STOP ELECTIVE SURGERIES, FOR NOW – AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (Orthopedics This Week)
HIGHLIGHT - "Orthopedic product suppliers can expect a dramatic reduction in scheduled surgeries over the next few months, but then an equally dramatic surge in scheduled surgeries"
Friday, March 13, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) recommended that every U.S. hospital, health system and surgeon “minimize, postpone or cancel electively scheduled operations, endoscopies or other invasive procedures.”
The daily trajectory of COVID-19 cases is likely, according to the ACS, to put an enormous stra...
