Platelet Counts Decrease during Pregnancy but Severe Thrombocytopenia is Rare Gestational thrombocytopenia affects 5-10% of women with uncomplicated pregnancies. In order to gain a better understanding of the normal… July 10, 2018
Costs are High for Administrating Blood Transfusions A recent micro-costing study in the United Kingdom suggests administration costs are high for blood transfusions. Researchers collected detailed data… April 11, 2018
Secondary Bacterial Culture for Platelets Reduces Transfusion Risk and Complies with FDA Draft Guidance for Platelet Safety Platelets are most susceptible to bacterial contamination due to their storage conditions. In order to decrease the risk of bacterial… April 4, 2018
Clinical Guidelines for Platelet Transfusions in Patients with Cancer The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has updated the clinical guidelines for platelet transfusions in patients with cancer. ASCO… December 13, 2017
Cold-Storage for Platelets Platelets are normally transfused either prophylactically for oncology and hematology patients, or to help stop severe bleeding. Since the mid-1980s,… December 6, 2017
Cost Effectiveness of Platelets Treated with Pathogen Reduction Compared to Secondary Testing In March of 2016 the FDA introduced draft guidelines recommending additional precautions to prevent bacterial contamination in platelets. Since both… October 4, 2017
Low Hematocrit and Bleeding Risk for Patients with Hypoproliferative Thrombocytopenia Prophylactic platelet transfusions are the standard of care for hypoproliferative thrombocytopenia. Over one thousand adult patients (n=1077) enrolled in a… September 13, 2017
Leukoreduction of Platelet Units Followed by Mirasol Pathogen Reduction May Prevent Alloimmunization Alloimmunization to donor platelets is common in transfused, immunosuppressed oncology patients. Leukoreduction reduces alloimmunization by more than half. Researchers recently… August 30, 2017
Gram-positive Bacterial Contamination of Platelets a Concern In a study recently published in TRANSFUSION, researchers from the Canadian Blood Services reported results from routine and quality control… July 6, 2017
Higher Hematocrit Levels Are Associated with Increased Thrombosis Risk and Reduced Bleeding A growing number of recent studies have observed an association between elevated hematocrit levels and thrombosis. However, the mechanism behind… May 10, 2017
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