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 | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Multiplex NAT A type of nucleic acid testing (NAT) that detects the genetic material of more than one organism at one time. Blood donor testing laboratories use multiplex NAT (or “MNAT”) to detect HIV-1 RNA, hepatitis C virus RNA, and hepatitis B...
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...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Serum Grouping Serum grouping is one of the two required phases in determining the ABO type of an adult before transfusion. It is the currently favored term (at least, according to the AABB Technical Manual) for the process of confirming a person’s ABO...
