by Joe Chaffin | Jul 10, 2017 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Practice |
Babies that are born too early and too small often need transfusions. “Friend of the Podcast” Cassandra Josephson returns to answer “Five Essential Neonatal RBC Transfusion Questions” In BBGuy Essentials Episode 012, Dr. Cassandra Josephson...
by Joe Chaffin | Feb 21, 2016
Glossary Agglutination The process in which free red blood cells are bound together by an antibody and reduced to a visible pellet when centrifuged, most typically in test tubes. In short, when an antibody binds to an RBC antigen then binds to an antigen on a second...
by Joe Chaffin | Jan 23, 2017 | BBGuy Podcast, Therapeutic Apheresis |
Jeff Winters returns to explain how to use therapeutic apheresis to treat Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP). Most people who listen to this podcast are involved in blood banking in one way or another. In general, blood bankers like to do things in an...
by Joe Chaffin | Apr 25, 2016 | BBGuy Podcast, Immunohematology |
Connie Westhoff thinks it’s time to implement Rh genotyping for patients with “serologic weak D” results, and she’s here to tell you why! Dr. Connie Westhoff from the New York Blood Center joins Dr. Chaffin to discuss Rh genotyping in pregnant...
by Joe Chaffin | Sep 3, 2017
Blood Bank Guy Essentials Podcast Previous Episodes Listed by Topic: Continuing Education | Blood Donation | Blood ProductsImmunohematology | Therapeutic Apheresis | Transfusion Complications Transfusion Practice | Special Topics Continuing EducationBlood...