by Joe Chaffin | Mar 29, 2023 | BBGuy Podcast, Continuing Education, Special Topic |
Continuing Education Episode! Continuing Education! A long time ago, on a podcast far, far away…! On March 30, 2016, almost exactly 7 years ago today, episode 1 of the Blood Bank Guy Essentials Podcast appeared! Dr. Mark Yazer was the guest, and he shared his...
by Joe Chaffin | Sep 11, 2024 | BBGuy Podcast, Blood Products, Special Topic, Transplant |
Supporting HPC transplant patients can be challenging and confusing to learners. More and more patients are undergoing hematopoietic progenitor cell transplant (aka, “hematopoietic stem cell transplant”) for a wide variety of conditions and diseases....
by Joe Chaffin | Apr 2, 2016 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Practice |
What do you do when a patient doesn’t respond to platelet transfusions? Pat Kopko shows us a clear pathway to quicker success! Dr. Pat Kopko from the University of California-San Diego talks with me about a practical approach to patients with platelet...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 12, 2018 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Complications, Transfusion Practice |
CMV can cause BIG problems in certain susceptible transfusion recipients, but people disagree on prevention. Dr. John Roback has spent years at the heart of the debate, and he’s here to help! NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 22, 2016
Glossary Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) TTP is a form of Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) associated with severe deficiencies of an enzyme called ADAMTS13 (say it like this: “Adam Tee Ess 13”). This enzyme is responsible for the trimming of von...
