Background: Transfusion-dependent bone marrow transplant recipients are routinely transfused with ABO group and RhD-compatible blood components. However, because of the scarcity of RhD-negative ...

Occasionally, an HTR may result from transfusion of non-red cell blood components such as fresh frozen plasma or platelets. In this event, the plasma, which is usually group O transfused to A ...

FDA laboratories study pathogen reduction technologies to further advance the safety of blood components for transfusion. The FDA's Office of Blood Research and Review addresses and updates ...

When someone is traumatically injured, giving them blood products before they arrive at the hospital—such as at the scene or ...

Episode 145For the Love of Goats There have been instances where a goat owner watched a severely parasitized, anemic goat die because they did not realize that a life-saving blood transfusion was ...

This one-year ACGME-accredited fellowship offers extensive clinical and laboratory experience in all aspects of blood banking, transfusion medicine, apheresis, and coagulation service at the ...

The implications of these advances are enormous. Recent studies show that rejuvenated RBCs have better survival rates and enhance heart, kidney, and lung function in transfusion recipients.

But many of those people likely wouldn’t have died if they had received a blood transfusion promptly ... safe for anyone to receive, or blood components – liquid plasma and packed red blood ...

The guidelines emphasise safety and donor retention through incentives, address clinical demand for blood and align with ...