by Joe Chaffin | Apr 18, 2016 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Practice |
Magali Fontaine from the University of Maryland joins me to discuss practical solutions to everyday challenges in the transfusion service. Life in transfusion services can be challenging, especially when dealing with issues that challenge “the way we have always...
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 | May 13, 2016 | Blog, Immunohematology |
The Rh blood group system is spectacularly complex, while at the same time enormously important. Beginners trying to understand the system are often really confused by all the terminology that blood bankers use to describe the five main Rh antigens. We say things...
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...
