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...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Swirling Swirling is an attempt to assess donated platelets for the presence of a moving, varied color appearance when backlit. The principle behind swirling is that viable platelets in an “unactivated” state have a discoid appearance, and that...
by Joe Chaffin | Apr 4, 2016
BBGuy Video “Blood Groups Overview” (Basic Immunohematology, part 1) Recorded December 2011 This Blood Bank Guy video is the first in a series of four videos that I did on basic immunohematology. It contains lots of information about the major blood group...
by Joe Chaffin | Sep 13, 2016 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Complications |
“This patient is having a transfusion reaction!!”OK, take it easy! Dr. Mark Fung is here to give us a rational way to approach these panic-inducing events. It’s easy to push the panic button when a suspected transfusion reaction occurs, but...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 25, 2016 |
BBGuy Quizzes Test Your Knowledge! [slickquiz id=2] Quiz ListQuiz: ABO Blood Group Quiz: Rh Blood Group System Quiz: Non ABO/Rh Blood Groups Quiz: Name that Null! Quiz: Antibody ID Theory Quiz: Blood Administration Quiz: Component Production/Use 1 Quiz: Component...
