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Policy and Guidelines

FDA Recommends Screening Blood Donors Nationwide for Babesia

Babesia microti, a tick-borne parasite similar to malaria, is responsible for the highest percentage of transfusion-related infectious fatalities in the…

May 22, 2015

New Platelet Transfusion Guidelines from the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine

Platelet transfusions for hematology-oncology patients undergoing chemotherapy or stem cell transplants with hypoproliferative thrombocytopenia are common. New platelet transfusion guidelines…

February 6, 2015

The FDA Recommends Ending the Ban on Blood Donations from Gay Men

The FDA recently recommended ending the lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have had sex with men. The…

January 7, 2015

The FDA Approves Cerus’s Intercept System for Platelets and Plasma

The FDA recently approved the Cerus Corporation’s Intercept Blood System for platelets and plasma which has been used in Europe…

January 7, 2015

RhD Genotyping for Patients with a Weak D Phenotype

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) Transfusion Medicine Resource Committee (TMRC) recently summarized their recommendations for patients with serologic weak…

December 12, 2014

Joint Statement to Change the Blood Donation Deferral Policy for MSM

The Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability (ACBTSA) recommended changing the…

November 21, 2014

VIDEO: New Guidelines for Platelet Transfusions from the AABB

Today we’ll be discussing a new set of guidelines for platelet transfusions from the AABB. In the United States, over…

November 15, 2014

CMS Grants AABB as an Accrediting Organization for Laboratories Performing HLA Testing

Facilities performing human leukocyte antigen (HLA) testing for clinical use must be accredited.  The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services…

May 23, 2014

VIDEO: A Validated Transfusion Medicine Exam

Today we will be discussing transfusion medicine education. Currently medical schools do not emphasize transfusion medicine, nor do the United…

May 15, 2014

FDA Advisory Committee Supports Molecular Assay

The AABB in conjunction with the American Red Cross and America’s Blood Centers issued a joint statement last week before…

March 28, 2014

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