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 | 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 | 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 21, 2016
Glossary Swirling Swirling is an attempt to assess donated platelets for the presence of a moving, varied color appearance when backlit. The principle behind swirling is that viable platelets in an “unactivated” state have a discoid appearance, and that...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Irradiation Modification to a blood product in which cellular blood products are exposed to a specified amount of either gamma rays, x-rays, or ultraviolet B rays (outside of the U.S.). Irradiation is performed solely to prevent transfusion-associated graft...
