Restrictive Blood Transfusion Policies are Associated with a Lower Risk of Infection A recent study published in JAMA adds support for the growing body of evidence recommending a restrictive red blood cell… April 9, 2014
FDA Advisory Committee Supports Molecular Assay The AABB in conjunction with the American Red Cross and America’s Blood Centers issued a joint statement last week before… March 28, 2014
Recurrent Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Uncommon in Pregnancy Acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare blood disorder where autoantibodies to the ADAMTS13 protease lead to small blood… March 21, 2014
Washing Older Red Blood Cells Decreases Levels of Iron in Plasma In a randomized trial of canines with Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia (n=6 per group) which were transfused with either 7- or… March 7, 2014
The Odds of Transfusion Increase with Age Although numerous transfusion guidelines do not state that the patient’s age should be a primary consideration in the decision to… February 21, 2014
AABB Bulletin Highlights Recommendations to Reduce the Risk of Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI) The AABB has released Association Bulletin #14-02 that summarizes the literature on the risks of transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)… February 7, 2014
Allogeneic Platelet Transfusions May Alleviate T-cell Mediated Immune Thrombocytopenia Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disorder with a complex pathogenesis that appears to be caused by either platelet destruction… January 24, 2014
Needle-Free Malaria Detection Researchers from Rice University reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences a non-invasive laser-based method to rapidly… January 10, 2014
Red Blood Cell Transfusion Increases Platelet Aggregation in Anemic Patients In the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Silvain and colleagues report that RBC transfusion increased platelet reactivity in… January 3, 2014
Chikungunya Virus Now In Western Hemisphere The WHO confirmed 10 cases of the chikungunya virus among residents of St. Martin in the Caribbean. These are the… December 27, 2013
