WHO Reports on Strides and Inequalities in Whole Blood Donations Since 1998, the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Database on Blood Safety (GDBS) has monitored the blood supply and safety… June 24, 2026
Double-knotting Blood Storage Bag Tubing Reduces Contamination To prevent bacterial contamination during storage, blood storage bags must be airtight and secure. In high-income settings, blood bags use… May 20, 2026
Directed Blood Donations Should be Limited Universities, hospitals, and blood advisory committees in high-income countries are collectively advocating against the use of directed blood donations. Unlike… May 21, 2025
Multifaceted Threats to the Blood Supply from Climate Change Previous studies on climate change have primarily focused on how new and altered transmission patterns of zoonotic infections, such as… April 30, 2025
A New, Simple Proxy to Measure Oxygen Unloading and the Quality of Stored Blood The functional quality of transfused blood depends upon oxygen delivery to the tissues. Oxygen carrying capacity is easily and routinely… January 16, 2025
Multi-Country Review of ABO-Incompatible Red Blood Cell Transfusions Safety measures to prevent ABO-incompatible red blood cell (RBC) transfusions are in place throughout the entire process from blood donation… November 26, 2024
FDA: Donor Screening of Zika Virus Unnecessary in United States In 2015 and 2016, large outbreaks of the mosquito-borne Zika virus occurred in the Americas. Infection with the Zika virus… June 5, 2024
Annual U.K. SHOT Report on Serious Hazards of Transfusions The Royal College of Pathologists in the United Kingdom recently published their annual report for 2022 on the Serious Hazards… July 26, 2023
High Variability in Antibody Titer Determination in Transfusion Medicine Antibody levels are important for many aspects of clinical care from evaluating the incompatibility of transfusions and transplants to determining… March 2, 2023
Blood Centers Not Ready to Remove the Phthalate DEHP from Blood Bags Phthalates are plasticizers added to many everyday plastic products to increase its flexibility, transparency, and longevity. However, phthalates are also… February 23, 2022
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