This is (supposed to be) a reflective diary by a (not very) anonymous biomedical scientist who works somewhere in the south of England. One day this diary may well be submitted to the Health and Care Professions Council as evidence of ongoing continual professional development....
Time for a
BTLP-TAC exercise.
I was
presented with two cases
72182 – a thirty four year old woman in the gynaecology department requiring six units of blood as soon as possible.She grouped as A Rh(D) Negative with a negative antibody screen. I selected six A Rh(D) Neg K Neg units (one was irradiated)
89460 – a seventy-seven year old chap in A&E requiring group &
save. He grouped as A Rh(D) Positive with a negative antibody screen.
I got the green light
The HCPC sent their newsletter today. there was quite a bit of talk about the revised standards of proficiency for biomedical scientists…
I’ve had a good look at them… there’s been a few subtle changes to the wording but… will this make a lot of difference to me?
TOP ARTICLES
Time Course of Early Hematoma Expansion in Acute Spot-Sign Positive Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Prespecified Analysis of the SPOTLIGHT Randomized Clinical Trial.Al-Ajlan, F.S., et al. (2023). Stroke.
Drugs to reduce bleeding and transfusion in major open vascular or endovascular surgery: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Beverly, A., et al. (2023). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Pathogen inactivation methods to prevent transfusion-transmissible arboviruses.Giménez-Richarte, Á., et al. (2023). Tropical Medicine & International Health. [Record in Progress].
Convalescent plasma for people with COVID-19: a living systematic review.Iannizzi, C., et al. (2023). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Association Between Length of Storage of Transfused Packed RBC Units and Outcome of Surgical Critically Ill Adults: A Subgroup Analysis of the Age of Blood Evaluation Randomized Trial.Lehr, A.R., et al. (2022). Critical Care Medicine.
COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Outpatient Therapy to Prevent Outpatient Hospitalization: A Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data From Five Randomized Trials.Levine, A.C., et al. (2023). Clinical Infectious Diseases: an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. [Record in Progress].
Economic evaluation of ferric carboxymaltose compared with placebo in iron-deficient patients with heart failure: a systematic review.Rezapour, A., et al. (2023). International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy. [Record in Progress].
Topical Tranexamic Acid in Breast Reconstruction: A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial.Safran, T., et al. (2023). Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. [Record in Progress].
Clinical Efficacy of Early Administration of Human Immunoglobulin on Children with Severe Hand-foot-mouth Disease.Wu, H., and Li, L., (2023). Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons-Pakistan: JCPSP.
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ARTICLE OF THE MONTH Two-year outcomes following a randomised platelet transfusion trial in preterm infants.Moore, C.M., et al. (2023). Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition. [Record in Progress].PICO Summary available +++++ |
