091: Wholly Whole Blood, the Sequel! with Mark Yazer
What's new with Low-titer Group O Whole Blood? Dr. Mark Yazer returns to give us the latest.In 2017, Dr. Mark...
091: Wholly Whole Blood, the Sequel! with Mark Yazer
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090CE: RHD Genotyping; We Can Do Better! with Sue Johnson
090CE: RHD Genotyping; We Can Do Better! with Sue Johnson
RHD genotyping has not been as widely implemented as we had hoped. Sue Johnson is here to tell us why and how we can do better!
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089CE: The Transfused and the Breathless with Christine Cserti-Gazdewich
089CE: The Transfused and the Breathless with Christine Cserti-Gazdewich
CE Episode! Cardiorespiratory transfusion reactions such as TACO and TRALI are deadly. Learn from an expert how to identify and manage them.
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088: Warm Autoantibody Best Practices with Alyssa Ziman and Meghan Delaney
088: Warm Autoantibody Best Practices with Alyssa Ziman and Meghan Delaney
Warm autoantibodies have a well-deserved reputation as tough challenges. Two experts show you some best practices to make things easier.
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087CE: Transfusion-transmitted Infections with Suchi Pandey
087CE: Transfusion-transmitted Infections with Suchi Pandey
CE episode! Transfusion-transmitted infection is less likely today than ever, but that safety comes with a lot of effort. In this interview, you will learn current blood center strategies to keep blood safe.
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086CE: Scary Stories from the Transfusion Service with Mark Fung & Jay Hudgins
086CE: Scary Stories from the Transfusion Service with Mark Fung & Jay Hudgins
CE episode! In this Halloween-themed episode, Mark Fung and Jay Hudgins describe how to handle intense transfusion service situations.
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085CE: What to do When Everything is Incompatible with Jill Storry
085CE: What to do When Everything is Incompatible with Jill Storry
CE Episode! Uh-oh! Your patient needs blood, but EVERYTHING is incompatible! Jill Storry says, "Take it easy. Here's what to do next."
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084: COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma with Pampee Young and Ralph Vassallo
084: COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma with Pampee Young and Ralph Vassallo
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, does convalescent plasma from recovered patients offer fresh hope for those who are critically ill?
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083CE: Building the Perfect Transfusion Committee with Carolyn Burns
083CE: Building the Perfect Transfusion Committee with Carolyn Burns
CE episode! Is your hospital transfusion committee doing what it should be doing? Carolyn Burns is back to help guide you to a better experience!
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082: COVID-19 and the Blood Supply with Louis Katz
082: COVID-19 and the Blood Supply with Louis Katz
Emergency episode! Blood banks, hospitals, and blood donors need to know what to do about COVID-19 now. Lou Katz explains. Recorded 3/16/20.
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081CE: Top Ten Changes in the NEW AABB Standards with Rich Gammon
081CE: Top Ten Changes in the NEW AABB Standards with Rich Gammon
CE episode! April 1, 2020 brings another AABB Standards update, and Standards Committee Chair Rich Gammon walks you through your action items.
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080CE: Is This Donor “Safe?” with Mindy Goldman
080CE: Is This Donor “Safe?” with Mindy Goldman
CE episode! Safe blood donors, safe recipients: Mindy Goldman outlines Canada's decisions on older donors and men who have had sex with men.
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079: Pioneering Pathogen Reduction with Ray Goodrich
079: Pioneering Pathogen Reduction with Ray Goodrich
Long ago, pathogen reduction was just a dream, but pioneers like Ray Goodrich figured it out. He talks the past, present and future of PRT.
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078CE: Does That Patient REALLY Need Platelets? with Joe Sweeney
078CE: Does That Patient REALLY Need Platelets? with Joe Sweeney
CE episode! Platelet transfusion decisions must Involve more than just the platelet count! Joe Sweeney explains how we can all make better choices.
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077CE: Implementing Pathogen-reduced Platelets with Pat Kopko
077CE: Implementing Pathogen-reduced Platelets with Pat Kopko
CE Episode! Pathogen-reduced platelets may soon be an attractive option for hospitals, but how do you implement them? Pat Kopko shares UCSD's solution!
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076: FDA Platelet Bacteria Guidance with Pat Kopko
076: FDA Platelet Bacteria Guidance with Pat Kopko
The US FDA released the Final Guidance on bacteria in platelets on 9/30/19. Pat Kopko is here to help you understand what you need to do now.
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075CE: What About Fibrinogen? with Melissa Cushing
075CE: What About Fibrinogen? with Melissa Cushing
CE episode! Are we ignoring the most important coag factor when transfusing bleeding patients? Melissa Cushing asks, "What about fibrinogen?"
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074CE: Radioactive! with Chris Tormey
074CE: Radioactive! with Chris Tormey
CE episode! Irradiation prevents TA-GHVD, a lethal transfusion complication. But does it really do what you think it does?
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073: Implementing Trauma Whole Blood with David Oh and Mike Goodman
073: Implementing Trauma Whole Blood with David Oh and Mike Goodman
What's cold is hot again! You need to hear how one large US center implemented cold-stored whole blood for trauma transfusion.
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072CE: Neonatal Platelet Transfusion with Martha Sola-Visner
072CE: Neonatal Platelet Transfusion with Martha Sola-Visner
CE episode! What if everything we THOUGHT we knew about neonatal platelet transfusion is wrong?
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071: NEW Therapeutic Apheresis Guidelines with Nancy Dunbar
071: NEW Therapeutic Apheresis Guidelines with Nancy Dunbar
The new ASFA Guidelines for therapeutic apheresis treatment are now available. Here’s why you need to get your hands on them today!
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070CE: Preventing Alloantibodies in Sickle Cell Disease with Stella Chou
070CE: Preventing Alloantibodies in Sickle Cell Disease with Stella Chou
CE episode! Despite "matching," harmful RBC antibodies in patients with sickle cell disease still happen. Are we doing enough? Dr. Stella Chou details our next steps.
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069CE: Preventing TRALI with Beth Shaz
069CE: Preventing TRALI with Beth Shaz
CE Episode! Blood centers have gone to great lengths in our efforts to prevent TRALI. Beth Shaz is here to explain what has and hasn't worked.
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068: Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery with Pierre Tibi
068: Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery with Pierre Tibi
Cardiac surgery can be scary for blood banks! A busy cardiac surgeon pulls back the curtain on what is really happening in the OR!
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067CE: Wiser Blood Management Choices with Carolyn Burns
067CE: Wiser Blood Management Choices with Carolyn Burns
CE Episode! While blood management is discussed everywhere today, your program may need to make wiser choices. Carolyn Burns shows you how.
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066: IgA Deficiency and Anaphylactic Reactions with Jerry Sandler
066: IgA Deficiency and Anaphylactic Reactions with Jerry Sandler
Here's what we thought we knew: IgA deficiency leads to anaphylactic transfusion reactions. Jerry Sandler says, "it's not that simple!"
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065: Transfusion and Jehovah’s Witnesses with Jed Gorlin
065: Transfusion and Jehovah’s Witnesses with Jed Gorlin
Jehovah's Witnesses refuse transfusion based on religious beliefs, but blood bankers are still important in their care. Jed Gorlin shows us why.
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064CE: Granulocyte Transfusions with Ron Strauss
064CE: Granulocyte Transfusions with Ron Strauss
CE episode! Despite disappointing recent studies, Ron Strauss believes granulocyte concentrates still have an important role in modern Transfusion Medicine.
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063CE: Anti-CD47 Testing Interference with Connie Westhoff
063CE: Anti-CD47 Testing Interference with Connie Westhoff
CE episode! Anti-CD47 is an exciting new cancer drug that totally messes up routine blood bank testing! Connie Westhoff shows how to get past the interference and keep patients safe.
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062CE: Autologous and Directed Donation with Julie Karp
062CE: Autologous and Directed Donation with Julie Karp
CE episode! Donating blood for your own use (autologous) or choosing your blood donor (directed donation) seems wise, but Julie Karp says, "not always!"
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061CE: Better AABB Assessments with Anne Chenoweth
061CE: Better AABB Assessments with Anne Chenoweth
CE episode! You know all about AABB Standards, but how do you make them practical? Anne Chenoweth gives us tips to make your next AABB assessment better!
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060CE: Transforming Inventory Management with Nancy Dunbar
060CE: Transforming Inventory Management with Nancy Dunbar
CE Episode! Nancy Dunbar says simple adjustments to "the rules" could reduce shortages of O-neg RBCs, AB plasma, and platelets!
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059: Antigen Matching for Future Moms with Meghan Delaney
059: Antigen Matching for Future Moms with Meghan Delaney
Do females that could have babies in the future need to be matched for antigens like K to prevent HDFN? Meghan Delaney explains what she discovered in the "AMIGO Study."
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058CE: Transfusion and Blood Clots with Ruchika Goel
058CE: Transfusion and Blood Clots with Ruchika Goel
CE episode! Blood clots after surgery are a huge problem. Ruchika Goel explains the possible scary link between red cell transfusion and venous thromboembolism.
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057: Nonspecific Antibodies with Brenda Grossman
057: Nonspecific Antibodies with Brenda Grossman
Isolated nonspecific reactions ("antibodies of undetermined specificity") on antibody workups are common and irritating, but are they important? Brenda Grossman explains.
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056CE: Transfusion in Liver Disease with Jeannie Callum
056CE: Transfusion in Liver Disease with Jeannie Callum
CE episode! Jeannie Callum says liver disease patients receive too much blood (almost 1 in every 5 blood products!), and shows us how to improve practice.
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055CE: 2017 Critical Developments with Claudia Cohn and Melissa Cushing
055CE: 2017 Critical Developments with Claudia Cohn and Melissa Cushing
CE episode! "I never KNEW about that paper!" All too common, right? Two editors of a synopsis of 2016-17 BB/TM literature summarize what you should know.
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054: ABO Discrepancies Essentials with Nicole Draper
054: ABO Discrepancies Essentials with Nicole Draper
By popular demand, it's time for ABO Discrepancies! Nicole Draper gives you three rules that will help you solve most of these cases.
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053CE: Alloimmunization is a BIG Word! with Chris Tormey
053CE: Alloimmunization is a BIG Word! with Chris Tormey
CE Episode! Alloimmunization has been a mystery for decades, but Chris Tormey has new answers for why patients make antibodies we wish they didn't!
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052: Patient Blood Management: What Are You Missing? with Aryeh Shander
052: Patient Blood Management: What Are You Missing? with Aryeh Shander
Your in-hospital blood management strategy may be perfect, but too late. Dr. Shander says preoperative anemia is a HUGE issue!
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051: Product Choice and Compatibility Testing with Sue Johnson
051: Product Choice and Compatibility Testing with Sue Johnson
Sue Johnson shows us how to choose compatible blood products and TEST them to make sure they are compatible (2 of 2).
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050CE: Specimen Issues and Serologic Testing with Sue Johnson
050CE: Specimen Issues and Serologic Testing with Sue Johnson
CE episode! Sue Johnson returns to explain specimen requirements and patient serologic testing (part 1 of 2).
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049CE: Red, White, and Yellow! with Jeff Winters
049CE: Red, White, and Yellow! with Jeff Winters
CE episode! Urgent removal of WBCs, platelets, and RBCs (therapeutic cytapheresis) can be stressful, but Jeff Winters has tons of practical insights to share with all of us.
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048: Bloodless Medicine? with Steve Frank
048: Bloodless Medicine? with Steve Frank
Major surgery without transfusion? Is this possible? It's VERY possible, and Dr. Steve Frank from the Johns Hopkins Bloodless Medicine Program, shares tips on just how to do it!
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047CE: I See CMV! with John Roback
047CE: I See CMV! with John Roback
CE episode! How do we achieve "CMV-safe" blood? Dr. John Roback was senior author of an AABB report, and he's here to clear the air...maybe!
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046: Top 5 Changes in the NEW AABB Standards with Pat Ooley
046: Top 5 Changes in the NEW AABB Standards with Pat Ooley
Pat Ooley, Chair of the BBTS Standards Committee, outlines the top 5 changes in the 31st edition of AABB Standards (which went live April 1, 2018).
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045: Past, Present, & Future with Harvey Klein
045: Past, Present, & Future with Harvey Klein
In 40+ years at the NIH, Dr. Harvey Klein has seen it all in Transfusion Medicine! Hear his fascinating stories and opinions on the Past, Present, & Future.
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044CE: What I Wish I Knew! with Pat Kopko
044CE: What I Wish I Knew! with Pat Kopko
CE episode! Listen in as my friend of 30+ years, Pat Kopko, and I share tons of essential tips we wish we knew "way back when!"
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043CE: Practical Tips to Influence Transfusion Practice with Mark Fung
043CE: Practical Tips to Influence Transfusion Practice with Mark Fung
CE episode! Can transfusion practice be changed? Maybe not, but it can be influenced, and Dr. Mark Fung explains how to do so!
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042: Do Clinicians Know Transfusion Medicine? with Rich Haspel
042: Do Clinicians Know Transfusion Medicine? with Rich Haspel
Do those making clinical decisions really know transfusion medicine? Rich Haspel and the BEST Collaborative identified the educational gaps!
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