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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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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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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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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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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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!
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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!
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