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Affinity Health System has adopted Oridion Microstream Capnography, bringing its patients the highest standard of safety for ventilation monitoring. Capnography, the continuous monitoring of exhaled carbon dioxide, can detect changes in ventilation, alerting clinicians to potential breathing problems before they become a serious threat. These alarms alert the clinician to check the patient’s breathing and remind the patient to breathe. Capnography is widely recognized as the standard of care in ventilation monitoring of patients receiving “opioid” pain medications, particularly when administered using a patient-controlled analgesia pump.

The Comedy City improv troupe will move to the Sports Corner, 500 Grant St., De Pere, at the beginning of March. The first shows at the new venue will be March 5–6 at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

First Manitowoc Bancorp, Inc., parent company of Bank First National, has completed the merger of its insurance subsidiary, The Vincent Group, Inc., with A.N. Ansay & Associates, Inc. to form Ansay & Associates LLC. The combined agencies constitute a full-service, independent agency with offices in Green Bay, Little Chute, Manitowoc, Mosinee, Port Washington, Wausau and West Bend. Ansay is jointly owned by Bank First National and A.N. Ansay & Associates, with Bank First National retaining 38% ownership of the newly formed LLC. Ansay will manage approximately $200 million in premiums, gain access to new markets, attain stronger representation with its insurance carriers and will be one of the top insurance agencies in the State of Wisconsin. Gross revenue on a combined basis will be $18 million and Ansay expects to double in size in the next three to five years through organic growth and potential acquisitions.