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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

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

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