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Date Posted Subject
June 29, 2008 Regulatory requirements for transferring crossmatched RBC units between facilities of a healthcare system/healthcare network
June 26, 2008 Automatic protocols for dealing with massive transfusion ADDENDA July 3
June 25, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Use of biometrics in blood banking to identify donors and transfusion recipients ADDENDA Mar. 4, Apr. 7 & June 25
June 25, 2008 Transfusing donor RBC units obtained from individuals whose plasma contains unexpected antibodies
June 24, 2008 Is it permissible for Medical Assistants or trained individuals who have been certified as Donor Screeners to read Total Protein levels on donors, provided the personnel are under the direct supervision of a Physician?
June 22, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: What are the requirements and practices of other blood centers in California for accepting 16-year old donors?
June 20, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Is it acceptable practice to transfuse platelets through a rapid flow blood and fluid warming device? A question is posed regarding the use with FFP ADDENDA July 1
June 16, 2008

Root Cause Analysis for identified cases of wrong blood in tube (WBIT) ADDENDA June 17
June 16, 2008 Strategies to minimize the transfusion of two units of RBCs for an anemic but euvolemic non-actively bleeding patient without measuring the patient’s hemoglobin level after giving the first of two units ADDENDA June 19, 20, 22 & 28; July 2
June 16, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Use of educational materials that include information on the possible effects of blood donation on athletic performance
June 13, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Policies for Ensuring An Adequate Supply of O Rh Negative Blood in Emergencies
June 11, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Reconciling conflicting results for Rh typing using different test reagents
June 11, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Thromboelastography Test - Any Value for Assessing Hemostasis During Surgery?
June 2, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Routine use of newer (fresher) RBC products ADDENDA Mar. 28, 30 & 31, Apr. 4, 15 & 22, May 2, June 2, 13 & 28
May 30, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSIONS:Management of donors with a single reactive test for anti-HBc AND Hepatitis B core testing and donor deferral ADDENDA May 23, 2008
May 21, 2008 Experience with requests for "bubble filters" for use during transfusion of patients with HHT
May 16, 2008 Guidelines for acceptable levels of outdating and wastage? ADDENDA May 30
May 16, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Transfusing donor RBC units obtained from individuals whose plasma contains unexpected antibodies
May 8, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Quality assurance and monitoring of leuko-reduction ADDENDA Feb. 26 & 27, May 8
May 7, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Antibody titer studies in pregnant women at risk for bearing an infant with hemolytic disease of the newborn ADDENDA May 10 & 16
May 7, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Should volunteer whole blood donors be allowed to donate more often than every 8 weeks during critical blood shortages?
Apr. 20, 2008 Puzzling Hemolysis in Donor Sample Tubes ADDENDA Apr. 22 & 24; May 7
Apr. 20, 2008 Should Blood Establishment Computer Software be regulated any differently than the manufacturing software used by drug and medical device companies? ADDENDA Apr. 26, June 13
Apr. 9, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSIONS: Should consent for transfusion be required for plasma derivatives? AND Informed Consent for Transfusion of Blood Components and/or Plasma Derivatives
Apr. 5, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Reconstituting blood for exchange transfusion in neonates ADDENDA April 15
Mar. 27, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: When considering Rh immunoprophylaxis for an Rh negative woman, if a test for D on her newborn baby is negative, what methods are used to rule out the possibility that the newborn has a "Weak D" phenotype?
Mar. 19, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSIONS:Protocols for the detection and treatment of TRALI ADDENDA Mar. 30 AND Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI) - a Serious and Under-recognized Complication of Transfusion.
Mar. 18, 2008 'Clumpy' platelet products
Mar. 18, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Is there a regional or national computerized database of patients with multiple red cell antibodies or other complex transfusion histories?
Mar. 13, 2008 What benchmarking data is available?
Mar. 13, 2008 Frustration of a repeat blood donor who was permanently deferred due to a false positive HIV antibody-screening test ADDENDA Mar. 17
Mar. 5, 2008 Is incomplete re-suspension in automated cell washers acceptable?
Mar. 4, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: When the supernatant of a red cell unit shows visible discoloration suggesting hemolysis, should it be issued for transfusion?
Mar. 3, 2008 Treatment for severe plasma plasminogen deficiency complicated by a condition called ligneous conjunctivitis
Feb. 29, 2008 Re-freezing thawed FFP, and relabeling the refrozen product as 'frozen plasma' with a new expiration date
Feb. 10, 2008 Do donor centers defer US Navy servicemen who served on Navy ships in Europe because of vCJD exposure risk?
Feb. 6, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Deferral of a whole blood donor over CJD concerns because of a bovine jaw/dental implant ADDENDA Mar 11
Jan. 25, 2008 Wastage of FFP ADDENDA Feb. 4 & 11
Jan. 24, 2008 Handling platelet transfusions requests for patients with intracranial bleeds who are on Plavix®
Jan. 18, 2008 Plasmapheresis of recipients who undergo transplantation of ABO mismatched bone marrow/PBSC
Jan. 12, 2008 Testing for ABO using umbilical cord blood samples and avoidance of false positive test results due to Wharton's Jelly
Jan. 12, 2008 Is anyone using a micro titre tube method? ADDENDA Feb. 19
Jan. 10, 2008 REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: How do blood banks know when a patient should get irradiated blood, if the patient's doctor forgets to order the blood to be irradiated?
Jan. 7, 2008 Have other facilities discontinued the collection and testing of post-reaction urine samples? ADDENDA Jan. 12
Jan. 6, 2008 Does tyramine remain in banked blood? ADDENDA Jan. 7 & 9

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