| Date Posted |
Subject |
| Dec. 28, 2002 |
2003 JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals: Practical Strategies and Helpful Solutions for Meeting These Goals |
| Dec. 17, 2002 |
FDA/CBER: Licensed/Approved HIV, HTLV and Hepatitis Tests |
| Dec. 16, 2002 |
FDA/CBER: Recall of Blood-Pack Unit with PL 732 Transfer Pack (Baxter) |
| Dec. 16, 2002 |
"Can You Use the Internet to Teach SBB Students? An Old Dog Learns New Tricks!" An innovative distance education program from UTMB (Galveston) Powerpoint presentation |
| Dec. 11, 2002 |
AABB Association Bulletin 02-08: Update on bacterial contamination of platelets. New proposed standard requiring that facilities have method(s) to detect bacterial contamination in all platelet components (AABB membership required to access); another viewpoint (Dr Paul Holland) (MS Word); earlier e-Network forum discussion (Dec. 12) |
| Dec. 3, 2002 |
CAP announces Proficiency Surveys designed for Hospital Transfusion Services |
| Nov. 27, 2002 |
CAP reports on Laboratory Information Systems - November 2002 (PDF) |
| Nov. 18, 2002 |
FDA Verifies that it is Permissible to Convert Fresh Frozen Plasma |
| Nov. 15, 2002 |
FDA-CDRH Medical Device Reporting Guidance - Needlesticks and Blood Exposure |
| Nov. 12, 2002 |
CDC is recommending the use of alcohol-based handrubs by health care personnel for patient care; Fact Sheet on Guidelines on Hand Hygeine; Fact Sheet on HICPAC |
| Oct. 29, 2002 |
CAP Survey of Blood Bank Information Systems (PDF) (CAP Today - Oct. 2002) |
| Oct. 24, 2002 |
Comparison of CPDA vs. AS red cell transfusion to infants on ECMO (Poster presentation, ASCP/CAP Annual Meeting 2002) (PDF) (see discussion in e-Network Forum, Nov. 7) |
| Oct. 23, 2002 |
FDA undecided about use of tiny implantable ID chip for medical purposes |
| Oct. 18, 2002 |
CAP Today: Order in the blood bank: automation steps up |
| Oct. 3, 2002 |
The Role Of Various Considerations In Decision-Making Related To New And Existing Blood Safety Measures (Transcript, Aug. 2002 meeting of HHS Advisory Committee on Blood Safety & Availability) |
| Oct. 3, 2002 |
What lessons can be learned from the events of September 11, 2001 that would strengthen the safety and availability of the US blood supply? (Transcript, Feb. 2002 meeting of HHS Advisory Committee on Blood Safety & Availability) |
| Oct. 2, 2002 |
Safety & Efficacy of Methods for Reducing Pathogens in Cellular Blood Products Used in Transfusion - Transcripts of the Aug. 2002 FDA/CBER Workshop (Volumes I & II)
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| Sept. 26, 2002 |
CAP Q-Probes quality improvement programs proven useful as measurement and benchmarking tools for laboratories, including those laboratories that support transfusion services. The CAP Q-Probe and Q-Tracks studies have shown that quality is not static, but rather is a moving benchmark of performance. |
| Sept. 25, 2002 |
CAP Today: New Q-Probe looks at types and screens for scheduled surgeries
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| Sept. 4, 2002 |
Emerging News Regarding West Nile Virus: AABB PulsePoints No. 530, September 4, 2002 (REVISED Sept. 5, 2002) |
| Aug. 31, 2002 |
FDA Approves Rhode Island Blood Center's Request to Accept Donors Who Have had Tattoos from Licensed Establishments within the Last Year |
| Aug. 30, 2002 |
Current prevalence and incidence of infectious disease markers and estimated window-period risk in the American Red Cross blood donor population
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| Aug. 27, 2002 |
Transfusion medicine leaders urge blood collection community to immediately initiate program to detect bacteria in platelet products (PDF file) (MS Word file) |
| Aug. 16, 2002 |
Illness after International Travel - The Aug. 15, 2002 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) contains information on malaria, dengue, rickettsia, and other diseases including fever associated with sexual or blood exposures (link open to subscribers only) |
| July 30, 2002 |
The Wrong Patient - a very telling example of the kind of situation that leads up to a fatal transfusion reaction |
| July 29, 2002 |
CAP Study shows Continuous Wristband Monitoring Over 2 Years Decreases Identification Errors |
| July 20, 2002 |
UK Recommendations for hospitals on improving transfusion practices |
| July 17, 2002 |
FDA Completes Safety Assessment of PVC Devices Containing the Plasticizer DEHP |
| July 7, 2002 |
CT ratios, plus RBC, FFP and platelet expiration and wastage rates |
| June 25, 2002 |
Testing Autologous Blood Units - Q and A (AABB) |
| June 24, 2002 |
Highlights of the AABB Oxygen Therapeutics Conference, May 30-31 2002 (3 parts) |
| June 20, 2002 |
"Red Gold - The Epic Story of Blood" - a 4-part PBS-TV series on blood - Sun. June 23 & 30 (funded by Chiron & Ortho CD) |
| June 16, 2002 |
CAP launches new service for reminding people to donate blood (Sign-up page) |
| May 22, 2002 |
New CAP program for assessing the competence of technologists who perform ABO/Rh/antibody detection/antibody ID/crossmatch testing. The program is designed for laboratory directors and managers to assess the competency of technical staff in performing routine pretransfusion testing. For more information, questions or to place an order, contact a CAP customer service representative at 800-323-4040, option 1, then # key. |
| May 17, 2002 |
New FDA Compliance Policy Guide - Blood Donor Classification Statement: Paid or Volunteer Donor |
| April 4, 2002 |
Deferral from blood donation of individuals who received human growth hormone |
| Mar. 29, 2002 |
FDA Guidance for Industry Providing Regulatory Submissions to CBER in Electronic Format - Investigational New Drug Applications (INDs) (PDF file) |
| Mar. 25, 2002 |
Chagas Disease After Organ Transplantation (see discussion in e-network Forum, Mar. 29) |
| Mar. 17, 2002 |
Nurses, Pathologists and the Laboratory Collaborate on Blood Safety Project |
| Mar. 9, 2002 |
Best Practices for Reducing Transfusion Errors - OBRR/CBER/FDA Workshop Feb 14 - Feb 15 |
| Feb. 26, 2002 |
'BLOOD AND DISASTER - SUPPLY AND DEMAND'. Editorial by Dr. Paul Schmidt (N Engl J Med, Vol. 346, No. 8; February 21, 2002.) Access limited to subscribers & to others at a fee - see details ADDENDUM Feb. 27 |
| Jan. 11, 2002 |
General Principles of Software Validation; Final Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff |
| Jan. 10, 2002 |
Revised FDA Preventive Measures to Reduce the Possible Risk of Transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) by Blood and Blood Products
(PDF file) (Text file) |
