Your Patient Blood Management program can be so much more! Carolyn Burns shows you how to make wiser PBM choices today. It feels like everyone is talking about patient blood management (PBM) nowadays! While that’s a very good thing, many facilities may be...
Here’s what we thought we knew: IgA deficiency leads to anaphylactic transfusion reactions. Jerry Sandler says, “not so fast!” In 1968, the authors of an article in Lancet described a new phenomenon: Anaphylactic transfusion reactions in patients who...
Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse transfusion based on strong religious beliefs. Despite this, blood bankers must be prepared to assist in their care. There’s a pretty good chance that most of you are not overly familiar with such texts as Genesis 9:4, Leviticus...
Despite disappointing recent studies, Ron Strauss thinks granulocyte concentrates still have an important role in Transfusion Medicine. Granulocyte transfusions, in various forms, have been available since the 1960s. Their effectiveness in treating...
For the last few years, we’ve heard, “Anti-CD47 is coming, and it’s really going to mess up our testing!” Now it’s here, and we were right! Connie Westhoff explains how we can accurately test our patients’ blood. [1:10] How to get...
