3M Health Care Stories

A philanthropic research grant of $108,000 has been awarded to researchers in the Department of Infectious Disease at Imperial College London to advance scientific knowledge in the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Five inspirational female role models have been named as WeAreTheCity Rising Stars for 2021 in the Science and Engineering category, sponsored by 3M.

As we continue our global pandemic response, healthcare organizations are working together to leverage the lessons learned so far and look ahead to the role the industry must play when a public health crisis emerges. 3M Health Care Group President Mojdeh Poul, along with other leaders, outline key learnings and actions.

Caring for wounds is a science and an art that requires specialized training and expertise as well as intuition. As knowledge and understanding evolve, technology to manage wounds is also making leaps forward.

Learn how 3M responded to the COVID-19 pandemic to help enable production of life-saving vaccines and therapeutics amidst unprecedented demand.

Funding will underpin studies into the immunological profiling of patients hospitalised with COVID-19.

New research released by 3M shows that science and scientists have gained a renewed level of significance in the minds of the UK public due to COVID-19; but that barriers to STEM education threaten future scientific development.

3M has awarded a significant philanthropic research grant of €420,000 to RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Taking dental impressions for crowns and bridges has taken another technological leap forward with the launch of a new mobile oral scanner from 3M.

Through a new partnership 3M will support the NHS vision of a more integrated healthcare service, using new care models to deliver greater efficiencies and improved patient outcomes.

3M was asked to help when Loughborough University opened its doors to the local community on Saturday 12 March, to celebrate British Science Week.

3M employees have been taking the British Science Week message into the classroom.

As reported in The Telegraph online, scientists from Stanford University in California have proved that binding your feet with medical tape is the most effective way to prevent blisters.

3M has been listed as a World’s Most Ethical Company for a third year in a row by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical practices in business.

Senior clinicians and academics left a series of IV Leadership Summits hosted by 3M empowered to improve outcomes for patients.

A $50,000 donation from 3M is helping International Health Partners provide essential medical aid for disaster relief and hospital care in the developing world.

3M has claimed the dental industry’s innovation top spot for the eleventh consecutive year, cementing its worldwide reputation for developing technologies that are shaping the future of oral care.

A recent study carried out in the USA found that as many as 99 per cent of electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring alarms were false and didn’t need any nursing intervention.

An innovative clinic that is transforming the way patients receive care for fractured bones has proved a real success. The virtual fracture clinic enables patients to manage their own care from the comfort of home, delivering significant savings for the NHS.

A new intelligent control inhaler that delivers accurate doses of medication and provides feedback to patients and clinicians via an app has scooped a top industry award.

3M has been ranked as one of the world’s 25 best multinational workplaces by Great Place to Work® and the business magazine Fortune.

3M has been honoured for a global initiative to recruit, develop and advance women across the company.

Diagnostics have taken on a new dimension with the launch of the 3M™ Littmann® Cardiology IV™ Stethoscope that can detect high-frequency sounds as subtle as the flutter of a hummingbird’s wings.

3M has sold its site in Morley Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire and relocated the Health Care business to Charnwood Campus.

“3M’s Data Quality Analytics Solution allows you to check for errors you never knew you had, therefore improving your income.” Sue Levitt, Clinical Coding manager at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust.

Over 50 years of helping you and your patients breathe easier.

The smallest intraoral scanner on the market captures approximately 20 3D data sets per second, enabling accuracy for all types of dental and orthodontic impressions.

More than a million people in the UK could be suffering in silence from an easily preventable condition.

At the age of 11, 3M senior research specialist Phil Jinks was fascinated by fireworks and started to create and test his own based on formulations and designs he found in the family’s 1920s Encyclopaedia Britannica.