by Joe Chaffin | Oct 3, 2018 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Complications |
Venous thromboembolism is a major problem after surgery, but we may have ignored a major factor: Red blood cell transfusion! Dr. Ruchika Goel discusses her very important article in JAMA Surgery. NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See...
by Joe Chaffin | Aug 11, 2023 | BBGuy Podcast |
It’s a “no blood banking episode!” Let’s have fun with the Glaucomfleckens! OK, I’ll tell you right up front: This is NOT an episode that will increase your knowledge of blood banking/transfusion medicine in any way! Instead, this one is...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 11, 2016
Glossary Donor History Questionnaire Commonly abbreviated “DHQ,” this is a standardized set of questions used by most blood centers in the U.S. to screen volunteer blood donors. The complete questionnaire and supporting documents are published by AABB, in...
by Joe Chaffin | Jul 29, 2016 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Practice |
Dr. Emily Volk from the Baptist and Tenet Health Systems joins me to outline what you really need to know about Patient Blood Management (PBM). It seems like everyone today is talking about “Patient Blood Management!” The interest (and apprehension) is...
by Joe Chaffin | Apr 13, 2016
Blood Administration Quiz Choose the BEST answer: 0% 1. A 70 year old female who is thrombocytopenic due to recent chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia is scheduled to receive a single unit of apheresis- derived, irradiated, leukocyte-reduced platelets....
