Smiths Medical announced today it has joined several of the world’s other ventilator manufacturers in the Ventilator Training Alliance (VTA) to support frontline medical providers access to a centralized repository of ventilator training. 

Smiths Medical acquires the business of Access Scientific, LLC, expanding vascular access offering.

In line with recent FDA thinking regarding COVID-19, Smiths Medical is providing the following information about adding extension sets to infusion pump tubing to create length allowing the pumps to be placed outside patients’ rooms.