The
Transfusion News email appeared in my in-box this morning… Back in the day we
used to transfuse whole blood. Then it was announced this was a bad thing to do…
Now we are
back to doing just that.
New Draft FDA Guidance to Reduce the Risk of HIV Transfusion-Transmission Using Individual Risk-Based Questions |
 January 31, 2023
The
U.S. FDA recently issued draft guidance to reduce the risk of HIV
transfusion-transmission using individual risk-based questions instead
of deferring men who have sex with men (MSM) and women who have sex with
MSM. Beginning in 1985, the FDA recommended indefinite deferral for MSM
to donate blood. [Read more]
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Rh Immune Globulin (Teaching Episode) |
 Feb 1, 2023 | BBGuy Podcast
Rh
Immune Globulin prevents at-risk moms from making anti-D, but
calculating proper dose can be challenging. Let's simplify things! [Listen Now]
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Whole Blood and Survival in Adult Trauma Patients |
 January 25, 2023
While
blood component transfusions have been the standard of care for the
past four decades, there is increasing interest in whole blood for
hemorrhaging trauma patients. To help determine if whole blood, as an
adjunct to component-based transfusions, is associated with improved
survival over standard massive-transfusion protocols, researchers
retrospectively compared two cohorts of adult trauma patients from the
American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program
database. [Read more]
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