Pathogen Reduction Technology Safe and Effective for Red Blood Cell Transfusions in Pediatric Patients with Cancer Pathogen reduction technology (PRT) is now commonly used to inactivate many types of pathogens in platelets and plasma. PRT for… February 27, 2019
Female Blood Donors at Risk for Iron Deficiency In the United States, adolescents 16-18 years old donate approximately 1.5 million units of blood each year. Although donating blood… February 21, 2019
Frequent Platelet Donors at Risk for Lymphopenia In the US, the vast majority of platelets are collected via apheresis. Individuals may donate apheresis-derived platelets up to 24… February 13, 2019
Anti-CD47 Interference with Serological Testing Immunotherapy, the use of humanized monoclonal antibodies, is a promising therapy that works in conjunction with the patient’s own immune… February 6, 2019
Babesia and Bacterial Contamination Most Frequent Transfusion-Transmitted Infections Based on hemovigilance data from the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), viral transfusion-transmitted infections (TTI) are rare while bacterial contamination… January 30, 2019
Teenage Blood Donors at Increased Risk for Iron Deficiency Teenagers (16-18 years of age) contribute 10% of the blood supply in the United States. Teenagers require iron to grow… January 23, 2019
A New Drug for Patients with Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare disease in which autoimmune antibodies target ADAMTS13, a protease that cleaves the… January 16, 2019
Locus on Chromosome 5 Associated with Alloimmunization Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion remains the cornerstone for treating patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). While most patients with… January 9, 2019
Restrictive RBC Transfusions Safe for Patients Long-Term Several randomized clinical trials demonstrated restrictive RBC transfusion approaches are safe for patients over the short-term. Many patients with moderate… January 2, 2019
Whole Blood Transfusions on the Battlefield Uncontrolled hemorrhage is life threatening for trauma victims, and transfusion of blood products along with hemorrhage control is critical for… December 26, 2018
