Systematic Review Finds Donations from Hemochromatosis Patients are Safe for Transfusion Hemochromatosis, primarily an inherited blood disorder characterized by iron overload, is treated with routine therapeutic phlebotomy. Although this therapy provides… September 7, 2012
West Nile Virus Outbreak in the United States According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the recent outbreak of West Nile virus in the United… September 7, 2012
Non-O Blood Groups Associated with Higher Coronary Heart Disease Risk A recent study and analysis by Dr. Lu Qi and colleagues from the Harvard University found that even after controlling… August 24, 2012
AABB Conference on Secondary Bacterial Screening of Platelets In a one-day public conference held in July 2012, members from AABB and others in the transfusion medicine community discussed… August 24, 2012
Cultured Human Red Blood Cells At the International Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion, researchers from the Bristol Institute for Transfusion Services presented… August 6, 2012
Studies suggest that platelet development continues in the bloodstream Researchers from the University of Utah presented at the International Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion that platelet… August 6, 2012
RBCs May Remain Viable After Extended Exposure to Settings Outside Controlled Temperature Range A systematic review published by Brunksill et al. in Transfusion Medicine Reviews evaluated existing quality guidelines for RBC exposure to… July 20, 2012
Randomized Trial Demonstrates that Hydroxyurea is Not Effective as Transfusion in Preventing Strokes Published in the journal Blood, Ware and Helms report results from the Stroke With Transfusions Changing to Hydroxyurea (SWiTCH) randomized… July 20, 2012
Anti-Human Platelet Antigen (HPA)-1a Prophylactic Method to Prevent FNAIT An editorial published in the journal Transfusion, discusses the potential for developing anti-human platelet antigen (HPA)-1a prophylactic methods to prevent… July 20, 2012
Study Identifies Most Effective Ways to Increase Blood Donations According to the American Red Cross, only 3% of the US population donates blood. A systematic review of 29 studies,… July 20, 2012
