Continuing Education Episode! Continuing Education! Transfusion reactions that involve the lungs and heart cause major problems; in fact, such reactions are the most common cause of transfusion-associated death! I believe that recognizing, treating, and of course,...
Warm autoantibodies have a well-deserved reputation as tough challenges. Two experts show you some best practices to make things easier. Patients with warm autoantibodies always seem to appear at the worst times! To those of us working in blood banks, navigating the...
Continuing Education Episode! Continuing Education! Blood banks have numerous tools to keep blood safe from transfusion-transmitted infection. Suchi Pandey helps us understand them all! Blood transfusion is less likely to transmit infections today than ever. Through a...
Continuing Education Episode! Continuing Education! What do you do when things turn SCARY? Two expert Transfusion Medicine docs help guide you through some tough situations. Every now and then, the routine practice of Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine gets...
Continuing Education Episode! Continuing Education! Your patient needs blood, but EVERYTHING is incompatible! Jill Storry says, “Take it easy. Here’s what to do next.” For many blood bankers, figuring out what to do when a patient has an antibody (or...
