The nice
people at “Transfusion News” sent their update today. The last article
caught my attention. I can remember a few years ago when great show was made of
a nearby blood bank supplying blood to the local air ambulance…
Now it
seems that this isn’t such a good idea…
Monitoring Iron Levels in Icelandic Blood Donors Improves Management |
 March 23, 2022
Repeat
blood donors may deplete their iron stores. The risk of iron-deficiency
anemia in blood donors depends on gender, age, and the frequency of
blood donations. In order to improve the iron levels in new and repeat
donors in Iceland, serum ferritin (SF) testing protocols were modified
in October 2017 to include all donations. In addition, the minimum SF
donation level was increased from 14 to 16 µg/L for new donors and from 8
to 10 µg/L for repeat donors. [Read More]
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Paid Platelet Donors |
 Join
Transfusion News Associate Editors Daniela Hermelin MD and Monica
Pagano MD on Twitter Space this Friday, March 25 from 11:00-11:30 AM EST
for the next #Blooducation Baristas live event. Dr. Hermelin and Dr.
Pagano will be discussing the topic of Pain Platelet Donors with Dr.
Roger Dodd, Dr. Baia Lasky and Dr. Jefferey Winters. [Set a reminder to join us]
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Randomized Trial Show No Benefit for Pre-hospital Blood Transfusions in Patients with Severe Trauma |
 March 15, 2022
Severe
hemorrhage is the leading cause of death in trauma patients. In 2018,
two randomized clinical trials showed contradictory results on the
benefits of pre-hospital blood transfusions in trauma patients. A new
randomized clinical trial, the resuscitation with pre-hospital blood
products (RePHILL), was published in The Lancet Haemotology and showed
that pre-hospital blood transfusions did not reduce mortality. [Read More]
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