by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Kernicterus Kernicterus, or “bilirubin encephalopathy,” is a deposition of indirect bilirubin pigment in basal brain structures (hippocampus, globus pallidus, and other structures), associated with severe hemolytic disease of the fetus/newborn...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Indefinite Deferral Often confused with the similar-sounding “permanent deferral,” an indefinite deferral is applied to a blood donor who cannot “donate blood for someone else for an unspecified period of time.” While this sounds like...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 11, 2016
Glossary Deferral A deferral is a determination and notification that a blood donor is unsuitable to donate blood. Deferrals may occur as a result of test results, high-risk donor activity, physical or historical donor characteristics that would make donation...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 8, 2016
Glossary Chagas Disease A parasitic infection (also known as “American trypanosomiasis”) transmitted by the bite of the completely misnamed “kissing bug” (triatomine or reduviid bug). This nasty bug bites people and then defecates into or near...
by Joe Chaffin | Jul 18, 2022 | BBGuy Podcast, Continuing Education, Special Topic |
Continuing Education Episode! Continuing Education! The REDS research project has transformed transfusion medicine, and the REDS-IV-P phase co-chairs say the best is yet to come! If a research project has been going on for over 30 years, you would think it’s...
