One or two
interesting snippets from the nice people at Transfusion News… but I would take
issue with the comment ”New thoughts or ideas seem to pop up in transfusion
medicine all the time”.
It really
does seem to me that there are a certain number of thoughts which come in and
out of fashion… whole blood being one of them.
Stabilization of Blood Collection and Use in the United States |
 May 2, 2023
Since
1997, the biennial National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey
(NBCUS) has been collecting data on blood use and collection in the U.S.
Starting in 2008, surveys reported a decrease in both blood collection
and transfusions—a trend that continued through 2015-2017 when levels
began to stabilize. [Read more]
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Look Before You Leap with Rich Haspel |
 May 5, 2023 | BBGuy Podcast
CE
episode! New thoughts or ideas seem to pop up in transfusion medicine
all the time. Dr. Rich Haspel has thoughts on how to evaluate the
evidence, including his take on "low-titer group O whole blood" in
trauma. [Listen Now]
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Individual Risk Assessment Questions for Potential Donors at Higher Risk for HIV |
 April 26, 2023
In
January 2023, the U.S. FDA issued draft guidance recommending
individual risk-based assessments for potential donors at higher risk
for HIV instead of a 3-month deferral for all men who have sex with men
(MSM). The Assessing Donor Variability and New Concepts in Eligibility
(ADVANCE) study evaluated the draft blood donor screening questions in
eight cities to determine if they were able to identify low-risk HIV MSM
who wish to donate blood. [Read more]
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Randomized Trial Results on Donor Sex and RBC Recipient Mortality |
 April 18, 2023
Observational
studies and systematic reviews have found conflicting results on the
association between RBC donor sex and associated transfusion recipient
mortality. The double-blind, randomized clinical Trial Assessing Donor
Sex on Recipient Mortality (iTADS) recently published in The New England
Journal of Medicine found that donor sex did not affect recipient
mortality. [Read more]
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