The nice
people at Transfusion News sent their update today.
Using Beriplex
(and the like) to reduce red cell usage during surgery is an interesting
idea.
FDA guidance
to reduce malarial transmission is… I don’t know but I suspect a little way
behind NHSBT (am I wrong here?)
But I can’t
help but the engineering of autologous platelets is never going to catch on.
Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Reduces RBC Transfusions during Cardiac Surgery | December 21, 2022 | Over
one million people undergo complex cardiac surgeries worldwide each
year. Cardiac surgeries carry a considerable risk of postoperative
bleeding and coagulation complications. During complex cardiac
surgeries, fibrinogen levels and coagulation factor activities all
decrease by about 40%. [Read More] |
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| December 13, 2022 | In
April 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued four
blood donor eligibility guidelines—including one for malaria—to help
alleviate blood shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic. In December
2022, the FDA issued new guidance to reduce the risk of
transfusion-transmitted malaria, which is unchanged from the April 2020
guidance. [Read More] |
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| December 7, 2022 | Approximately
2 million units of platelets are transfused each year in the United
States, but there are many drawbacks and safety concerns with
donor-derived platelets, including bacterial contamination and a short
shelf life. In addition, 5% to 15% of patients develop alloimmune
platelet transfusion refractoriness (allo-PTR) to human platelet
antigens, such as HLA antibodies. [Read More] |
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