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| Date Posted |
Subject |
| Dec. 29, 2009 |
Availability of the Kleihauer-Betke test for work up of fetal bleeding following maternal trauma ADDENDA Dec. 30, 2009; Jan. 3 & 20, Feb. 15, 2010 |
| Dec. 27, 2009 |
Routine use of saline washed RBCs for patients undergoing cardiac surgery ADDENDA Dec. 29 |
| Dec. 27, 2009 |
Using igloos for the storage of blood in the operating room |
| Dec. 26, 2009 |
Monitoring blood bank equipment temperatures using wired versus wireless monitoring systems ADDENDA Dec. 29; Jan. 7, 2010 |
| Dec. 20, 2009 |
Reporting Rh status of women in California ADDENDA Dec. 27 & 29 |
| Nov. 27, 2009 |
Blood Bank Director review and sign-off for antibody investigation, including antibody panels ADDENDA Dec. 12 & 29; Jan. 20, 2010 |
| Nov. 27, 2009 |
Appropriate reference range when reporting results of the Kleihauer-Betke test |
| Nov. 27, 2009 |
Diagnosis of a possible transfusion reaction in a patient who has developed hypothermia either as a result of transfusion of cold blood products and/or during surgery |
| Nov. 19, 2009 |
Reconstituting blood for exchange transfusion in neonates, redux |
| Nov. 19, 2009 |
How to perform periodic QC of antibody identification panel cells with an automated instrument? ADDENDA Dec. 20 |
| Nov. 7, 2009 |
Can an umbilical cord blood bank receive donations from a mother with cancer? |
| Oct. 31, 2009 |
REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Direct antiglobulin testing and the evaluation of transfusion reactions ADDENDA July 9, Oct. 31, Nov. 11 & 14 |
| Oct. 30, 2009 |
Preventing/treating citrate complications during peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) collection ADDENDA Dec. 4 |
| Oct. 29, 2009 |
Labeling donor units that are Directed Donations ADDENDA Nov. 19 |
| Oct. 19, 2009 |
Risk of transfusion of blood products collected from donors who develop cancer |
| Oct. 14, 2009 |
Validation and revalidation required for performance of the electronic crossmatch ADDENDA Oct. 28 , Nov. 7, 11 & 19 |
| Oct. 12, 2009 |
Reimbursement for performing ABO confirmation testing on a second separately collected specimen ADDENDA Oct. 26 |
| Oct. 12, 2009 |
Managing frozen blood product inventory that has not been completely tested using the most recently available donor screening technologies |
| Oct. 4, 2009 |
Improving the phlebotomy process for the collection of pre-transfusion specimens ADDENDA Oct. 8 & 14 |
| Oct. 4, 2009 |
Practice of blood collection centers that DO NOT USE diversion pouches when collecting blood products ADDENDA Oct.18 |
| Oct. 4, 2009 |
CONTINUED DISCUSSION: Comments
requested on Joint Commission meeting to determine the need to incorporate
blood management performance measures into their survey and accreditation
process ADDENDA Nov. 19 |
| Sept. 28, 2009 |
Disinfecting skin on donors with an alcohol allergy/sensitivity |
| Sept. 27, 2009 |
Blood product protocols for pediatric cardiac surgeries |
| Sept. 27, 2009 |
A problem with 12x75 glass tubes cracking when retesting blood donor units using an automated Gel-based technology ADDENDA Oct. 4 |
| Sept. 9, 2009 |
Standardized Transfusion Orders And Guideline Worksheet ADDENDA Sept. 16 & 27 |
| Aug. 25, 2009 |
Blood bank and/or hospital transfusion service medical directors (pathologists or hematologists) without formal blood bank fellowship training |
| Aug. 25, 2009 |
Donations by individuals with cutaneous leishmaniasis |
| Aug. 18, 2009 |
Blood donations from individuals with porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) |
| Aug. 11, 2009 |
Under what circumstances can a hospital provide blood products for a community dialysis center which is 'free standing' and not associated with the hospital? ADDENDA Aug. 18 |
| Aug. 11, 2009 |
Influenza viremia and the potential for blood-borne transmission |
| Aug. 11, 2009 |
Plasma infusion instead of plasma exchange for maintenence of a remission in a patient with ADAMTS-13 synthetic defect causing relapsing TTP ADDENDA Aug. 18 |
| Aug. 2, 2009 |
Transporting human blood products across the border between Mexico and the United States |
| July 29, 2009 |
Can a blood bank computer system be used for 'electronic' or 'computer' crossmatching if the computer system does not have a 'vendor-implemented computer crossmatch' ADDENDA Aug. 11 & 14 |
| July 29, 2009 |
Using DMSO for cryopreservation of bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cell and lymphocytes ADDENDA Aug. 11 |
| July 26, 2009 |
Antibody titer testing on pregnant women when the patient has an antibody known to possibly cause hemolytic disease of the newborn/fetus (HDN/F) ADDENDA Aug. 3 & 24 |
| July 24, 2009 |
Autologous platelet rich plasma injection for treatment of a torn tendon injury |
| July 21, 2009 |
Is there a Standard Definition of Hypotensive Transfusion Reaction in
Neonates for Biovigilance? ADDENDA July 29 |
| July 14, 2009 |
Factor XI Concentrates ADDENDA July 21 |
| July 9, 2009 |
Centralizing patient blood typing and antibody screening test data |
| July 1, 2009 |
Managing patients with "not so black and white antibody screen" results ADDENDA July 14 & 28 |
| July 1, 2009 |
Requests that an alloimmunized patient be transfused, even if 'antigen negative' RBCs are unavailable ADDENDA Aug. 7 |
| June 12, 2009 |
FDA Remains Firm on Lifetime Deferral for Gay Men (ABC article) |
| June 11, 2009 |
Managing neonatal transfusions with a syringe based delivery system ADDENDA Aug. 25 |
| May 23, 2009 |
Is darker-colored FFP safe to transfuse? ADDENDA May 26 & July 1 |
| May 23, 2009 |
Transfer of blood products in coolers from the emergency room to the operating room ADDENDA June 12 & July 1 |
| May 5, 2009 |
Collecting a second sample to verify the results of current ABO testing on patients who do not have a historical blood type for comparison on file ADDENDA May 14 & 23 |
| May 3, 2009 |
Should surgical intensive care units be exempt from prospective review of transfusion practices? ADDENDA June 12 |
| Apr. 28, 2009 |
Tracking the use of commercial fibrin sealants |
| Apr. 10, 2009 |
Deferral for biologics such as TNF-alpha receptor blockers? ADDENDA July 1, 2 & 26 |
| Apr. 5, 2009 |
Prewarmed testing can cause a laboratory to miss detecting a clinically significant red cell alloantibody ADDENDA April 24 & 28, May 5 & 26 |
| Apr. 5, 2009 |
Selective Chagas Testing ADDENDA May 14 & June 12 |
| Mar. 30, 2009 |
Is a computer crossmatch in the absence of an immediate-spin antibody screen adequate for persons identified to be at increased risk of forming new blood group antibodies? ADDENDA April 5 & 8, May 5 |
| Mar. 28, 2009 |
Emergency transfusion of uncrossmatched blood to injured patients via helicopter personnel in the field |
| Mar. 24, 2009 |
Management of dispensing Rh Immune Globulin (RhIg) through Pharmacy ADDENDA May 15 |
| Mar. 24, 2009 |
'Flagging' abnormal blood bank test results ADDENDA Mar. 30 |
| Mar. 22, 2009 |
REACTIVATED DISCUSSIONS: Autologous Units Positive for ID Markers - Should they be collected and made available for transfusion? AND Policies on the use of autologous units that test positive for HIV, HBV and/or HCV |
| Mar. 19, 2009 |
Deferral interval for whole blood donation
after paid plasma donation |
| Mar. 16, 2009 |
REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Using a microwave
to thaw FFP |
| Mar. 16, 2009 |
REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Distinguishing
anti-G from anti-C+D in prenatal serologic studies |
| Mar. 8, 2009 |
Experience
in using electronic medical records for ordering and documenting
blood transfusions ADDENDA Mar. 31 |
| Mar. 6, 2009 |
How
do you handle Hemoglobin S positive donors? ADDENDA Mar. 12 & 24 |
| Mar. 6, 2009 |
REACTIVATED
DISCUSSION: Verifying
blood product orders in the laboratory ADDENDA Mar.
12 |
| Mar. 6, 2009 |
REACTIVATED
DISCUSSION: Irradiation
reimbursement |
| Mar. 5, 2009 |
Sources
for Purified Human Plasminogen? |
| Feb. 26, 2009 |
Blood
donations by partygoers to RAVE parties ADDENDA Mar. 16 |
| Feb. 24, 2009 |
Temperature
ranges for mobile collections? |
| Feb. 21, 2009 |
Hemapheresis
services for neonates ADDENDA Mar. 19 & 24 |
| Feb. 20, 2009 |
Issuance
protocols for dispensing blood products using a
pneumatic tube system ADDENDA Feb. 24 & Mar. 30 |
| Feb. 10, 2009 |
Pros
and Cons of the Transfusion Service Laboratory being located in an open area of the Core Laboratory ADDENDA Feb. 12 |
| Feb. 5, 2009 |
REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: RBC
transfusions for a patient with ITP who is receiving
IV anti-D therapy ADDENDA Feb. 26 |
| Jan. 28, 2009 |
REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Using automatic IV infusion pumps for the transfusion of red cells |
| Jan. 28, 2009 |
REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Re-entry of donors who tested positive in an HCV ELISA antibody screen but RIBA-negative, prior to implementation of HCV-RNA testing |
| Jan. 28, 2009 |
Management of Rh-negative girls or woman of childbearing age transfused with one or more Rh-positive RBC units |
| Jan. 28, 2009 |
REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Performing the direct antiglobulin test without using tubes |
| Jan. 18, 2009 |
REACTIVATED DISCUSSIONS: How do colleagues test for and report Rh typing results of individuals who are weak D positive? AND Reconciling conflicting results for Rh typing using different test reagents |
| Jan. 18, 2009 |
Is
consent obtained to permit transfusion of salvaged
autologous blood? ADDENDA Feb. 20 |
| Jan. 18, 2009 |
REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Automatic protocols for dealing with massive transfusion ADDENDA Jan. 28 |
| Jan. 13, 2009 |
REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: What quality assurance indicators are best to use for perioperative blood salvage? |
| Jan. 13, 2009 |
REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Management of non-human tissues by a tissue bank/transplant program |
| Jan. 12, 2009 |
REACTIVATED DISCUSSIONS: Should we worry about cold-reactive antibodies in cardiac surgery? AND Should we worry about cold-reacting antibodies in patients undergoing hypothermia for cardiac surgery? (revisited, AGAIN) ADDENDA Jan. 18 |
| Jan. 8, 2009 |
Centralized Transfusion Services |
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