089CE: The Transfused and the Breathless with Christine Cserti-Gazdewich
Transfusion reactions that involve the heart and/or lungs, especially TACO and TRALI, are responsible for more transfusion deaths than any other entity. In this interview, Dr. Cserti-Gazdewich focuses...
24 Mars 202156min
088: Warm Autoantibody Best Practices with Alyssa Ziman and Meghan Delaney
Warm autoantibodies have a well-deserved reputation as tough challenges, creating unfamiliar situations for both clinical and laboratory staff. I interviewed the authors of two recent papers that outl...
27 Jan 202155min
087CE: Transfusion-transmitted Infections with Suchi Pandey
Blood transfusion is less likely to transmit infections today than ever. Through a combination of screening questions, donor testing, and direct treatment of blood products, the vast majority of oppor...
16 Dec 202058min
086CE: Scary Stories from the Transfusion Service with Mark Fung and Jay Hudgins
Every now and then, the routine practice of Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine gets intimidating. A difficult patient situation arises here, an impossible choice looms there. What do you do when there...
30 Okt 202055min
085CE: What to do When Everything is Incompatible with Jill Storry
Every now and then, when a transfusion service does a pretransfusion workup, they find that the patient's plasma is incompatible with EVERY other red cell! In other words, NOTHING is compatible! These...
17 Juni 202054min
084: COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma with Pampee Young and Ralph Vassallo
Special episode! In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, does convalescent plasma from recovered patients offer fresh hope for those who are critically ill? The medical leaders of the two largest blood...
4 Maj 202057min
083CE: Building the Perfect Transfusion Committee with Carolyn Burns
Let's be honest: Some hospital transfusion committee meetings feel like a waste of time! However, Dr. Carolyn Burns thinks transfusion committees are not hopeless! In this interview, she outlines her ...
27 Apr 202054min
082: COVID-19 and the Blood Supply with Louis Katz
In this emergency episode, recorded on March 16, 2020, I discuss actions blood collectors and hospitals should be thinking of now to preserve the US blood supply, as well as a look at the global COVID...
17 Mars 202029min
