FDA Update about Bacterial Contamination of Platelets The United Stated Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidance to reduce the risk of septic transfusion reactions associated with… December 8, 2021
Daprodustat is Noninferior to Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Dialysis According to the U.S. CDC, about 37 million adults in the United States have chronic kidney disease (CKD). As CKD… December 1, 2021
X- and Gamma-Irradiation Impact Red Blood Cells Similarly Transfusion-associated graft versus host disease (TA-GVHD) is a rare complication that occurs when histoincompatible viable lymphocytes are transfused into an… November 22, 2021
Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections Do Not Improve Ankle Osteoarthritis Ankle (tibiotalar) osteoarthritis affects approximately 3.4% of adults and is associated with a reduced quality of life. Effective non-surgical treatments… November 17, 2021
Benefits and Harms of Whole Blood versus Component Blood Transfusions Remain Unclear Transfusions may be in the form of whole blood (WB) or blood components (BC). Blood components include red blood cells,… November 9, 2021
Red Blood Cells May Act as Immune Sentinels Anucleated red blood cells (RBCs) are essential for delivery of oxygen throughout the body but have been considered immunologically inert. … November 1, 2021
Pathogen Reduced Platelets are Non-Inferior to Conventional Platelets for Hematology Patients Results for the PIPER Phase 4 study of psoralen-UVA pathogen reduced platelets (PRPC) (Cerus Corporation) following transfusion were recently presented… October 28, 2021
Cold Storage Affects Platelet Function and Glycoprotein VI Levels Maintaining an adequate supply of platelets is laborious and costly since they can only be stored for 5 to 7… October 20, 2021
RBC Transfusions and Alloimmunization in Patients Taking Daratumumab Daratumumab (Dara), an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2015 for use… October 12, 2021
Fear and Anxiety Associated with Attrition of First-Time Donors In order to tease apart whether fear and anxiety in first-time blood donors actually led to fewer return donations, researchers… October 6, 2021
