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
VIDEO: Randomized Trial of Prophylactic Platelet Transfusions A trial which randomized 600 haematological cancer patients to receive or not to receive prophylactic platelet transfusions showed that prophylactic… June 14, 2013
Novel Surgical Schedules Developed to Optimize Preoperative Blood Ordering A study suggests that blood utilization data from an electronic anesthesia information management system can be used to assess institutional… June 7, 2013
VIDEO: Vel Established as New Blood Group System Researchers have identified the molecular basis of the Vel antigen. This work establishes the gene encoding the small integral membrane protein… May 30, 2013
Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria is Infrequent, Even in Malaria-Endemic Areas A study among transfused patients in Ghana suggests that while malaria parasites are routinely detected in blood donations in malaria-endemic… May 24, 2013
VIDEO: Antibodies of Undetermined Specificity A recent study has demonstrated that antibodies of undetermined specificity, or AUS, are the most common positive result encountered during… May 15, 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
