This emergency episode (recorded March 16, 2020) outlines what blood banks, hospitals, and donors need to know about COVID-19 now. It is March 17, 2020, and the news is filled with information about COVID-19, the disease caused by a new coronavirus called...
Continuing Education Episode! Continuing Education! The 32nd edition of AABB Standards is effective April 2020. Rich Gammon, Chair of the BBTS Standards Committee, is here with the Top 10 changes you need to know! If it’s an even year, it must be time for the...
Continuing Education Episode! Continuing Education! Keeping blood donors and patients who will receive their blood safe from harm is a massive responsibility. Dr. Mindy Goldman describes tough decisions made in Canada in recent years. Those who oversee blood...
Once upon a time, pathogen reduction was just a dream. Ray Goodrich helped that dream become reality, and he joins me to share his story. Today, especially with the publication of the FDA Final Guidance on platelet bacterial contamination, most everyone is thinking...
Continuing Education Episode! Continuing Education! Platelet transfusion decisions are too important to be made by looking at just one number. Joe Sweeney wants to show you a better way! Far too many platelet transfusion decisions are made by evaluating a single...
