Quality and Effectiveness of Irradiated Platelets Platelets are often irradiated to inactivate residual lymphocytes and prevent transfusion-associated graft-vs-host disease. As irradiated platelets are widely used, researchers… December 5, 2024
Cold Stored Platelets for Severe Trauma Patients Ever since platelets stored at room temperature were shown to survive longer in circulation than those stored at colder temperatures,… October 31, 2024
Donor-Specific Antibody Levels and Platelet Transfusion Response Among Refractory Patients Hematology-oncology patients often require multiple platelet transfusions, which can lead to immune-mediated platelet transfusion refractoriness. This condition may necessitate… September 19, 2024
Cold-Stored Platelets Do Not Restore Platelet Function as well as Room-Temperature Platelets The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved cold storage of platelets for up to 14 days for the treatment… May 22, 2024
MiPLATE Clinical Trial: Mirasol® Pathogen Reduction Treated Platelets The Mirasol® Pathogen Reduction Technology System (Terumo, BCT, Lakewood, CO) uses a combination of riboflavin (vitamin B2) and UV light… February 13, 2024
Platelet Transfusions and Increased Risk of Death or Neurodevelopmental Impairment in Preterm Infants Preterm infants are at an increased risk for intracranial hemorrhage, as many are thrombocytopenic (<150,000 platelets/µL). Although there is little… February 7, 2024
Deep Learning A.I. System for Platelet Management Platelet inventory management is challenging due to their short shelf-life and fluctuating demand. Researchers in Germany created a risk assessment… January 10, 2024
Safety of Platelet and Plasma Transfusions in the COVID-19 Era By September 2022, 96% of U.S. blood donors had antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 due to infection and/or vaccination. Some patient advocacy… December 13, 2023
Pathogen-Reduced Platelet Use and Overall Blood Product Cost Increased Since 1997, the biennial Department of Health and Human Services’ National Blood and Collection Utilization Survey (NBCUS) has been used… September 27, 2023
Expanding U.S. Platelet Supply Needed About 2.5 million units of platelets are transfused each year in the U.S., and data from the National Blood Collection… June 7, 2023
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