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 22, 2016
Glossary Zika Virus Zika virus (pronounced “ZEE-ka” and abbreviated “ZIKV”) is a mosquito-transmitted virus that underwent explosive spread in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean in 2015 and 2016. The virus is transmitted by the...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Major Crossmatch A “major” crossmatch is the last test used to assess the compatibility of a donor’s red blood cells with the recipient’s plasma. Note that a crossmatch is generally the last step performed in pretransfusion testing,...
by Joe Chaffin | May 2, 2016
Glossary Least Incompatible I am on record calling this phrase “The DUMBEST phrase we use in Transfusion Medicine” from the stage at an AABB Annual Meeting. That seems like a pretty harsh assessment (and I may be wrong), but I really don’t like...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 8, 2016
Glossary Babesia Babesia is a tick-transmitted protozoan of major concern in the transfusion community as a result of the organism’s ready transmission through transfusion. B. microti and B. duncani (the two main species in the U.S.) are transmitted from mice to...
