by Joe Chaffin | Jul 31, 2016 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Complications |
This episode comes in two parts, recorded a couple of months apart to reflect what was happening in 2016 with testing for Zika virus. IMPORTANT NOTE: Things have changed pretty dramatically since I recorded the first Zika podcast in July 2016! In August 2016, FDA...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 2, 2022 | BBGuy Podcast, Special Topic, Transfusion Practice |
Continuing Education Episode! Continuing Education! Thalassemia may be too easy to overlook for those in the U.S., but it is an enormous global problem! When most United States-based healthcare providers think of a hemoglobinopathy, sickle cell disease is the first to...
by Joe Chaffin | Jul 18, 2022 | BBGuy Podcast, 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...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 7, 2016
Glossary Alloantibody In blood banking, an antibody formed in response to exposure to a blood group antigen that is not present on the person’s red blood cells. These antibodies are most commonly formed against antigens from blood groups such as Rh (including...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 11, 2016
Glossary Extravascular Hemolysis In contrast to intravascular hemolysis, this is the type of hemolysis typically seen when IgG antibodies (instead of IgM) coat incompatible RBCs. Since IgG isn’t generally great at activating the complement system, these...
