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Help me create a πβπΈβπ Halloween episode of #BBGEssentials π£οΈ this month! Respond here with an example of an urgent, scary situation in #bloodbanking (eg, massively bleeding patient during a blood shortage) & you might hear @MarkFungMDPhD & I discuss it! #blooducation ππββ¬π» https://t.co/mx5n4zqahH
1/5 One of the best things about #AABB20 is getting information straight from #FDA. Right now, Drs Peter Marks and Nicole Verdun answering questions about Covid Convalescent Plasma LIVE. See thread for answers to some important questions. #blooducation
Very interesting discussion of using (or not using) MFI numbers from HLA antibody testing via Luminex in a quantitative way by Pat Kopko from UCSD. Pat sez: "A single MFI value doesn't mean anything!" @KreuterMD thoughts? #AABB20 https://t.co/agmNzYcJcY
Pet peeve alert! Sue is a stickler for terminology, and she wants you to use the terminology correctly. Remember, if you can't use a superscript, you don't need parentheses & you don't need a "^" to indicate a superscript. See images for more tips. #AABB20 @SueTJohnson https://t.co/8U3oJYrFdc
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