by Joe Chaffin | Dec 16, 2020 | BBGuy Podcast, Blood Donation, Transfusion Complications |
Blood banks have numerous tools to keep blood safe from transfusion-transmitted infection. Suchi Pandey helps us understand them all! Blood transfusion is less likely to transmit infections today than ever. Through a combination of screening questions, donor testing,...
by Joe Chaffin | Jun 2, 2021 | BBGuy Podcast, Blood Products, Transfusion Practice |
What’s new with Low-titer Group O Whole Blood? Dr. Mark Yazer returns to give us the latest. In 2017, Dr. Mark Yazer appeared on this podcast to discuss the burgeoning interest in “Low-titer Group O Whole Blood (LTOWB)” for massive transfusions,...
by Joe Chaffin | Jun 25, 2018 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Practice |
Your hospital’s blood management program may be perfect, but too late! Preoperative anemia treatment might be the “missing link.” Sure, you’ve got a Patient Blood Management program (You do, right? I hope so!). You’ve lowered your...
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 | Dec 19, 2016 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Complications |
Allergic reactions? They are SO BORING! Not so fast, my fine learners! New information suggests otherwise. Allergic reactions have become pretty widely known as “nuisance reactions” to blood bankers and clinical staff (“Dang it! Another patient with...
