RBC and Plasma Transfusions Decreased in the U.S. (2015-2018) Blood transfusions are one of the most common medical procedures in hospitalized patients, and robust data from randomized clinical trials… September 28, 2021
REDS-III Study Highlights Need for Pediatric Oncology Transfusion Guidelines Pediatric hematology/oncology patients receive a significant proportion of pediatric transfusions. Data, however, are limited guiding clinical decisions for transfusions… September 22, 2021
Transfusion Outcomes in Very-Low-Birth Weight Infants Associated with Donor Sex and Age Blood donor characteristics may affect transfusion outcomes, but data are conflicting. In order to investigate the association of donor sex… September 15, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in Blood Donors The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) along with researchers from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and blood… September 8, 2021
Donor Interventions Increase Donor’s Return for Future Donations Donors who experience a vasovagal reaction are less likely to return for subsequent donations, and this is especially true in… September 1, 2021
Convalescent Plasma Does Not Prevent Disease Progression in COVID-19 Emergency Room Patients Very few therapeutic options are available early in infectious disease epidemics with the exception of convalescent plasma. In August 2020,… August 24, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity of U.S. Blood Donors Prior to Availability of Vaccines In the United States, blood collection organizations, including the American Red Cross (ARC), started testing all donations for antibodies to… August 18, 2021
Mean Fluorescence Intensity to Select HLA-Matched Platelets Over two million units of platelets are transfused each year in the United States—the majority to hematology-oncology patients. Alloimmunization against… August 13, 2021
U.S. National Platelet Inventory and Transfusion Practice Survey Nearly 7,000 units of platelets are needed daily in the U.S., and platelet transfusions increased by 15.8% from 2017 to… August 3, 2021
Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial Finds No Benefit for Prophylactic Plasma Transfusions Annually, 2.4 million units of plasma are transfused in the U.S. Approximately a quarter to half of plasma transfusions are… July 27, 2021
