Transfusion Practice Archives

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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Nov 20, 2019 | 2

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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Jul 31, 2019 | 5

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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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Jun 26, 2019 | 5

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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Jun 5, 2019 | 1

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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May 13, 2019 | 1

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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Apr 24, 2019 | 2

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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Nov 13, 2018 | 8

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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Sep 4, 2018 | 4

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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Jun 25, 2018 | 3

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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Mar 26, 2018 | 4

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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Mar 12, 2018 | 4

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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Jan 8, 2018 | 8

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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Dec 18, 2017 | 2

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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Dec 11, 2017 | 3

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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Aug 7, 2017 | 15

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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Jul 24, 2017 | 4

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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Jul 10, 2017 | 4

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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Jun 19, 2017 | 19

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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Feb 13, 2017 | 2