by Joe Chaffin | Mar 12, 2016
Glossary Factor IX Complex Concentrate Read more about this product under its more widely used name, “Prothrombin Complex Concentrate (PCC).” Back to Glossary List Search for: Back to Full Glossary List Blood Bank Guy Essentials Podcast Read the BBGuy Blog...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 12, 2016
Glossary Fresh Frozen Plasma Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) is a blood product most commonly made by separating plasma from whole blood collection and placing it in freezing conditions (-18C or less) within 8 hours of collection. FFP is also made from apheresis...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 12, 2016
Glossary Final Rule Every so often, the U.S. FDA comes out with a new set of requirements for a particular aspect of blood collection and/or processing. These requirements are entered into the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and become federal law (FDA does not do...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 12, 2016
Glossary Food and Drug Administration This agency is better known as the “FDA”. The FDA is an incredibly large and complex United States Government agency (a division of the US Department of Health and Human Services) charged with ensuring safety of a wide...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 12, 2016
Glossary Front Type A slang term for cell grouping or forward grouping (slang, yes, but pretty much all blood bankers know exactly what we mean when we say it!). Back to Glossary List Search for: Back to Full Glossary List Blood Bank Guy Essentials Podcast Read the...
