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Jennifer Jones Austin, Civic Leader and Executive, Joins New York Blood Center Board

2013-06-13 20:22:29

NEW YORK, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New York Blood Center (NYBC) announced today that Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO and Executive Director of the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, has been elected to the Board of Trustees. Ms. Jones Austin has 20 years of leadership experience working for the advancement of underserved children, individuals and families. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130613/DC32106 ) Ms. Jones Austin also brings a unique patient...

Blood Testing Market Boosted By Pricing Locks in Molecular Testing: Finds New Kalorama Report

2013-06-11 23:16:40

Driven by the use of molecular tests and inelastic pricing for them, the blood testing market is expected to grow in double-digits according to Kalorama Information. The healthcare market research publisher said the need to provide the lowest level of blood contaminants is driving sales of newer nucleic acid tests that are replacing immunoassay units. New York, NY (PRWEB) June 11, 2013 Driven by the use of molecular tests and inelastic pricing for them, the blood testing market is...

Gift Cards Could Boost Blood Donation Amounts Without Safety Risks

2013-05-24 05:53:40

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Offering gift cards or other rewards to potential donors can increase the amount of blood provided for transfusions and other medical purposes without adverse safety effects, according to a new report published in Friday’s edition of the journal Science. Economists from Johns Hopkins University, the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM), and the University of Sydney assert that providing incentives such as gift cards,...

Uludag University Hospital Installs Masimo Noninvasive rainbow® Technology to Improve Patient Assessments and Speed Clinical Decisions

2013-05-08 08:30:04

Use of SpHb® Noninvasive Hemoglobin Is Part of Leading Medical Teaching Facility's Standardization to Masimo SET® Pulse Oximetry BURSA, Turkey and IRVINE, Calif., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) and Uludag University Hospital, one of the top educational healthcare facilities in all of Turkey, announce that Uludag has added Masimo SpHb(® )- a breakthrough technology that allows clinicians to noninvasively and continuously monitor hemoglobin blood levels. The use...

Holland Hospital Installs Masimo Noninvasive rainbow® Technology to Help Improve Patient Assessments and Speed Clinical Decisions

2013-03-27 08:31:47

Use of SpHb® Noninvasive Hemoglobin Is Part of Leading Healthcare Facility's Standardization to Masimo SET® Pulse Oximetry HOLLAND, Mich. and IRVINE, Calif., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announces that Holland Hospital, ranked as one of America's 100 Best Hospitals in 2013 by Healthgrades, is adding new clinical capabilities that allow clinicians to noninvasively and continuously monitor hemoglobin blood levels using Masimo SpHb(®). Holland Hospital is...

CytoSorbents to Exhibit at the ISICEM 2013 Critical Care Conference

2013-03-13 08:33:56

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CytoSorbents Corporation (OTCBB: CTSO), a critical care focused company using blood purification to treat life-threatening illnesses, announced that it will exhibit its European Union approved CytoSorb® cytokine reduction technology at the 33(rd) International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM) in Brussels, Belgium from March 19-22, 2013. In addition, Dr. Dirk Schadler, from the University Hospital,...

Researchers Say There's A Better Way Of Estimating Blood Loss

2013-03-06 10:36:06

Research suggests that there may be a better way of measuring blood loss due to trauma than the current method, finds an article in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care. The study shows that base deficit (BD) is a better indicator of hypovolemic shock than the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) classification, which uses a combination of heart rate, systolic blood pressure and the Glasgow Coma Scale. Using data from the TraumaRegister DGU® 16,305 patients injured between...

Blood Shelf Life Shorter Than Previously Thought

2013-03-04 18:42:04

Alan McStravick for redorbit.com – Your Universe Online Over the past five years, studies have been conducted exploring the efficacy of transfused blood in delivering oxygen throughout the body. More specifically, those studies focused on the breakdown of nitric acid contained in red blood cells. The deterioration of the nitric acid begins almost immediately after blood is drawn from a donor. Regardless of how much oxygen may be contained in a red blood cell, if there is an insufficient...

University of Virginia Medical Center Installs Masimo Noninvasive rainbow® Technologies to Improve Patient Assessments and Speed Clinical Decisions

2013-02-20 08:28:37

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. and IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announces that the University of Virginia Medical Center has added new clinical capabilities that allow clinicians to noninvasively and continuously monitor hemoglobin blood levels using Masimo SpHb(®) and respiration rate using Masimo RRa(TM). UVA Medical Center now leverages Masimo Radical-7(®) Pulse CO-Oximeters with noninvasive hemoglobin (SpHb(®)) - clinically shown to reduce risky...

Haemonetics' CMO, Mark Popovsky, Joins U.S. Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Blood Safety

2013-02-14 08:29:24

BRAINTREE, Mass., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE: HAE) today announced that Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Mark A. Popovsky, has been invited by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, to serve on the Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability (ACBTSA). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120206/NE47232LOGO ) As one of nine official representative members of the blood,...