Transfusing patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) is a big deal, for many reasons. Eric Gehrie guides us through those challenges, especially alloimmunization (making antibodies against red cell antigens). History Lesson: Around 1910, Dr. James Herrick discovered...
Molecular testing is everywhere in medicine today, and the blood bank is no exception! Meghan Delaney offers 7 practical uses for molecular testing in Transfusion Medicine. You can hardly turn around in health care today without hearing someone talking about genetic...
The Direct Antiglobulin Test seems super-simple, but there’s more to it than meets the eye! Sue Johnson joins me to discuss. The DAT (also known as the “Direct Coombs” test) is really a basic and easy test to do. For such a simple test, however, most...
Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia (NAIT) has a long confusing name, but never fear! Brian Curtis will help you not hate NAIT! Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia (yes, you may have heard it called something else!) is the most common reason for babies to have...
Jeff Winters returns to explain how to use therapeutic apheresis to treat Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP). Most people who listen to this podcast are involved in blood banking in one way or another. In general, blood bankers like to do things in an...
