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Ron Lapin (1941–1995) was an American surgeon, who became interested in bloodless surgery in the mid-1970s. He was known as a "bloodless surgeon" due to his willingness to perform surgeries on severely anemic Jehovah's Witness patients without the use of blood transfusions.
Thus was born his practice dedicated to providing bloodless surgery for Jehovah's Witness patients from around the world. He founded several bloodless surgery centers in Southern California, including hospitals in Norwalk, Bellflower, and Fountain Valley, and became a tireless advocate of non-blood medical management.
Intraoperative blood salvage (IOS), also known as cell salvage, is a specific type of autologous blood transfusion. Specifically IOS is a medical procedure involving recovering blood lost during surgery and re-infusing it into the patient. It is a major form of autotransfusion.
A spokesperson for Walgreens said that about 25% of the stores were not contributing to the chain's long-term strategy, per the Columbus Dispatch, and as a result, will close a "significant ...
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The ARC provides about 35% of transfused blood in the US. [1] America's Blood Centers (ABC), North America's largest network of non-profit community blood centers. [2] Most of the independent blood centers on this list are ABC members, and these account for approximately 60 percent of the U.S. blood supply. [3]
Walgreens has made a historic change in its long-standing policy of remaining open for business on Thanksgiving Day. The pharmacy giant, founded in 1901, announced Nov. 16 that, for the first time ...
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