by Joe Chaffin | Apr 24, 2019 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Practice |
Your Patient Blood Management program can be so much more! Carolyn Burns shows you how to make wiser PBM choices today. NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See below for details. It feels like everyone is talking about patient blood...
by Joe Chaffin | Aug 7, 2017 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Practice |
Trauma transfusions require prompt delivery of plasma. To conserve resources, many transfusion services have started using group A plasma instead of AB in these emergency settings. But, is the practice safe? Over the last ten years or so, the world of trauma...
by Joe Chaffin | Jun 19, 2017 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Practice |
Blood bankers and the Emergency Department are not enemies! Dr. Scott Weingart from EMCrit.org joins me for a frank discussion on how our two areas interact. “Trauma alert! Emergency Department! Three minutes!” Those of us familiar with life in a hospital...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 11, 2016
Glossary Direct Antiglobulin Test (DAT) The DAT is a serologic test to detect red blood cells (RBCs) that are coated with complement and/or antibodies in-vivo (in the body). Among physicians caring for patients at the bedside, this test is often referred to as the...
by Joe Chaffin | Oct 11, 2019 | BBGuy Podcast, Blood Products, Transfusion Complications |
On September 30, 2019, the United States FDA released the long-awaited final guidance regarding bacterial contamination in platelets. Pat Kopko is here to help you understand what to do now! For the past several years, the United States Food and Drug Administration...