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  • Hospitals Scrutinizing Blood Transfusions

    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...
    Posted to The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck on 10-29-2008
    Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, FDA, Hospitals, Red Cross, Blood Transfusions
  • Desperate Hospitals - Hawaii- What is happening to our Hospital System?

    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;...
    Posted to The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck on 08-30-2008
    Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Physicians, FDA, Hospitals, Nursing, bankruptcy, Economics, Desperate Hosptials, Venture Capitalists, Transparancy, Layoffs, Debt consolidation, Overseas Investments, Vendors
  • Intel launches first medical device

    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...
    Posted to The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck on 08-28-2008
    Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, healthcare, Intel, Medical Devices, FDA, Hospitals
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