by Joe Chaffin | Feb 27, 2019 | BBGuy Podcast, Blood Products |
Despite disappointing recent studies, Ron Strauss thinks granulocyte concentrates still have an important role in Transfusion Medicine NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See below for details. Granulocyte transfusions, in various forms,...
by Joe Chaffin | Feb 6, 2019 | BBGuy Podcast, Immunohematology |
“Anti-CD47 is here, and it’s really going to mess up our testing!” Connie Westhoff explains how we can accurately test our patients’ blood. NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See below for details. Several years...
by Joe Chaffin | Jan 18, 2019 | BBGuy Podcast, Blood Donation |
“I will only accept blood from my own veins or from my Aunt Margo! That’s it!” Autologous and directed blood donations happen much less often in 2019 than in the past, but should they still happen at all? NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this...
by Joe Chaffin | Dec 12, 2018 | BBGuy Podcast, Special Topic |
Anne Chenoweth gives us her top tips to make your next AABB assessment better! NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See below for details. Every year, AABB assessors visit thousands of transfusion-related facilities around the world. Their...
by Joe Chaffin | Nov 13, 2018 | BBGuy Podcast, Transfusion Practice |
Blood shortages and inventory problems occur all too often. Nancy Dunbar says we need a few simple adjustments to “the rules” about O-negative RBCs, AB plasma, and apheresis platelets. NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See...