COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Transfusion Services: Elective Surgeries Resume, Convalescent Plasma Use Increases, and Blood Supply Drops to Critical Levels Based on the AABB COVID-19 Weekly Hospital Transfusion Survey, which collected data from 96 hospitals in 35 states between May… June 2, 2020
Convalescent Plasma Donors Needed for COVID-19 Hospitals and blood collection centers are working with the US Government collaboratively to collect convalescent plasma from patients who have… April 22, 2020
Platelet Transfusion Use in the United States Although RBC transfusions have decreased over the past decade, the demand for platelet transfusions has increased. In order to better… December 30, 2019
Mechanisms and Implications of Why Platelet Transfusions May Not Always Be Effective Platelet transfusions are not always effective at preventing bleeding in patients with inherited and acquired platelet disorders such as Glanzmann’s… December 18, 2019
Thrombosomes (Lyophilized Platelets) Appear Safe in Phase 1 Trial Data from a phase 1, open-label, multi-center safety trial of lyophilized platelets were recently presented at the 2019 AABB… October 24, 2019
FDA Guidance to Control for Bacterial Contamination in Platelets The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued final guidance to reduce bacterial contamination of platelets stored at room… October 9, 2019
RBC Alloimmunization is a Predictor of HLA Alloimmunization Alloantibodies to the human leukocyte antigens (HLA) or red blood cells (RBCs) can develop after exposure to alloantigens such as… July 17, 2019
Restrictive Platelet Transfusions Superior in Preterm Infants with Thrombocytopenia Greater than 10% of babies are born prematurely in Europe and the United States, and many of these infants have… November 13, 2018
Cryopreserved Platelets Are Safe and Prevent Bleeding Cryopreservation of platelets could drastically simplify storage of platelets, especially for difficult locations such as combat zones, trauma centers, and… September 26, 2018
Presence of Cell-free Nucleic Acids in Blood Products Cell-free nucleic acids (CFNAs) are often present in plasma. A new study tested whether CFNAs are also present and active… July 25, 2018
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