Instead of donating your own blood ahead of time for surgery, some hospitals are collecting it in the operating room for immediate re-infusion during or after surgery. Mislabeling, AIDS, bacteria are some of the big concerns with transfusions, but transfusions are still needed to save lives. The...
As the old saying goes, things roll downhill and Siemens was the straw that broke the camel's back here. Recently Siemens has been in the news with their own issues with restructuring and lay offs. There are other creditors including Clinical Laboratories of Hawaii, Ewa Beach, $3.9 million;...
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on 08-30-2008
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A couple months ago, the product was approved by the FDA and is now coming to market. According to the article hospitals and health organizations will be the first visits for marketing and sales, rather than a direct to consumer sale. Intel also has a pretty large interest in biotech related...