by Joe Chaffin | Mar 10, 2016
Glossary Closed System A closed system, in blood banking, is a blood container or collection process in which the sterility of a blood product is not compromised. We often use the phrase when a product is manipulated using equipment that allows the product to remain...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 10, 2016
Glossary Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) The CFR is a gargantuan encyclopedia, 50 titles in length, with United States government regulations on everything from energy and the postal service all the way to domestic security and national defense. In the blood bank,...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 11, 2016
Glossary Codominant Codominant expression occurs when two different alleles are inherited at the same genetic location (i.e, one allele from mom and a different one from dad), and the products of BOTH of the alleles are expressed. Codominance is the most common...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 11, 2016
Glossary Cold Autoantibody Cold autoantibodies are targeted against “self” antigens on the red cell surface, and react best at temperatures well below body temperature (contrast to warm autoantibodies). Cold autoantibodies commonly target antigens in the I...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 11, 2016
Glossary College of American Pathologists An Illinois-based international medical society composed primarily of pathologists (known widely by the acronym “CAP”). In transfusion medicine, interactions with CAP are primarily through accreditation and...
