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
Non-O Blood Groups Associated with Higher Coronary Heart Disease Risk A recent study and analysis by Dr. Lu Qi and colleagues from the Harvard University found that even after controlling… August 24, 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: The Threat of Transfusion-Transmitted Dengue Dengue, a Flavivirus circulating in more than 100 countries, has recently been identified as a potentially serious threat to the… August 14, 2012
Cultured Human Red Blood Cells At the International Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion, researchers from the Bristol Institute for Transfusion Services presented… August 6, 2012
Studies suggest that platelet development continues in the bloodstream Researchers from the University of Utah presented at the International Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion that platelet… August 6, 2012
VIDEO: PLADO Trial Secondary Analyses on Platelet Transfusion Today we’ll be discussing the PLADO Trial Secondary Analyses. The Prophylactic Platelet Dose Trial or PLADO study was a large,… July 24, 2012
VIDEO: Transfusion Transmitted Babesiosis Today we’ll be discussing transfusion-transmitted babesiosis. Transfusion-transmitted babesiosis is increasingly recognized as a challenge to blood transfusion safety. Although babesiosis… July 20, 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
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
