Magali Fontaine from the University of Maryland joins me to discuss practical solutions to everyday challenges in the transfusion service. Life in transfusion services can be challenging, especially when dealing with issues that challenge “the way we have always...
“Dr. Chaffin, I started working at a new blood bank recently, and I think they are breaking the rules! A patient came into the emergency room after an auto accident, and the FFP given to him was blood group A! Isn’t AB the ‘universal plasma,’ not A? The patient...
Bacterially-tainted platelet units are FAR more common than other transfusion infections! Dr. Anne Eder outlines the problem and offers solutions. Dr. Anne Eder, adjunct Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Georgetown University, joins...
What do you do when a patient doesn’t respond to platelet transfusions? Pat Kopko shows us a clear pathway to quicker success! Dr. Pat Kopko from the University of California-San Diego talks with me about a practical approach to patients with platelet...
As my site name implies, and just in case you were wondering, I’m a guy (a dude, a male-type person, a gentleman-ish bloke, you get the picture). Perhaps because of my Y chromosome, there are some things that I seem to worry less about than does my beautiful bride...
