Reversal of Direct Oral Anticoagulants: a Systematic Review Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), such as dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban, and edoxaban, have many advantages over warfarin for treating patients with… July 12, 2017
Gram-positive Bacterial Contamination of Platelets a Concern In a study recently published in TRANSFUSION, researchers from the Canadian Blood Services reported results from routine and quality control… July 6, 2017
Demographic Changes Directly Impact Blood Supply, but Not Demand In order to determine if demographic changes impact both blood supply and demand, researchers in Germany organized a prospective, 10-year… June 28, 2017
Study Shows Fewer Blood Donations and Transfusions in 2015 Results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey (NBCUS) in the United… June 21, 2017
Risk of Hepatitis E Virus Positive Blood Donations Low in Canada Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is endemic in many resource-limited settings. HEV infection is usually asymptomatic; however, it can cause severe… June 14, 2017
Immune Plasma: A Promising Therapy to Treat Influenza Many observational and case studies have suggested that convalescent plasma may have a therapeutic role in the treatment of influenza… June 7, 2017
Feasibility of Post-donation Iron Replacement for Whole Blood Donors Female blood donors and young donors have a particularly high risk for iron deficiency, and randomized trials have shown that… May 30, 2017
High-Throughput Sequencing Used To Identify Pathogens in Donated Blood Ensuring a safe blood supply requires multiple strategies and is continually evolving with new, emerging pathogens. Researchers in Switzerland recently… May 24, 2017
Apheresis Lymphocyte Collections for CAR-T Cell Production Usually Well Tolerated By Cancer Patients Production of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells involve genetically modifying the patient’s own T-cells, and these cells have been shown… May 17, 2017
Higher Hematocrit Levels Are Associated with Increased Thrombosis Risk and Reduced Bleeding A growing number of recent studies have observed an association between elevated hematocrit levels and thrombosis. However, the mechanism behind… May 10, 2017
