by Joe Chaffin | Jan 18, 2019 | BBGuy Podcast, Blood Donation |
“I will only accept blood from my own veins or from my Aunt Margo! That’s it!” Autologous and directed blood donations happen much less often in 2019 than in the past, but should they still happen at all? NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this...
by Joe Chaffin | Apr 10, 2019 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Complications |
Here’s what we thought we knew: IgA deficiency leads to anaphylactic transfusion reactions. Jerry Sandler says, “not so fast!” In 1968, the authors of an article in Lancet described a new phenomenon: Anaphylactic transfusion reactions in patients who...
by Joe Chaffin | Jun 29, 2022 | BBGuy Podcast, Continuing Education, Transfusion Practice |
Continuing Education Episode! Continuing Education! Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution (ANH) has a weird-sounding name, but it’s a totally logical way to reduce red cell transfusions. Steve Frank shows us why. Way back in the 1970’s, several bright groups of...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 30, 2016 | BBGuy Podcast, Special Topic |
My name is Joe Chaffin, and I am very excited to introduce the Blood Bank Guy Essentials Podcast, an ongoing conversation about core (yes, “essential”!) topics in blood banking and Transfusion Medicine. The podcast features my conversations with leading...
by Joe Chaffin | Nov 13, 2018 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Practice |
Blood shortages and inventory problems occur all too often. Nancy Dunbar says we need a few simple adjustments to “the rules” about O-negative RBCs, AB plasma, and apheresis platelets. NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See...