by Joe Chaffin | Jan 24, 2018 | BBGuy Podcast, Special Topic |
You can’t move forward until you see where you’ve been! Dr. Harvey Klein has seen massive changes in Transfusion Medicine, and he joins us to look at the past, present, and future! What do you ask someone whom you have admired for 20+ years? If you had the...
by Joe Chaffin | Feb 6, 2018 | BBGuy Podcast, Special Topic |
The 31st edition of AABB Standards was effective in April 2018. Fortunately, Pat Ooley, Chair of the BBTS Standards Committee, is here with the Top 5 changes you need to know! Every two years, like it or not, our friends at the AABB issue a brand-new version of their...
by Joe Chaffin | Feb 27, 2019 | BBGuy Podcast, Blood Products |
Despite disappointing recent studies, Ron Strauss thinks granulocyte concentrates still have an important role in Transfusion Medicine NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See below for details. Granulocyte transfusions, in various forms,...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary HTLV Abbreviation for “Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus.” The two HTLV types, HTLV-I and HTLV-II are both retroviruses, and as a result, they are often confused with the most famous retrovirus, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV, originally named...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 26, 2018 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Practice |
Surgeries with no blood, for both Jehovah’s Witnesses and others? It’s not only possible, it’s happening right now, and Dr. Steve Frank from Johns Hopkins is here to help you understand how to do it! When we consider the idea of “bloodless...
