Special Topic Archives - Blood Bank Guy

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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May 4, 2020 | 4

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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Apr 27, 2020 | 2

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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Mar 16, 2020 | 10

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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Mar 11, 2020 | 0

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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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Jan 30, 2020 | 2

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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Jul 10, 2019 | 3

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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Mar 18, 2019 | 6

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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Dec 12, 2018 | 9

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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Aug 17, 2018 | 3

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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Feb 6, 2018 | 16

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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Jan 24, 2018 | 0