by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Malaria A very important and deadly parasitic infection seen in many countries around the world, caused by one of the following species of Plasmodium: P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae, and in a few areas, P. knowlesi. Malaria has huge public...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 30, 2016 | Blog, Blood Donors |
As my site name implies, and just in case you were wondering, Iām a guy (a dude, a male-type person, a gentleman-ish bloke, you get the picture). Perhaps because of my Y chromosome, there are some things that I seem to worry less about than does my beautiful bride...
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 21, 2016
Glossary Minipool A minipool is composed of samples from multiple blood donors and “pooling” them together in order to test multiple donors at the same time. This process is used in blood donor nucleic acid testing (NAT) for transfusion-transmitted...
by Joe Chaffin | Oct 24, 2016 | BBGuy Podcast, Blood Products |
Transfusions are very safe, but is there a way to get rid of the remaining potential “bugs in the bag?” Well, yes, but pathogen inactivation is not yet fully implemented in the United States. Dr. Jeff McCullough explains. Most everyone would agree that...
