Chikungunya Virus Now In Western Hemisphere The WHO confirmed 10 cases of the chikungunya virus among residents of St. Martin in the Caribbean. These are the… December 27, 2013
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
New Anemia Treatment Guidelines for Patients with Heart Disease In Annuals of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians (ACP) announced new guidelines on the treatment of anemia in… December 13, 2013
Pre-Hospital Transfusion Reduces Risk of Death and Improves Coagulation Status in Trauma Patients An abstract presented by John Holcomb and colleagues at the 2013 American Heart Association Meeting in November showed that pre-hospital… December 6, 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
WHO Defends Voluntary Blood Donation Policy In a recent commentary in Science, Neelam Dhingra, on behalf of the World Health Organization (WHO), defended their voluntary non-rumunerated… November 21, 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
4-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Reverses Vitamin K Antagonists: a Randomized Trial Vitamin K antagonists, such as warfarin, are the most commonly prescribed anticoagulant in the United States. Supratherapeutic international normalized ratio… November 8, 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
Erythroid Enhancer of BCL11A Gene May Determine Fetal Hemoglobin Levels A study published in the journal Science reveals that an erythroid enhancer of the BCL11A gene may be essential for… October 25, 2013
