Blood Donation Intervals Should Be Extended to 180 Days To Avoid Iron Deficiency Most blood collection agencies require a 56-day minimum interval between donations of whole blood to allow hemoglobin levels to return… November 2, 2016
Standard Issue RBCs are Equivalent to Fresh RBCs for Transfusion Results of the Informing Fresh versus Old Red Cell Management (INFORM) trial have recently been presented at the AABB annual… October 27, 2016
Massive Transfusion Protocols Vary Among U.S. Hospitals Over the past several years, clinical studies have shown that blood transfused early and quickly can reduce mortality in severe… October 19, 2016
New AABB Guidelines for Red Blood Cell Storage and Transfusion Thresholds The AABB has recently published updated guidelines for red blood cell (RBC) transfusion thresholds and the optimal length of storage…. October 13, 2016
Prothrombin Complex Concentrates are Superior to Fresh Frozen Plasma for Urgent Warfarin Reversal Although warfarin is a common anticoagulant used to prevent blood clots and strokes, it is associated with major bleeding episodes… October 6, 2016
New Techniques Identify Oxidative Lesions on Stored RBCs Stored red blood cells (RBCs) undergo morphologic and biochemical changes with time. In a recently published study in Blood, researchers… September 28, 2016
Low Rate of HIV Testing Among High-Risk Blood Donors in Brazil As part of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study (REDS-II), researchers analyzed 341 HIV-positive blood… September 20, 2016
Dithiothreitol (DTT)-based Method Validated for Blood Compatibility Testing in Patients Taking Daratumumab Daratumumab (DARA), an immunoglobulin that targets CD38 on myeloma cells, was recently approved by the U.S. FDA. DARA, however, also… September 14, 2016
Cord Blood Transplants Beneficial When Matched Donors Cannot Be Found The majority of patients in need of allogeneic hematopoietic cell-transplants do not have HLA-matched donors available. Researchers recently performed a… September 14, 2016
Surveys Report Fewer Blood Collections and Transfusions in 2013 The AABB Blood Collection, Utilization, and Patient Blood Management Survey and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National… September 7, 2016
