Supporting HPC transplant patients can be challenging and confusing to learners. More and more patients are undergoing hematopoietic progenitor cell transplant (aka, “hematopoietic stem cell transplant”) for a wide variety of conditions and diseases....
It’s a “no blood banking episode!” Let’s have fun with the Glaucomfleckens! OK, I’ll tell you right up front: This is NOT an episode that will increase your knowledge of blood banking/transfusion medicine in any way! Instead, this one is...
Continuing Education Episode! Continuing Education! Understanding reference lab techniques like adsorption, elution, and enzymes feels like learning a new language! Jan Hamilton is here to help you learn to speak “reference lab.” Most of the routine...
Continuing Education Episode! Continuing Education! “New evidence” comes at us fast in Transfusion Medicine. Rich Haspel says, “let’s look before we leap!” Advances in the practice of Transfusion Medicine happen regularly, and it can be...
Continuing Education Episode! Continuing Education! A long time ago, on a podcast far, far away…! On March 30, 2016, almost exactly 7 years ago today, episode 1 of the Blood Bank Guy Essentials Podcast appeared! Dr. Mark Yazer was the guest, and he shared his...