by Joe Chaffin | May 2, 2016 | BBGuy Podcast, Blog, Blood Donation, Blood Products, Immunohematology, Transfusion Practice |
Dr. Chaffin opens the “Ask the BBGuy” mailbag to discuss D variants, Liquid Plasma, transfusion choices with warm autoantibodies, and directed donor unit management. See full discussion in written (blog) form below. This post is both a blog and a podcast!...
by Joe Chaffin | Jul 31, 2019 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Complications, Transfusion Practice |
Irradiation prevents TA-GHVD, a lethal transfusion complication. But does it really do what you think it does? NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See below for details. Transfusion-associated Graft-versus-Host Disease (TA-GVHD) is a...
by Joe Chaffin | Aug 1, 2018 | BBGuy Podcast, Immunohematology |
Most blood bankers really dislike ABO discrepancies, but Nicole Draper says, “They’re not so bad!” She teaches three simple rules that will get you on the road to solving most of these cases quickly. When ABO testing goes right, as it almost always...
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 21, 2016
Glossary ISBT 128 A standard of blood product labeling and identification designed to make units collected at one facility easily managed and read by a different facility, even if the other facility is in another country. ISBT stands for “International Society...
