American Medical Association Opposes FDA Blood Donation Ban for Gay Men The American Medical Association (AMA) voted June 18th to oppose the United States Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) lifetime ban… July 3, 2013
VIDEO: 30-Minute Rule For RBC Temperature Control May Be Too Restrictive A study published in TRANSFUSION has found that exposure of red cell units to 30 degrees Celsius for up to… June 30, 2013
FDA Approves Blood Tracking Device The United States Food and Drug Administration has cleared the first ever radio frequency-based blood tracking device for use at… June 21, 2013
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
More Effective Tracking Mechanisms Needed for Transplanted Tissue A recent editorial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association argues that more effective tracking mechanisms for transplanted… February 22, 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
RBCs May Remain Viable After Extended Exposure to Settings Outside Controlled Temperature Range A systematic review published by Brunksill et al. in Transfusion Medicine Reviews evaluated existing quality guidelines for RBC exposure to… July 20, 2012
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