please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message carefusion corporation type subsidiary of becton dickinson industry medical technology founded 2009 headquarters san diego ca u.s. area served worldwide key people kieran gallahue chairman and ceo products medical devices clinical services number of employees 15 000 2012 website carefusion.com carefusion was a global medical technology corporation serving the health care industry . the company specialized in two areas reducing medication errors and prevention of health care associated infections . the company manufactured health care technologies including alaris iv pumps pyxis automated dispensing and patient identification systems ; airlife avea and ltv series of ventilators and respiratory products ; chloraprep skin prep products ; medmined services for infection surveillance ; v. mueller and snowden pencer surgical instruments and a line of products that support interventional medicine . 1 carefusion employed approximately 15 000 people worldwide . on october 5 2014 bd announced its acquisition of carefusion for 58 usd per share in cash and stock or a total of 12.2 billion to create a global leader in medication management and patient safety solutions . 2 the acquisition was completed on march 17 2015 . 3 contents 1 history 1.1 origins 1.2 acquisitions 1.3 dispute with the us department of justice 2 business segments 3 references 4 external links history edit origins edit carefusion completed its spin off from cardinal health on august 31 2009 . businesses that were part of the clinical and medical products segment of cardinal health were spun off to create carefusion . carefusion began publicly trading on the new york stock exchange on september 1 2009 with former ceo david schlotterbeck . citation needed acquisitions edit on may 17 2010 carefusion acquired medegen inc. for us 225 million in cash . citation needed on february 1 2011 kieran t. gallahue was named carefusion s chairman and ceo . 4 in april 2012 carefusion sold the nicolet operating unit to natus medical incorporated for 58 million . on july 7 2012 carefusion acquired u.k. medical limited a distributor of medical products to the national health service and private health care sector in the united kingdom . citation needed in november 2012 carefusion acquired intermed equipamento medico hospitalar ltda a privately held respiratory technologies company based in cotia brazil . intermed designs manufactures and markets ventilators and respiratory care devices for infant pediatric and adult patients that are used in hospitals in brazil latin america and europe . citation needed on november 18 2013 carefusion acquired vital signs inc. a medical device manufacturing business with the exception of european operations from ge healthcare . citation needed in 2013 carefusion bought 40 % of the israeli company caesarea medical electronics . 5 dispute with the us department of justice edit in january 2014 the united states department of justice reached a usd 40.1 million settlement with carefusion . 6 the department of justice alleged that carefusion paid its ceo usd 11.6 million to influence the safe practices committee at the national quality forum to recommend promote and arrange for the purchase of that company s products . 6 7 the ceo called the kickback allegations surprising while his attorney emphasized that the whistleblower lawsuit contains no allegations against the ceo . 8 an analysis by propublica reported that the national quality forum s final 2010 guidelines currently in effect still recommend 2 % chlorhexadine and 70 % alcohol which is the formulation of chloraprep . 9 the nqf agrees that this is consistent with current centers for disease control and prevention cdc guidelines . 10 11 business segments edit most recently carefusion had two business segments providing the following products dispensing pyxis medication and supply automation products infusion alaris infusion pump and infusion safety products respiratory avea ltv series of ventilators intermed ventilator and airlife respiratory accessories which provided the following products and services infection prevention and surveillance chloraprep chg patient preoperative skin preparation maxplus needleless connectors and medmined infection surveillance services medical specialties v. mueller and snowden pencer surgical instruments impress instrument tracking software avamax and avaflex brands for vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures nicolet neurodiagnostic instruments and pleurx catheter drainage products 12 references edit about carefusion . cortez michelle 5 october 2014 . becton dickinson agrees to acquire carefusion for 12.2 b . bloomberg . http www.utsandiego.com news 2015 mar 17 carefusion purchase becton complete http www.healthdatamanagement.com news carefusion ceo devices medication management vendor 41854 1.html the boycott movement is losing the battle for now a b carefusion to pay the government 40.1 million to resolve allegations that include more than 11 million in kickbacks to one carefusion settlement idusbrea081a520140109 . reuters.com . reuters . 9 january 2014 . missing or empty url help ; access date requires url help kell john 9 january 2014 . carefusion to pay 40.1 million to settle kickback allegations . the wall street journal . retrieved 19 january 2014 . carlson joe 21 january . nqf panel member admits he got 11m from carefusion but calls kickback allegations surprising . modern healthcare . retrieved 24 january 2014 . check date values in date help http www.propublica.org article hidden financial ties rattle top health quality group http www.modernhealthcare.com article 20140228 news 302289946 nqf reviewing 2010 safe practices report in wake of kickback claim http www.cdc.gov hicpac pdf guidelines bsi guidelines 2011.pdf 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