience only. Re-sheathing Disposable Scalpels
As seen in this animation, single-use disposable scalpels have a shield that is advanced forward over the blade after use, containing and removing the hazard.
**(Figure 7) "Add on" Safety Feature.
"Add on" sliding shield.
**Please note these safety devices lock in place and do not reset in actual use situations. The animation resets for viewer convenience only. "Add on" Safety Feature
As seen in this animation, hinged or sliding shields attached to phlebotomy needles, winged steel needles, and blood gas needles, act as an "add on" safety feature.
**(Figure 8) Retracting Finger Prick Lancets.
**Please note these safety devices lock in place and do not reset in actual use situations. The animation resets for viewer convenience only. Retracting Finger Prick Lancets
As seen in this animation, this single use lancet retracts automatically after use, containing and removing the hazard.
(These drawings are presented for educational purposes and do not imply endorsement of a particular product).
According to NIOSH's Preventing Needlestick Injuries in Health Care Settings the process for selecting and evaluating needle devices with safety features includes:
OSHA Directive CPL 02-02-069 [CPL 2-2.69] provides suggested non-mandatory forms to help employers evaluate engineering controls such as safety syringes, I.V. access devices, and sharps containers.
Additional Information:
~ www.Syringes.co
~ www.QDSyringeSystems.com
~ www.SafetySyringes.cc
~ www.QDSyringe.com
The FDA recommends that used needles and other sharps be immediately placed in FDA-cleared sharps disposal containers. FDA-cleared sharps disposal containers are generally available through pharmacies, medical supply companies, health care providers, and online.
The FDA has evaluated the safety and effectiveness of these containers and has cleared them for use by health care professionals and the public to help reduce the risk of injury and infections from sharps.
FDA-cleared sharps disposal containers are made from rigid plastic and come marked with a line that indicates when the container should be considered full, which means it's time to dispose of the container. Below are examples of FDA-cleared sharps containers:
FDA-cleared sharps disposal containers are available in a variety of sizes, including smaller travel sizes to use while away from home.
Alternative Sharps Disposal Containers
If an FDA-cleared container is not available, some organizations and community guidelines recommend using a heavy-duty plastic household container as an alternative. The container should be leak-resistant, remain upright during use and have a tight fitting, puncture-resistant lid, such as a plastic laundry detergent container.
Household containers should also have the basic features of a good sharps disposal container described below.
All sharps disposal containers should be:
When your sharps disposal container is about three-quarters (3/4) full, follow your community guidelines for proper disposal methods.


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A repaired heart valve and an equally high-tech bicycle have put a Tacoma teen on the road to recovery.
James Irish was born with a congenitally bicuspid aortic valve, although he didn't know this until he received a physical examination before high school football season that detected a heart murmur. He was told that surgery would eventually be required.
"I was freaked out about that," said Irish, who was 17 at the time.
A week after his 18th birthday, Irish underwent surgery at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma. Dr. Karl Welke, a pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon, and a team replaced Irish's aortic valve with a high-tech On-X mechanical valve.
A follow-up appointment was required to remove 1,030 milliliters of fluid – slightly larger than a 32-ounce Big Gulp drink – from Irish's chest. As Irish began to receive anesthesia, MultiCare echocardiographer Jeff Spencer told him to think of something happy.
"And I told him, 'I think I'm going to ride the Tour de France,' " Irish said. "When I came back awake, I was bad mouthing Alberto Contador" – a Spanish bicyclist who faced doping allegations after winning the 2007 Tour de France.
"Wow, you really hate him," Spencer said.
The two talked bikes as Irish recovered.
"I'm a bike fanatic," said Irish, who rode an older 1983 Sekai bicycle at the time. "I have a lot of different types of bikes. My dad got me into it at a young age and I just fell in love with it."
The next day, Spencer stopped by Irish's room and asked, "You still hate Alberto?"
Then Spencer offered to give Irish a bike frame – a Waterford Paramount from the 1990s.
"Us cyclists have to stick together," Spencer told Irish.
Bicyclists from Team MultiCare, a group of hospital employees who ride together in the annual Courage Classic, gathered high-tech bike parts to give to Irish. Mike Brown, owner of Tacoma Bike, volunteered time and considerable expertise of his staff to put together a proper racing bicycle to match Irish's enthusiasm.
"It's still a matter of debate as to which was more of a detriment to James – the incompetent congenitally bicuspid aortic valve or the 1983 Sekai," Spencer joked. "Fortunately, both are behind him. James now has a high-tech aortic valve and a high-tech bike. He's on the road to recovery."
Tacoma Bike employees generously shared their bike knowledge with Irish. Peter Stanley taught Irish how to build the bike. Tony Corke performed a first-class fitting. In fact, the bike build and fitting took longer than Irish's valve replacement surgery.
"It turned out really good," said Irish, who was cleared May 11 to begin exercising again. "I ride it all over the place."
Spencer and others from Team MultiCare will ride Aug. 6-8 in the 20th Annual Alaska Airlines Courage Classic, a three-day, 173-mile ride that takes participants through three spectacular mountain passes: Snoqualmie, Blewett and Stevens. The annual ride benefits the Child Abuse Intervention Department at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Center and the statewide Children's Trust Foundation.
Irish said it's too soon for him to ride Courage Classic this year, but he's an honorary member of the team and plans to be a "Virtual Rider" – a program that lets riders cover the same distance as the 173-mile Courage Classic, but Virtual Riders accumulate the miles over an extended period of time, on routes close to home.
"It's too soon to get ready for it this year," Irish said of the three-day Courage Classic. "But I'm definitely shooting for next year."
What: 20th Annual Alaska Airlines Courage Classic, a three-day, 173-mile bicycle ride
When: Aug. 6-8
Where: Participants ride over three spectacular mountain passes: Snoqualmie, Blewett and Stevens.
Why: The annual ride benefits the Child Abuse Intervention Department at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Center and also the statewide Children's Trust Foundation.
Details: www.courageclassic.orgPosted on Aug 7, 2011 in Special Events

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Recipe by Angie
"Easy to make yummy pizza using a pre-made pizza crust."
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1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (14 ounce) package pre-baked pizza crust
1 (5 ounce) can tuna, drained and flaked
1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion
1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
crushed red pepper flakes, or to taste
FANTASTIC!! At first, I was a little hesitant to try this, one doesn't usually associate tuna and pizza, but it was absolutely delicious. The only change I made was to add two cans of tuna rather than one. I would highly recommend this!
With such rave reviews, I was really looking forward to this one. I used a thinner wheat crust and 1 1/2 cans of tuna. I really like tuna, so there was no reason to hold back. This was the only way in which I did not follow the recipe. Unfortunately, my husband and I did not like this pizza. It just needed something more....flavorful (veggies, herbs?). I also thought the cream cheese was very overpowering. Maybe the suggestion to use 1/2 a package of cream cheese was a good one. I will not be making this one again. Sorry.
33 Ratings
I was hesitant to try this but so glad I did!! It was amazing. I added sliced home grown tomatoes on top of the Tuna under the cheese and I was in heaven! If you like Tuna you will love this pizza!!!
Very good! We were looking for something different so gave this a try. We made 2 smaller 7 inch pizzas, one that was the same basic recipe just with less cream cheese and one that had about a tablespoon of Dijon mustard mixed in with the cream cheese and then when it was done baking spread 1 -2 tablespoons of Mayo and sliced tomatoes on top. Both were very good. I highly recommend trying this.
This is absolutely DELICIOUS!!! Much like the true tuna pizza I had in Europe. I only added two things: some sliced black olives and a teaspoon of Italian seasoning, just to give it a tad bit more flavor. I also used tuna in water, not in oil, as I didn't want an overly greasy pizza.
yep, it was good.
I could not wrap my mind around this tasting good....I WAS WRONG!! My family loved this pizza! and it was super easy
Yum!!! Different and really good! We used two cans per recommendations and that is a must. I tossed the water packed tuna in a little olive oil and oregano, used reduced fat cream cheese and added capers to my husband's side. Thanks for the recipe!
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Tuna Pizza
Serving Size: 1/8 of a recipe Servings Per Recipe: 8 Amount Per Serving Calories: 323 Calories from Fat: 146
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33rd Annual Antique Motorcycle Show
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11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
A variety of antique motorcycles plus activities that will provide fun for the entire family.
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11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
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Recipe by SEXYLISCIOUS
"This is a beautiful and flavorful soup that is made with pumpkin and sweet potato, and seasoned with onion and leek. Velvety coconut milk adds a nice finishing touch."
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1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 leek, chopped
1 pound peeled and diced pumpkin
3/4 pound sweet potato, peeled and cubed
1 quart vegetable broth
1 1/4 cups light coconut milk
I thought this soup was wonderful but i did make a few additions. I added carrots and garlic to the sauteed leeks/onions. It was kinda bland so I added about 1 teaspoon of red curry paste..the curry with the coconut milk and pumpkin- so good!Next time I'm going to add basmati rice as well. This is a nice fall soup and super easy!
good basic soup but need seasoning.I added Cumin and Tumeric and red pepper flakes for a bit of zing.It is very filling and I made it in the slow cooker and also homemade cheese bread.and I also switched cocnut milk for cream(about 1/2 C) the second time and I found this better.
47 Ratings
This was really good - exceeded expectations. From a nutrition point of view it was excellent. The pumpkin (I used butternut squash)and sweet potato has a low G.I. and the servings are low in fat. My family ate a delicious low fat, vegetarian, high in vitamin and mineral soup with a lower glycemic index. Definitely a keeper. Thank you!
I didn't have leeks when I made this, but even without them it was a wonderful soup! The coconut milk really makes it. I find that it helps to add some of your own spices. I added some fresh ginger, some curry powder and a touch of chili peppers to the salt and pepper suggested.
Oh wow! I just ate a huge bowl of this soup over some rice. I added curry powder and ginger, as suggested, along with a clove of garlic. What a wonderful, quick, easy meal idea. I'm going to try adding chicken next time.
An amazing soup! But I like it hot. I mixed in some red thai curry paste to offset the sweetness from the coconut milk.
This is delicious, healthy comfort food. I added zuchini, peeled turnips, and used canned pumpkin puree instead of fresh. Also went with the suggestion of more spices, and tried nutmeg, allspice, ginger and curry. No need to puree, just mushed the veggies a little, and enjoyed it a bit chunky.
I love the idea of this soup, but it needs just a little something to give it some oomph--I'm thinking fresh sage, which I'll try next time. I used butternut squash because there is no fresh pumpkin this time of year, so the soup was a touch sweeter than it might otherwise have been. I'll definitely make this again.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, Leek and Coconut Milk Soup
Serving Size: 1/8 of a recipe Servings Per Recipe: 8 Amount Per Serving Calories: 130 Calories from Fat: 49
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Hillary's Trots Turns To Dehydration – She Keels Over and Smacks That Head Full of Moronic Ideas
Ben Gazzi???? Never heard of him. I need a medic.
Hillary fainted from the shits. Now she has a concussion. I say, keep the snowball rolling. What could be next?
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Wish I could send all the dems the shits if it makes them fall down and hit their head on something.
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Well sure, wullah….and now no testimoney or recollection of Benzai.
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Next will be opioid pain meds which will dry up her colon until she does an Elvis on the toilet.
Hey, then we wouldn't have to worry about 2016!
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Theres no way she's dehydrated look how big she has gotten from eating and drinking.
If anything her legs gave way from the weight or she tipped over from being top heavy.+8 -
She put Bill's cigar in the wrong hole…
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The concussion will make her forget who the President is and she's start screaming, "I am sick and tired of people saying dissent is unpatriotic!!!"
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What's next?
Romnesia regarding anything Obamaghazi.
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Seriously, has anyone checked her for arsenic poisoning? I'm sure Obeyme would like to shut her up.
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So Hillary has the runs, gets dehydrated, falls down and bumps her head and gets a concussion. I'm wondering if Pantsuits pooped herself and got a pantload while down for the count?
This story could provide some choice material for Saturday Night Live.
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Modupe Adunni Clinton
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I'm surprised she hit her head. With that big fat ass I thought that if she ever fell she'd just wobble around like a Weeble.
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Can you get amnesia from a konk on an empty skull?
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Wasn't I just baking cookies ?
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Looks like Bill has found another intern and Hillaries about to end up like all of the rest of their friends that suddenly died….as Bill tucks away the blow dart gun in his vest pocket.
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Maybe as she puts it, "she's tired of beating her head against the wall" and thought she'd try the desk for a differant outcome.
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Was it something she ate at the WH that caused the trots?
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Let her eat the rice only diet that the POW's had to eat in Nam.
Used to be thought to eat rice, bananas, etc. to stop up. Not.
Prolonged rice only diet causes the trots.
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I know the best cure, but she might be reading this now in her delirium.
Ok, maybe she's not reading this, so I'll share it.
My grandmother's "cure:"
Cook regular barley. Drain and use the barley water to boil some potatoes. Mash the plain potatoes with some of the barley water.
I always keep some barley water in my freezer.
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She did'nt hit hard enough. She's still alive.
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She could fall off her bicycle and rupture her testicles.
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Where's the sharp corner of a coffee table when you need it?
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Diarrhea induced coma?
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Confirmed by Fox…
Clinton will not testify before Congress on Libya, concussion cited
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Tracy, more like alcohol-induced dehydration.
If you were scheduled to testify to Congress about steroid use in baseball, you'd best believe the best medics in the country would have you patched up in plenty of time.
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Mmmmm. On second thought, maybe this crack on the head makes her incapable of holding public office…
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Repent Hillary. I want to see ya in heaven !!
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What she needs is to iron that neck.
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That's what always happens to me when I've got to testify under oath to congress.
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"Clinton will not testify before Congress on Libya, concussion cited"
My, how convenient. Oops, Mr. FBI wiretapper, I meant "unfortunate".
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Euphemism for fall-down drunk.
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If you have ever seen a person who is possessed, you would take note of how their face becomes completely and hideously distorted. Same thing goes with an enraged person.
The face says it all.
Democrat women are so friggin ugly, all of them, due to years of hating, anger, bitterness and sexually frustrated…not to mention that they know what paltry looks they may have had in their youth, will be and is gone by the time they reach 25…
I wouldn't take her to a worm dance
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This woman has been looking for a way out of this admin for years. Susan Rice has been running the foreign policy of the US since Obama got elected and Clinton has just been a puppet. She went along so she could run in 2016 but even she see's that is now impossible so she's tryng to hightail it out the door with whatever dignity she can manage. @Rick was right, if dehydration has anything to do with it's because she started hydrating with Gin quite awhile ago. If the GOP had balls they'd insist on her testimony and when she start's into "I can't remember cause of the hit on my head" they should then drive deep into that incident. Show her to be a liar and screw what the press has to say.
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She should've just stuck with the 'Having The Runs' story. During the hearing it's not like she'd have to testify from a bowl or while wearing a diaper.So four Americans murdered later, is Benghazi a closed case? They haven't used the dog ate my homework yet or some other B.S. Alibi. Susan Rice & Hillary Clinton, done, next.
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Time to subpoena all WH e-mails, documents and phone records for the 5 months leading up to Benghazi and the 3 months since.
If the Dems think they are going to use the Alky fall down go boom! excuse for not testifying before the public then they can face the largest fishing expedition ever. Think Obumbles doesn't have anything to hide leading up to the election? Cause I think they'd get real cooperative real fast once those summons to appear before the House panels start going out.
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Hillary's fallen out of favor or maybe never was in the favor of the supper elite one world gov people.
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I just realized: She looks a lot like Soros in this photo.
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Wow. This is kabuki theater of a kid forgetting his homework, "My dog ate it!'
She scampers about the globe, ingesting every different strain of bacteria, virus and parasite on the planet and never gets sick. Not now though, un-unh. Intestinal illness, fainting and amnesia.
Who is the PR firm for the Demorrrhoids anyway, Don King?
They get away with this pathetic display because THE MEDIA ARE STATIST-COMMUNIST VERMIN. THAT INCLUDES YOU RUPERT!
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Now Hillary won't be called to testify about Benghazi because she shit and bumped her head. Go figure.
I will here-forth refer to this whole incident as "Pantsuit's Pantload".
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Well, I, for one, truly hope she's getting better.
I am so looking forward to her hanging for treason.
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Like that'll ever happen. Your odds are better in hoping that she slips into a coma…which would also be nice
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Yeah, get better Hill.
BTW…Doesn't alcohol abuse cause dehydration?
She should have to answer for the bullshit she
and the admin have put us all through re: Fast and Furious.I hope Mexico sues her.
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I say Joe Biden is next. He will be gone in a year. Then BFO will choose an up-and-coming member of the Hitler Youth to take Biden's place and run for prez in 2016.
As Ann Barnhardt said, Prostate Cancer. High survivability and no external symptoms. Then he'll make a miraculous "recovery" and run for Senator again.
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I wish her no ill will, but I think sheeeees gonna blow.
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The "shits" for Hillary would be an all day job!
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Hey Jack,
We can still dream for a just world, can't we?+2 -
She fell down butbi doubt it's the first time she's tasted carpet
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A strange coincidence, a mighty strange coincidence. This happens just before she is to testify in her part in the murder of our brave Seals on a lonely roof in Benghazi? Mighty Strange.
Incidentally suffering a concussion requires have a brain mass in your skull. So far nothing this pantload lesbian has done in her mis-begotten life suggests that she possesses anything in her skull other than feces.
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Isn't there precedent for testifying via taped video?
LOL my fingers typed "raped" video.
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You were right the first time.
That's what must have happened to the drone feed, among other things.
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Read Barbara Olson's "Hell to Pay" and you'll never cast a vote for Hillary again.
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"If the GOP had balls…" Precisely the problem scr_north.
Even if they DID go after Hillary on this, the press would excoriate them for picking on Hillary because she's a guu-rrl. (A long, long time ago, but still…)
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You have to wonder just how bad the information is that she's hiding, if it's LESS embarrassing to tell everyone that she passed out from diarrhea.
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Like I said before…You can't make this shit up.
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She may have had some bad Tuna Fish…I think her exclusive brand is "Huma Of The Sea".


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The EMBL model for Core Facilities has developed a first-rate reputation in the European life sciences community. The Core Facilities contribute significantly to internal and external training courses and workshops, often in collaboration with industrial partners. Moreover, institutions in member states frequently seek our advice and guidance in setting up their own core facilities and services to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of their scientific research.
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It was an eerie evening leading into the MidPoint Music Festival 2010's kick-off night Thursday. A gigantic, gorgeous sunset was soon followed by a huge, neon-lit moonrise, which guided my path down the highway to the festival. Once downtown, the streets resembled their usual non-weekend selves — nearly empty, save a couple of neighborhood locals scrambling about. And, while the threat of rain is usually the weather event MidPointers fear most, tonight's air was dry, humid and record-breaking hot. Who would have thought a music festival on the first weekend of the fall would be met with 95-degree temps (in the daytime, at least)?
The members of Kentucky's Black Stone Cherry take pride in their closeness. They are still just four guys rocking out and living their dream. BSC's just-released third studio album, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, reached the Top 30 in the Billboard 200 and the group is currently on the Carnival of Madness tour with Alter Bridge, Theory of a Deadman, and Emphatic. The tour hits Dayton's X-Fest, at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, this Sunday (click here for concert details). CityBeat recently spoke with Black Stone Cherry lead singer Chris Robertson in depth about the band and the personal issues he has dealt with over the past few years.
The last time Slug felt as sick and contradictive as this was the last time he played a show in Cinci. He and the other half of Atmosphere, DJ/producer Ant, haven't played one since, save a Scribble Jam or two. But the last headlining show that Atmosphere played in Cincinnati was nearly seven years ago. If you're an Atmosphere fan, then you've heard the various references to Top Cat's and that show. As someone who was there, I remember it being just about as tragically awesome as Slug does, just from a different perspective.
One of the coolest, more unique musical experiences to be had in Cincinnati is at the concerts presented by The Loft Society, an on-the-down-low, speakeasy-like venue housed in the top-floor loft of an apartment building on Calhoun Street in University Heights (next to Mayra's restaurant). Programmed and hosted by Al Williams, the Loft has been featuring artists on the more exploratory side of Jazz (with occasional guests from other genres) for the past two decades. The atmosphere is relaxed and communal and set up as a great listening experience first and foremost (obnoxious chatter during performances is strongly frowned upon). If you've yet to visit, Saturday's "A Tribute to MLK" concert is a great place to start.
Like death, taxes, Who reunion tours and Wolfen sequels, one certainty every year in Cincinnati is a local summer appearance by the master of mediocrity, Jimmy Buffett. If you live here, it's as inevitable as the changing of the season: Buffett brings his plastic palm tree and awful music to Riverbend, and thousands of morons flock to see him.We've resisted writing about this "phenomenon" in the past. It's kind of like making fun of Kathie Lee Gifford or Kenny G -- it's just too cheap and easy. Of course, CityBeat is nothing if not cheap and easy.
So, here, we bring you the only press you will ever read about Jimmy Buffett in this publication. Unless, of course, there's a shooting spree in the middle of the concert or Riverbend sinks into the river.
10) His music It's sorta tropical, sometimes Country-ish, sometimes "silly," and always boring. It's music for people who don't like music: background, laid-back fluff. It's easy listening for Boomers.
9) His lyrics
"Blew out my flip flop/Stepped on a pop top/Cut my heel, had to cruise on back home."
"So he took her to this movie called Body Heat/She said, 'The Junior Mints were mushy and the sex was neat.' "
"Fruitcakes in the kitchen/Fruitcakes on the street/Struttin' naked through the cross walk/In the middle of the week."
"Evolution can be mean/There's no 'dumb-ass vaccine.' "
Apparently not.
8) His album titles A White Sport Coat & A Pink Crustacean. Last Mango in Paris. Off to See the Lizard. This guy makes "Weird Al" look like Oscar Wilde.
7) He recorded a cover of "Purple People Eater" "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" is bound to be next.
6) He likes to sue aspiring restaurateurs Buffett's lawyers have gone after entrepreneurs for calling their new bistros things like "Margaritaville" and "Cheeseburger in Paradise." Hey, if they're that stupid ...
5) He was a fratboy No doubt. At the University of Southern Mississippi. Shocker!
4) He wrote and staged a musical (Don't Stop the Carnival) Rock stars shouldn't do that.
3) He tricked Brian Wilson into recording one of his songs "South American" on Wilson's Imagination record. Hasn't this man been taken advantage of enough?
2) His CDs don't even make good coasters I proudly own one Jimmy Buffett CD -- 1999's Beach House on the Moon, which I use on my desk to set my drink on. Damn things keep slippin' off.
1) Parrotheads Fans of Buffett use his summer concerts for an excuse to get completely obliterated and "partay." It's like Mardi Gras with tasteless people in stupid hats and Hawaiian shirts. Not so amazingly, his strongest cult is here in Cincinnati. Like we need some other cultural crisis to be embarrassed about.
Five Finger Death Punch is one of the most popular Metal bands in the world. The band has a catchy, melodic sound that resonates with its crowds and the band's songs have become arena anthems across the country. Five Finger continues to tour on its third studio album American Capitalist. Currently, the group is out headlining the Trespass America Festival with the bands Trivium, Pop Evil and Killswitch Engage.
CityBeat was able to spend some time with the band's lead guitarist Jason Hook to discuss, among other things, the band's feverish tour schedule and the effect it has on the band members' relationships, as well as what makes the music so addictive. The Trespass America Festival comes to the PNC Pavilion at Riverbend tomorrow (Wednesday) night.
CityBeat: What has been the highlight of Trespass Festival so far?
Jason Hook: Well, the first show was awesome. We opened the show on Friday the 13th just outside of Denver. The place was almost sold out, packed. We had all of our friends, family, record label, managers and agents with us. It was a massive party (and) it was day one. It was awesome, really awesome.
CB: Who leaves the biggest mess backstage at Trespass?
JH: The biggest mess? As far as what, a hot mess or just messy?
CB: It could be either.
JH: I'll give both to Ivan (Moody, Five Finger's frontman).
CB: OK, I wouldn't picture that.
JH: Well you don't know him as well as I do.
CB: Is it true that he still throws up before he performs?
JH: I haven't seen that lately but it might be because I tend to steer clear of him a little bit more than usual because of that. But he does do that. That is not an urban legend.
CB: You consistently are having these hits with huge sports and military following. What is really the formula for creating a modern day Rock anthem?
JH: I think that you have to keep things simple. People like a really consistent beat, something that has a good thump to it. Obviously, an easy to follow storyline or a relatable storyline and as many hooks as you can get into each section of the song for example the intro, the verse, the pre-chorus, the chorus, the bridge, the solo — all those are sections — and if they get too long or drawn out or too complicated or the resolution set too high for the listener, they just miss out and it will go over their head. A big part of having an anthem is having something that is simple enough that many people can grab it easily like "Rock & Roll all night and party every day."
CB: Does the band ever write songs for a specific audience?
JH: Not really. Most of us in the band have a background where we grew up listening to heavy bands but bands that were also on the radio. That reflects in the music we make. None of it is really contrived. We just do what we like. Fortunate for us, it catches with a lot more people. Once you try to do something that is not honest, it is really hard to repeat it. You are always chasing or guessing what to do. It is better to know what you like to do and just do it.
You always have the crazy crowd surfing at the shows, the biggest Rock on the Range crowd surfing in history. Do you ever worry about fan safety?
JH: All the time. All the time. It freaks us out. I see people getting beat up pretty good out there, especially the people in the very front row because people crowd surf up from behind them, they can't see that these 220 pound guys are being launched forward and the people in the front row are the last people that these heavy people land on their heads on the way into the pit. You get a lot of people getting smashed, and they have no idea it is happening until it happens.
I keep saying, "Is there something we should do to discourage this? Should we say that we want people to be careful and keep your eyes open?" I do see a lot of people getting hammered, and it freaks me out. We are always thinking about it.
CB: How do you stay friends living in such close quarters and being on the road almost all year?
JH: How do we stay friends? We stay away from each other. The only way to control how we all get along is to make sure there is a good amount of separation. You need a little bit of on and a little off.
For example, we get hotel rooms. The band gets hotel rooms. We get them every other day. The hotel rooms are essential and it doesn't matter what it costs to have everybody be able go and have their own private space to go make phone calls, answer e-mails, relax, watch the TV program they want to watch, whatever. The off is just as important as the on because if you get too much together time all the time, then you are likely to have the engine run a little hot, you know what I am saying?
CB: Who in the band is more likely to get into a fight backstage and who is more likely to get laid?
JH: I don't really want to focus on the fighting, but as far as the sex part of it, I would say, all the girls like Ivan. The rest of us are just sort of swinging the bat. They all seem to want to get to Ivan. So I would say answer "A"—my final answer — Ivan.
The thing is, to chase girls around, which is also to chase the party or stay up, all these people show up and they want to hang out with the band. This is their big night out. The problem is, if we participated in everybody's big night out, then we end up having 42 or 55 nights in a row, and it is physically too hard. Imagine having 45 New Years Eves in a row. What kind of shape would you be in after that?
CB: Yeah, bands now are a lot more, I don't want to say mellow, but you can't sustain (that type of partying) for long periods of time if this is what you are going to do.
JH: God knows we have tried it. We don't want to hurt the band. We don't want to hurt the tour. We have a responsibility to not only talk to people during the day but to play in front of these large audiences, and I don't want to go up there hung over and feel like crap and be fuzzy and making mistakes. It's very hard. It's OK when you are a club band — nobody cares; "Get me another beer." Everyone is drunk anyway, but now we are talking about playing in front of 15,000 people at 9 o'clock at night and it is a business now. It is for real.
Bret Michaels is a one of a kind crossover superstar who has transformed himself from hard rocker to big partier to reality television star. Best known for his nearly 30 years with rockers Poison (giving us such Rock & Roll staples as "Every Rose Has It's Thorn", "Talk Dirty to Me" and other arena mega hits), in 2010, Michaels' life took a dramatic turn when he was faced with multiple emergency surgeries. The first was to remove his appendix and then a sudden life threatening brain aneurysm led to brain surgery. He bounced back by winning Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice, continuing solo music tours across the country, completing a summer tour with Poison and Motley Crue and plotting more television projects.
CityBeat spoke with Michaels this week in advance of his pre-Super Bowl party concert tomorrow in Indianapolis. He performs Friday at 9:30 p.m. in Indianapolis, helping open the Super Bowl Village and get fans in the right spirit for the big game next Sunday. (Friday's concert is free; click here for more info.)
I attended my first South By Southwest festival in Austin, Tex., over 15 years ago to cover local Funk group SHAG's appearance at the festival for a much younger CityBeat. It seemed exciting back then that one of Cincinnati's biggest bands was invited to showcase at SXSW. This year, the amount of acts from the area performing is unprecedented — never has Cincinnati had such a presence at America's premier music fan/industry showcase and conference (which starts a week from today).
And it's not just performers. Representatives from local promo company The Counter Rhythm Group will be on hand in force, venture development group CincyTech is hosting regular chats as well as a Cincinnati hospitality headquarters and party in Austin and the progressive promotional/licensing machine The All Night Party is sponsoring both a tour centered around the Texas festival and its own showcase night at the event, a first for a local organization.
And, as we have most SXSWs over the past 17 years, CityBeat will have a reporter on the scene providing regular updates for this here blog. Be sure to check back often starting next week and see how are hometown heroes are doing.
Here's an overview of just some of the Cincy-centric happenings related to SXSW 2012:
• The All Night Party presents the Midwest by Southwest tour (also sponsored by this summer's Bunbury Music Festival and assisted by Counter Rhythm and Reveal Concepts) featuring, as the tagline reads, "Four Midwestern Bands — On A Mission to Rock." The tour has Cincinnati bands The Sundresses (repeat visitors to SXSW) and Wussy, as well as Cleveland rockers The Whiskey Daredevils and Lexington's Oh My Me. The jaunt begins Thursday at Mount Lookout's The Redmoor. (Doors open at 6 p.m., showtime is 8 p.m. and tickets are $10.) MWXSW will hit several other cities before and after the ANP SXSW showcase Tuesday at the Soho Lounge. The Lions Rampant will appear on the bill in Austin, as well.
If you'd like to help the caravan out, there is a Kickstarter campaign with some cool perks you can check out here. (Quick, only three days left!) Here's the promo vid:
• R. Ring, the acoustic duo featuring local musician/engineer Mike Montgomery (thistle, Ampline) and Dayton, Ohio's Kelley Deal (Breeders), will perform at a showcase hosted by the Misra label on March 15. Misra is releasing the twosome's first single in a few months, with a full-length to follow.
• Ohio Knife, a new duo project from The Chocolate Horse's Jason Snell, Andrew Higley and Joe Suer, is also headed to Austin and the local branch of branding agency Landor is tagging along. The company is hosting a travelogue website here so you can follow along at home. Ohio Knife plays a tour kickoff show Friday at The Comet in Northside. The band will hit other clubs in Tennessee and Texas along its way to SXSW.
• Local Indie Pop faves Pomegranates are now labelmates (on the Modern Outsider imprint) with fellow Cincy band Bad Veins. While the Veins won't be performing in Texas (they're preparing their own tour launch March 19 in Colorado), the Poms will play the official Modern Outsider SXSW showcase on March 14 at Trinity Hall.
• Indie/Folk/Electro/Pop powerhouse The Seedy Seeds took part in a SXSW launch party a couple of weeks ago. The band performs at the All Night Party showcase Tuesday.
• Eccentric breakout rockers Foxy Shazam are one of the headliners of a showcase presented by the huge booking company The Agency Group on March 15 at Latitude 30; the day before they'll play an afternoon party.
• Cincy RCA Records recording artists Walk the Moon aren't technically "showcasing" for SXSW, but they will be in Austin for the MTVu Woodie Awards ceremony and festival held in during SXSW, where they'll be performing and hoping to score the Breaking Woodie award they're competing for against acts like tUnE-YarDs and Lana Del Rey. Vote for the hometown boys here, where you can also watch a live stream from the March 15 festival.
Contemporary Arts Center has officially announced that Patti Smith will perform The Coral Sea with daughter/pianist Jesse Smith on May 17, in connection with her CAC exhibit, also called The Coral Sea, that opens the next day and features work not previously seen in the U.S.
At the concert, Smith will also play selected material from throughout her career.
The CAC website says that "The Coral Sea performance work found its beginnings from Smith's 1997 book of the same name, her requiem to her dear friend Robert Mapplethorpe (who took the cover photo of Smith's debut album, Horses, among his many other accomplishments). With music arranged and performed live by Kevin Shields — of heralded British shoegaze band My Bloody Valentine — two separate performances were held at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall in June 2005 and September 2006. In 2008 those performances were released as a live album."
Mapplethorpe's own posthumous photography retrospective at CAC, 1990's The Perfect Moment, became a major controversy when cultural conservatives led by now-retired Sheriff Simon Leis tried to shut it down for obscenity. In a famous trial, a jury sided with the CAC. The concert venue and ticket information will be announced soon at www.contemporaryartscenter.org.
I first wrote about Smith's art show coming to the CAC in CityBeat last year here.
Ted Nugent has been putting audiences in a stranglehold since he started touring nationally in 1967 with his crazy, energetic Rock & Roll. He's probably best known musically for giving us unbelievable, unstoppable guitar riffs, like the one featured in his smash hit "Cat Scratch Fever." But he's probably more recently known best for his off-stage actions and antics. The outspoken Nugent is a confident free-spirit who prefers hunting wild game with big guns and lobbying for patriotism and his Second Amendment rights than blending into society's status quo.


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