VIDEO: The Serologic Costs of Blood Transfusions Today we’ll be discussing the costs associated with serologic-testing for antibody-positive patients requiring blood transfusions. In the United States, healthcare… February 14, 2014
VIDEO: Increasing Platelet Storage Duration Currently, apheresis platelets are stored at room temperature and have a shelf life of 5 days which makes them susceptible… January 30, 2014
VIDEO: Transfusion Associated Hyperkalemic Cardiac Arrest in Pediatric Patients Here is Dr. Sesok-Pizzini who wrote an editorial in the journal Transfusion: “Hyperkalemia with regards to transfusion reactions is when… January 14, 2014
VIDEO: Fresher Blood and Blood Bank Inventory Management Additive solutions and processing procedures permit red cells to have a shelf-life of 42 days. However, red cells stored over time… December 15, 2013
VIDEO: Human T-Lymphotropic Viruses and Blood Donors Today we’ll be discussing the seroprevalence of human T-lymphotropic viruses or HTLV among blood donors. Here is Dr. Taylor, author… November 30, 2013
VIDEO: Platelet Additive Solution: The Next Generation of Platelet Storage PAS is a buffered salt solution that replaces a portion of the plasma used to store platelets. PAS products have… November 15, 2013
VIDEO: Hemoglobin and Iron Recovery After Blood Donation Observational studies suggest large numbers of blood donors experience iron deficiency following previous donation. The current deferral period for donating… October 29, 2013
VIDEO: Reducing Transfusion-Transmitted Cytomegalovirus The journal Transfusion has published a series of articles discussing the prevalence of CMV and strategies to reduce transfusion-transmitted infections…. October 15, 2013
VIDEO: Murine Model for Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn Reported in the journal Blood, researchers have developed the first-ever animal model of HDFN. HDFN is a condition whereby IgG… September 30, 2013
VIDEO: Prion Removal from Plasma and Plasma Proteins Two studies published in the journal Transfusion have assessed prion removal from plasma-derived proteins and transfused plasma. Pathogenic prions in… September 15, 2013
