FDA Releases Transfusion-Related Fatalities Report The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published data on transfusion-related fatalities in FY2012, confirming that the blood… May 10, 2013
AABB Survey Finds Variation in Bacterial Detection Practices A survey conducted by the AABB Bacterial Contamination Task Force has found variation across member institutions in the methods used… April 11, 2013
Peginesatide Recalled After Serious Reactions Reported Peginesatide, an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent used to treat anemia among chronic kidney disease patients, has been voluntarily recalled across the United… February 28, 2013
WHO May Add Blood to Model List of Essential Medicines An application to include whole blood and red cells on the World Health Organization’s “Model List of Essential Medicines” has… January 25, 2013
VIDEO: Reducing Errors Through Automated Testing Today we’ll be discussing ways of reducing errors through automated testing. Accurate pre-transfusion ABO and RH blood group identification and… August 30, 2012
AABB Conference on Secondary Bacterial Screening of Platelets In a one-day public conference held in July 2012, members from AABB and others in the transfusion medicine community discussed… August 24, 2012
VIDEO: Transfusion of Red Blood Cells: New Guidelines from AABB A recent study suggests that there is substantial variation in blood transfusion practices.[1] Dr. Steven Frank and colleagues at Johns… 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
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