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The FDA proceeds with a strategy for The Reuse of Single Use Devices
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to have a guide in place by January 2001 for hospitals on "The Policy of the Reuse of Single Use Devices".
The strategy proposes the following:-to treat hospitals that reprocess single use devices in the same way it treats device manufactures
-to require submission of premarketing data as if reprocessors were seeking to market device for the first time
-to require reprocessors to label single use devices and provide instructions for use.
ONI Systems Plans New Campus in South San Jose
ONI Systems has plans for a new 455,000-sf, five-building corporate headquarters on 2.5 acres in South San Jose. The optical networking equipment vendor currently employs 400 at its operations in North San Jose.
The NFPA , the WFCA and the IAPMO plan to develop a new set of Consensus Codes
The National Fire and Protection Agency (NFPA) has partnered with Western Fire Chiefs Association (WFCA) and the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) to build a set of Consensus Codes--a new set of codes for the built environment. Their goal is to provide safety officials with a new consistent and compatible set of codes by the year 2003. As part of the Consensus Code project NFPA also plans to devise a NFPA Building Code.
Microcoating Technologies Designs Chamblee R&D Complex
Microcoating Technologies has selected Lord, Aeck & Sargent Interactive Design of Atlanta to design a 200,000-sf master-planned lab and office complex where Microcoating will research and manufacture its thin film products. Lord Aeck & Sargent Interactive Design’s specialty is architecture for high tech companies.
Ohio State Builds New Engineering Lab
The Ohio State University in Columbus plans to begin construction in September 2001 on the $45,000,000 Robinson Laboratory, a four-story, 235,000-gsf structure for the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The building will house 95,000 nsf of lab and lab support space. Research Facilities Design of San Diego was recently selected as the laboratory building design consultant. The architect is Baxter Hodell Donnelly Preston of Cincinnati.