by Joe Chaffin | Mar 22, 2016
Glossary Thawed Plasma In simple terms, Thawed Plasma is simply a new name for a previously frozen plasma product that has been thawed for more than 24 hours and less than 5 days. I almost always refer to it as “Thawed Capital P Plasma” to distinguish it...
by Joe Chaffin | Feb 15, 2016
Glossary Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution (ANH) Also known to some as “isovolemic hemodilution,” ANH is, in short, collecting blood from a patient immediately before surgery (that’s the “acute” part), replacing the volume with IV fluid...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Re-entry This is a process that applies to blood donors who have been told that they should not donate blood for someone else, either for a temporary period or for the foreseeable future; i.e., they have been deferred. In general, re-entry is only available...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Pathogen Reduction Pathogen reduction is a post-collection blood product manipulation process used for many years in Europe but only relatively recently approved in the United States. A substance is added to platelet and plasma products (not yet red cell...
by Joe Chaffin | Jun 17, 2020 | BBGuy Podcast, Immunohematology |
Your patient needs blood, but EVERYTHING is incompatible! Jill Storry says, “Take it easy. Here’s what to do next.” NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See below for details. For many blood bankers, figuring out what to do...
