VIDEO: Randomized Trial Demonstrates No Benefit of Fresh Red Cells for Transfusion Red blood cells, or RBCs, are routinely used in the transfusion of ill patients to deliver oxygen to tissues. Additive solutions,… October 29, 2012
VIDEO: Platelet-Mediated Hemolytic Transfusion Reactions and Mitigation Strategies Platelet transfusion plays an important role in the treatment of hematologic cancers. Transfusion services do not always consider ABO donor-recipient plasma… October 15, 2012
VIDEO: Human Herpesvirus 8 Seropositive Blood Transfusion Is Associated with Increased Mortality A recent study from Uganda demonstrated that transfusion with human herpesvirus 8 antibody-positive blood is associated with an increased risk… September 28, 2012
VIDEO: Blood Donor Retention After Adverse Events Donating blood is critical to ensuring a sufficient blood supply. Due to the consistent demand for blood, it is important to… September 13, 2012
VIDEO: Reducing Errors Through Automated Testing Today we’ll be discussing ways of reducing errors through automated testing. Accurate pre-transfusion ABO and RH blood group identification and… August 30, 2012
VIDEO: The Threat of Transfusion-Transmitted Dengue Dengue, a Flavivirus circulating in more than 100 countries, has recently been identified as a potentially serious threat to the… August 14, 2012
VIDEO: PLADO Trial Secondary Analyses on Platelet Transfusion Today we’ll be discussing the PLADO Trial Secondary Analyses. The Prophylactic Platelet Dose Trial or PLADO study was a large,… July 24, 2012
VIDEO: Transfusion Transmitted Babesiosis Today we’ll be discussing transfusion-transmitted babesiosis. Transfusion-transmitted babesiosis is increasingly recognized as a challenge to blood transfusion safety. Although babesiosis… July 20, 2012
VIDEO: Transfusion of Red Blood Cells: New Guidelines from AABB A recent study suggests that there is substantial variation in blood transfusion practices.[1] Dr. Steven Frank and colleagues at Johns… July 20, 2012
