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Adhezion Biomedical LLC
Adhezion Biomedical Announces CE Mark Approval of Film-Forming Microbial Sealant FloraSeal™
January 30th, 2009
Adhezion Biomedical LLC announced that it received European CE Mark (Conformite Europeene) approval for FloraSeal, a film-forming, cyanoacrylate-based microbial sealant in a ready-to-use applicator. CE is a mandatory European marking that indicates conformity with the essential health and safety requirements set out in European Directives. FloraSeal is designed to help reduce the incidence of surgical site infections, a health care-associated infection (HAI). The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that surgical site infections account for about 25% of HAIs. The burden of disease attributable to HAIs is huge, with hundreds of millions of patients affected...
Source: Health Business Week (2009-01-30)
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