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11 Feb

Connie Westhoff explains how anti-CD47 interferes with blood bank testing in the latest #BBGEssentials podcast. https://t.co/iMSZcJIAqR with @BloodBankGuy

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13 Feb

Fascinated by new article in @JAmCollSurg, “Trauma Resuscitation Considerations: Sex Matters” (https://t.co/S9mvrg5JU3) in @AABB SmartBrief today. Many potential implications but lesson to me is NOTHING is simple! “1:1:1” is easy to remember, but always right? #blooducation

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