Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Seronegative and Leukoreduced Blood Transfusion Prevents Transmission of CMV in Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections can cause serious complications and even death in very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants. In a prospective multicenter study… October 24, 2014
Lower Transfusion Thresholds do not Harm Septic Shock Patients In an international, multicenter, randomized trial recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers evaluated 998 septic shock… October 10, 2014
AB Blood Group is Associated with Cognitive Impairment In a recent case-controlled study published in Neurology, researchers assessed the relationship between ABO blood group, factor VIII, and the… September 26, 2014
AABB and the CDC Outline Guidelines for Laboratory Testing of Patients with Suspected Ebola While the Ebola outbreak continues to plague West Africa, there is concern from hospitals in developed nations about handling potentially… September 12, 2014
Chronic Transfusions Reduce Strokes Among Children with Sickle Cell Anemia Silent cerebral infarcts occur in approximately one third of children with sickle cell anemia and are associated with lower IQ… September 5, 2014
Low Threat of an Ebola Outbreak in High-Resource Countries Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States, wrote a perspective for… August 22, 2014
Most U.S. Patients are Likely to Find a Match for Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplants Hematopoietic stem-cell transplants (HSCT) from either cord blood or adult volunteer donors are often used to treat patients with blood… August 15, 2014
Reduced Transfusion-Transmitted Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Infections in Sub-Saharan Africa Preventing transfusion-transmitted infections such as hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) is important to ensure a safe blood supply…. August 8, 2014
Scientists Design a Bioreactor to Produce Platelets In Vitro In the United States, over 2 million units of platelets per year are transfused, but shortages for platelets are common… August 1, 2014
Iron Supplementation May Reduce Deferral and Iron Deficiency in Blood Donors Retaining blood donors is important. Up to 5% of new blood donors, however, are deferred because of low hemoglobin. Although… July 25, 2014
