FDA To Reclassify Catheter & Infusion Therapy Equipment; Catheter Infection Problems Continue.COSTA MESA Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Oct. 15, 1999-- The FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. wants to reclassify Verb 1. reclassify - classify anew, change the previous classification; "The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species" class, classify, sort out, assort, sort, separate - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you catheter catheter /cath·e·ter/ (kath´e-ter) 1. a tubular, flexible surgical instrument that is inserted into a cavity of the body to withdraw or introduce fluid. 2. urethral c. and infusion therapy equipment into Class II (special controls). These are subcutaneous subcutaneous /sub·cu·ta·ne·ous/ (sub?ku-ta´ne-us) beneath the skin. sub·cu·ta·ne·ous adj. Abbr. s.c., SQ Located, found, or placed just beneath the skin; hypodermic. , implanted, intravascular intravascular /in·tra·vas·cu·lar/ (in?trah-vas´ku-lar) within a vessel. in·tra·vas·cu·lar adj. Within one or more blood vessels. (IV) infusion ports and catheters, and percutaneous percutaneous /per·cu·ta·ne·ous/ (per?ku-ta´ne-us) performed through the skin. per·cu·ta·ne·ous adj. Passed, done, or effected through the unbroken skin. , implanted, long-term catheters for repeated vascular access vascular access Clinical medicine The ability to enter the vascular system; the ease with which the vascular system can be entered for administering therapy or obtaining blood for testing . The 3,345 word announcement, released Oct. 1, 1999, was published in its entirety in "Biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. Market Newsletter(R)" (Sep. 30 1999 issue). Public comments: Due Dec. 30, 1999. FDA's proposal is included in an exclusive 20-page Special Report on the catheter manufacturing industry in a 92-page Biomedical Market Newsletter Special Issue. INCLUDES: "Top 100" Catheter Manufacturers List (Part II); plus articles on: catheter infection rates; new catheter manufacturer profiled. Brief company profiles of the catheter manufacturers include (when available): contact name, title, address, phone, fax, e-mail, website, public/private status (stock ticker Stock ticker A letter designation assigned to securities and mutual funds that trade on US financial exchanges. ), number employees, revenues, year founded, key products manufactured, etc. Approx. 9/10 are privately-held, new/emerging growth manufacturers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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