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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.

Jan 30, 2020 | 0

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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!

Oct 17, 2019 | 3

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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.

Oct 11, 2019 | 0

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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?"

Aug 14, 2019 | 4

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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.

Jul 10, 2019 | 3

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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.

Feb 27, 2019 | 2

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040CE: “Wholly Whole Blood!” with Mark Yazer

040CE: “Wholly Whole Blood!” with Mark Yazer

CE Episode! You may think whole blood is a dinosaur, a relic of long-forgotten blood banks past. Mark Yazer wants to convince you otherwise!

Nov 8, 2017 | 20

020: Pathogen Inactivation with Jeff McCullough

020: Pathogen Inactivation with Jeff McCullough

Dr. Jeff McCullough discusses how to treat blood to zap most all of the "bugs in the bag," a process called pathogen inactivation.

Oct 24, 2016 | 5

019: Cryoprecipitate with Joe Chaffin

019: Cryoprecipitate with Joe Chaffin

Cryoprecipitate: Still used in the US, but not widely understood! Dr. Chaffin answers common questions and addresses common CRYO myths!

Oct 19, 2016 | 1

006: Ask BBGuy Mailbag

006: Ask BBGuy Mailbag

Dr. Chaffin opens the BBGuy mailbag to discuss D variants, Liquid Plasma, warm autoantibody issues, and directed donor blood collections.

May 2, 2016 | 8

Platelets

001: Whole Blood Platelets with Mark Yazer

001: Whole Blood Platelets with Mark Yazer

Dr. Mark Yazer explodes some of the persistent misconceptions that blood bankers and clinicians have about whole blood-derived platelets!

Mar 30, 2016 | 3

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