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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074CE: Radioactive! with Chris Tormey
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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036: Group A Plasma in Trauma with Nancy Dunbar & Tait Stevens
036: Group A Plasma in Trauma with Nancy Dunbar & Tait Stevens
Blood banks commonly use group A instead of AB plasma in trauma transfusion. Drs. Stevens & Dunbar share new evidence on whether this is safe!
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035: Why Give Platelets? with Rick Kaufman
035: Why Give Platelets? with Rick Kaufman
Platelets are tiny, but they can be a big issue! Dr. Rick Kaufman magnifies what the evidence shows about platelet transfusion.
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034: Neonatal RBC Transfusion with Cassandra Josephson
034: Neonatal RBC Transfusion with Cassandra Josephson
Got lots of concerns about transfusing babies? Dr. Cassandra Josephson guides you through 5 essential neonatal RBC transfusion questions.
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033: Straight Talk with an ER Physician with Scott Weingart
033: Straight Talk with an ER Physician with Scott Weingart
Tense relationship between blood bank and ER? Dr. Scott Weingart (a world-renowned Emergency Medicine physician) joins me to clear the air!
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027: NAIT with Brian Curtis
027: NAIT with Brian Curtis
Is Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia (NAIT) just the platelet version of Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn? Not quite! Dr. Brian Curtis helps us not hate NAIT!
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023: RBC Transfusion Guidelines with Jeff Carson
023: RBC Transfusion Guidelines with Jeff Carson
Whither RBCs? There’s no one better than lead author Dr. Jeff Carson to discuss the 2016 AABB RBC transfusion threshold recommendations!
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022: Age of Blood with Nancy Heddle
022: Age of Blood with Nancy Heddle
Nancy Heddle is lead author of a landmark study analyzing age of blood and mortality. This "INFORMative" discussion may surprise you!
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018: Transfusion Premedication with Heidi Shafi
018: Transfusion Premedication with Heidi Shafi
Many providers routinely give pretransfusion acetaminophen/diphenhydramine. Dr. Shafi explains why this might not be a great idea.
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016: Plasma Transfusion with Jeannie Callum
016: Plasma Transfusion with Jeannie Callum
As many as 50% of plasma transfusions are unnecessary or inappropriate! You need to know why, and Dr. Jeannie Callum explains it SO well!
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014: Patient Blood Management with Emily Volk
014: Patient Blood Management with Emily Volk
Patient blood management is not “coming,” it’s already HERE! Hospitals everywhere are starting PBM programs; what should YOURS do now?
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012: Pediatric Transfusion with Cassandra Josephson
012: Pediatric Transfusion with Cassandra Josephson
Infants and children are NOT just "little adults!" Dr. Cassandra Josephson shares 5 principles you must know about pediatric transfusion.
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008: Mythbusters with Kevin Land
008: Mythbusters with Kevin Land
Myths: Commonly held but incorrect beliefs. Dr. Kevin Land has the experience and expertise to “bust” some blood bank mythological ideas!
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007: Massive Transfusion with Minh-Ha Tran
007: Massive Transfusion with Minh-Ha Tran
Massive transfusion sounds scary! Dr. Tran makes it better by explaining the "Who, Where, What, Why, When, and How” of Massive Transfusion.
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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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004: Tough Transfusion Choices with Magali Fontaine
004: Tough Transfusion Choices with Magali Fontaine
Dr. Magali Fontaine breaks down some challenging transfusion service issues, including CMV, ABO issues with platelets, and age of blood.
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002: Platelet Refractoriness with Pat Kopko
002: Platelet Refractoriness with Pat Kopko
Platelet refractoriness is a common headache. Dr. Pat Kopko spells out a practical approach to patients who don’t respond to platelets.
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