by Joe Chaffin | Oct 3, 2018 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Complications |
Venous thromboembolism is a major problem after surgery, but we may have ignored a major factor: Red blood cell transfusion! Dr. Ruchika Goel discusses her very important article in JAMA Surgery. NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Indirect Antiglobulin Test Serologic test used in all transfusion services and reference labs; also known as the “Indirect Coombs” test or the simple abbreviation, “IAT.” This test is done to detect antibody and/or complement coating...
by Joe Chaffin | Feb 27, 2017 | BBGuy Podcast, Immunohematology |
The Direct Antiglobulin Test seems super-simple, but there’s more to it than meets the eye! Sue Johnson joins me to discuss. The DAT (also known as the “Direct Coombs” test) is really a basic and easy test to do. For such a simple test, however, most...
by Joe Chaffin | Apr 24, 2019 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Practice |
Your Patient Blood Management program can be so much more! Carolyn Burns shows you how to make wiser PBM choices today. NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See below for details. It feels like everyone is talking about patient blood...
by Joe Chaffin | Apr 13, 2016 | Blog, Transfusion Practice |
“Dr. Chaffin, I started working at a new blood bank recently, and I think they are breaking the rules! A patient came into the emergency room after an auto accident, and the FFP given to him was blood group A! Isn’t AB the ‘universal plasma,’ not A? The patient...
