065: Transfusion and Jehovah's Witnesses with Jed Gorlin
Jehovah's Witnesses refuse transfusion based on strong religious beliefs, but the "rules" can be confusing. Transfusion Medicine professionals are often called to help clinicians manage Witnesses' car...
18 Mar 201955min
064CE: Granulocyte Transfusion with Ron Strauss
Granulocyte concentrate has been around for as long as apheresis platelets, but the product has come into and out of favor repeatedly over the years. While the most recent randomized trials were disap...
27 Feb 20191h 1min
063CE: Anti-CD47 Testing Interference with Connie Westhoff
Ever since the introduction of anti-CD38 (daratumumab, or DARA), blood bankers have been hearing about a new chemotherapy agent, anti-CD47, that would interfere far more in our testing than anti-CD38....
6 Feb 201949min
062CE: Autologous and Directed Donation with Julie Karp
For patients who might need blood transfusion, the ideas of donating their own blood ("autologous donation") and/or choosing their blood donor ("directed donation") seem VERY appealing! However, Dr. J...
18 Jan 201956min
061CE: Better AABB Assessments with Anne Chenoweth
You know all about AABB Standards, but how do you make them practical? Anne Chenoweth gives great tips to make your next assessment better! NOTE: CE credit has expired for this episode.
11 Des 201852min
060CE: Transforming Inventory Management with Nancy Dunbar
Nancy Dunbar says a few simple adjustments to "the rules" we learned long ago could reduce shortages of O-neg RBCs, AB plasma, and platelets! NOTE: CE credit has expired for this episode.
13 Nov 20181h
059: Antigen Matching for Future Moms with Meghan Delaney
A 25-year-old, A negative female needs blood. She will receive RhD-negative RBCs, of course, but what about antigen matching for Kell, or for other Rh antigens? Meghan Delaney explains her study, "AMI...
29 Okt 201843min
058CE: Transfusion and Blood Clots with Ruchika Goel
Venous thromboembolism after surgery is a huge problem, and we may have underestimated one big contributing factor: Red cell transfusion! Ruchika Goel and colleagues put together the first study to pr...
3 Okt 201848min
