Your Patient Blood Management program can be so much more! Carolyn Burns shows you how to make wiser PBM choices today. NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See below for details. It feels like everyone is talking about patient blood...
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 NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See below for details. Granulocyte transfusions, in various forms,...
“Anti-CD47 is here, and it’s really going to mess up our testing!” Connie Westhoff explains how we can accurately test our patients’ blood. NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See below for details. Several years...
