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
Obstetricians and Public Cord Blood Banking A survey by the National Marrow Donor Program found that obstetricians are familiar with the use of donated cord blood… July 20, 2012
Synthetic Platelets Offer Potential Benefits for Platelet-Associated Disorders Professor Nishit Doshi and colleagues from the University of California, Santa Barbara, the Scripps Research Institute, and Sanford-Burnham Medical Research… July 20, 2012
Aspirin Increases Bleeding Risk In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers found that regular use of low-dose… July 20, 2012
FDA Report Shows Decreasing Trend of Transfusion-Related Fatalities An annual report of transfusion fatalities for fiscal year(FY) 2011, released by the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research,… July 20, 2012
