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3. Covidien inks $2.5M settlement with California workers in proposed class action
A California federal judge OKs a $2.5 million settlement agreement in a purported class action lawsuit accusing it of urging workers not to take breaks.
2. NEJM backs ChloraPrep study in patient safety scandal
The New England Journal of Medicine backs a 2010 study at the center of a controversy involving CareFusion’s ChloraPrep antiseptic, the National Quality Forum and an alleged scheme to pay kickbacks to patient safety advocate Dr. Charles Denham.
1. Study: 25% of cardiac catheterizations unnecessary
New York researchers report that about a quarter of recent diagnostic catheterizations performed in the state were unnecessary.