by Joe Chaffin | May 22, 2019 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Complications |
Blood centers have gone to great lengths in our efforts to prevent TRALI. Beth Shaz is here to explain what has and hasn’t worked. NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See below for details. Over the past 15 years, Transfusion-related...
by Joe Chaffin | Apr 27, 2020 | BBGuy Podcast, Special Topic |
Hospital transfusion committees: Effective or a necessary evil? Carolyn Burns guides you to a better experience! NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See below for details. Let’s be honest: Some hospital transfusion committees feel...
by Joe Chaffin | Apr 10, 2017 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Complications |
Transfusing patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) is a big deal, for many reasons. Eric Gehrie guides us through those challenges, especially alloimmunization (making antibodies against red cell antigens). History Lesson: Around 1910, Dr. James Herrick discovered...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 16, 2020 | BBGuy Podcast, Special Topic |
This emergency episode (recorded March 16, 2020) outlines what blood banks, hospitals, and donors need to know about COVID-19 now. It is March 17, 2020, and the news is filled with information about COVID-19, the disease caused by a new coronavirus called...
by Joe Chaffin | Jan 30, 2020 | BBGuy Podcast, Blood Products, Special Topic |
Once upon a time, pathogen reduction was just a dream. Ray Goodrich helped that dream become reality, and he joins me to share his story. Today, especially with the publication of the FDA Final Guidance on platelet bacterial contamination, most everyone is thinking...