| Date Posted |
Subject |
| Dec 26, 2004 |
Original Article: Giarratanal M-C et al - Ex vivo generation of fully mature human red blood cells from hematopoietic stem cells Nature Biotechnology 23, 69 - 74 (2004); Related article (BBC, Dec 26) |
| Dec 22, 2004 |
Original Article: Cooling LL et al - Determinants of ABH expression on human blood platelets (Blood Online, Dec 21) |
| Dec 18, 2004 |
Association Bulletin 04-08: Criteria for Donor Deferral in Known or Suspected Common Source Outbreaks of Hepatitis A Virus Infection (Access limited to AABB members) |
| Dec 11, 2004 |
Potential Hemolysis in Red Blood Cells and Whole Blood Leukocyte-Reduced Products Manufactured with the Pall BPF4 Filter (FDA/CBER, Dec 11) See related eNF; AABB Alert (Dec 17). Also see FDA/CBER update & Recall of Leukocyte Reduction BPF4 High Efficiency Filter (Dec 18) Recall of Additional Lot of Leukocyte Reduction BPF4 High Efficiency Filter (FDA/CBER, Feb 26, 2005) |
| Dec 5, 2004 |
NHLBI stops sickle cell anemia transfusion study - Clinical alert issued |
| Dec 1, 2004 |
Original Articles: Outcomes of Transplantation of Cord Blood or Bone Marrow from Unrelated Donors in Adults with Leukemia: Laughlin MJ et al, Rocha V et al, Editorial (NEJM Nov25) |
| Nov 28, 2004 |
Florida Blood Services to help test for Chagas parasite (St. Petersburg Times, Nov 28) (See eNF issue of June 2002) |
| Nov 23, 2004 |
Journal Article:Toy P and Gajic O: Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI) Anesth & Analg 99:1623-4, 2004 (Nov 23) The leading cause of transfusion-related mortality |
| Nov 19, 2004 |
Current Good Tissue Practice for Human Cell, Tissue and cellular and Tissue-Based Product Establishments - Final Rule, Q & A for Roll-Out (FDA/CBER) |
| Nov 12, 2004 |
Guidance for Industry: Recommendations for Obtaining a Labeling Claim for Communicable Disease Donor Screening Tests Using Cadaveric Blood Specimens from Donors of Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products (HCT/Ps) (FDA/CBER) |
| Nov 11, 2004 |
Scientists seek biological pacemaker - Engineered stem cells could return the rhythm (BBC News) |
| Nov 4, 2004 |
Doubt over stem cell blood theory- Scientists say it might one day be possible to end the need for blood donation by creating supplies from human stem cells. (BBC News) |
| Oct 15, 2004 |
The Potential Risk of Simian Foamy Virus Transmission by Blood Transfusion - Issue Summary (FDA/BPAC) |
| Oct 14, 2004 |
Reconstituted blood is better for infants' heart surgery than fresh whole blood (U Texas Southwestern) |
| Oct 13, 2004 |
Biological Product Deviation Reporting (BPDR) - Product Deviation Codes (FDA/CBER) |
| Oct 2, 2004 |
Original Article: The societal unit cost of allogenic red blood cells and red blood cell transfusion in Canada Amin M et al., Transfusion October 2004 |
| Sept. 23, 2004 |
VCJD: Further precautionary measures announced for some recipients of plasma derivatives in UK (UK Dept of Health) |
| Sept. 12, 2004 |
Shulman, IA: CAP Laboratory Accreditation Checklist Item TRM.44955 Phase I Requirement on Bacterial Detection in Platelets, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: Vol. 128, No. 9, pp. 958–963. |
| Sept. 12, 2004 |
Saxena S et al: A comprehensive assessment program to improve blood-administering practices using the FOCUS-PDCA model. Transfusion 44(9), 1350-1356. |
| Aug. 26, 2004 |
Transmission of West Nile Virus to a Patient from a Donor Whose Blood Test was Negative (PDF Press release from United Blood Services ) |
| Aug. 17, 2004 |
Goldfinger to Receive ASCP Philip Levine Award (Laboratory Medicine) |
| Aug. 10, 2004 |
AABB PulsePoints No. 651: Recall of Amicus Separator Apheresis Device |
| Aug. 10, 2004 |
Young 'more susceptible to CJD': Scientists have found more evidence to suggest that young people may be more susceptible to vCJD (BBC) |
| Aug. 6, 2004 |
Thimerosal in Vaccines (FDA/CBER). Related articles on anti-RBC antibodies: 1984 , 1982. No evidence that mercury-based preservative used in vaccines is linked to children's behavioural problems.(BBC News) ALSPAC Press Release & Abstract: PEDIATRICS Vol. 114 No. 3 September 2004, pp. 577-583 (Sept 7) |
| Aug. 5, 2004 |
Original Article: Hall AM et al: Rh Autoantigen presentation to helper T cells in chronic lymphocytic leukemia by malignant B-cells - Blood, July 29 |
| July 30, 2004 |
Blood Community, FDA Move Toward Definition of TRALI (AABB Weekly Report) |
| July 22, 2004 |
Second UK case of vCJD 'via blood' (BBC); related AABB Pulsepoints (July 23) |
| July 17, 2004 |
Pierson JL, Hannon TJ, Earles DR. A Blood-Conservation Algorithm to Reduce Blood Transfusions After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2004 Jul;86-A(7):1512-8. |
| July 14, 2004 |
Decline in strokes among California children with sickle cell disease: 2 articles in Blood, July 15: Powars DR; Fullerton HJ et al |
| July 14, 2004 |
Haemonetics to Market First Non-Invasive Test for Blood Hematocrit (Haemonetics, July 14) |
| July 14, 2004 |
BCSH Guidelines for the use of FFP, cryo and cryosupernatant (PDF) (BJH, July 14) |
| July 11, 2004 |
American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guideline: Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation. PEDIATRICS Vol. 114 No. 1 July 2004, pp. 297-316; Sentinel Event Alert: Revised guidance to help prevent kernicterus (JCAHO, Aug. 31, 2004) |
| July 2, 2004 |
AABB PulsePoints #647: Rabies Transmitted Through Solid Organ Transplant |
| June 29, 2004 |
Association Bulletin 04-05: Uniform Donor History Questionnaire (AABB PulsePoints) |
| June 15, 2004 |
Strategies for Narrowing the Organ Donation Gap and Protecting Patients (JCAHO) |
| June 7, 2004 |
Association Bulletin 04-4: Joint Statement of AABB, America's Blood Centers and American Red Cross on Implementation of Individual Donation Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing for West Nile virus (AABB PulsePoints) |
| June 4, 2004 |
Original Article: Guo XY et al. Effect of intraoperative using cell saver on blood sparing and its impact on coagulation function. Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao. April 2004 |
| June 3, 2004 |
Original Article: Arnold DM. Bacterial and parasitic contamination of blood components. Transfus Med Rev April 2004 |
| June 2, 2004 |
Original Article: Blajchman MA et al. Proceedings of a consensus conference: the screening of blood donors for variant CJD. Transfus Med Rev April 2004 |
| June 1, 2004 |
Original Article: Haynes SL et al. The role of hospital transfusion committees in blood product conservation. Transfus Med Rev April 2004 |
| June 1, 2004 |
Establishments Granted Variances for Collection of Blood and Blood Products from Patients with Hemochromatosis (updated May 28) (FDA/CBER) |
| May 29, 2004 |
Cord Blood Treatment's Promise Mired in Bureaucracy (NY Times, May 29) ( requires free registration) |
| May 28, 2004 |
Original Article: Bodnaruk ZM et al. Meeting the clinical challenge of care for Jehovah's Witnesses. Transfus Med Rev April 2004 |
| May 27, 2004 |
Original Article: Custer, B.: Economic analyses of blood safety and transfusion medicine interventions: a systematic review Tranf Med Rev, Apr 2004 |
| May 27, 2004 |
Original Article: Carotta S, et al. Directed differentiation and mass cultivation of pure erythroid progenitors from mouse embryonic stem cells. (Blood, May 27) |
| May 25, 2004 |
Original Article: Shen C-R, et al. Peptides containing a dominant T-cell epitope from red cell band 3 have in vivo immunomodulatory properties in NZB mice with autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Blood, 15 November 2003, Vol. 102, No. 10, pp. 3800-3806. |
| May 25, 2004 |
Original Article: Hall AM, et al. Interleukin-10-mediated regulatory T-cell responses to epitopes on a human red blood cell autoantigen. Blood, 15 December 2002, Vol. 100, No. 13, pp. 4529-4536. |
| May 11, 2004 |
F. Akbiyik, et al. Human bone marrow megakaryocytes and platelets express PPAR and PPAR agonists blunt platelet release of CD40 ligand and thromboxanes. Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online May 6, 2004; DOI 10.1182/blood-2004-03-0926. Press Release PDF (Univ. of Rochester) |
| May 6, 2004 |
Verlinksky, et al. Preimplantation HLA Testing. JAMA 291 (17):2079. |
| May 4, 2004 |
Haemovigilance in Switzerland (Powerpoint Presentation by Marianne Senn, SwissMedic, at 2004 European Haemovigilance Seminar). Full text of presentation (MS Word) (Swissmedic) |
| Apr. 30, 2004 |
Original Article: Relative values of the interventions of diversion and improved donor-arm disinfection to reduce the bacterial risk from blood transfusion - Vox Sanguinis, April 2004 |
| Apr. 20, 2004 |
Original Article: 'Barcode technology: its role in increasing the safety of blood transfusion' Transfusion, Sept 2003 |
| Apr. 20, 2004 |
The Purpose of H. R. 2852 and S. 1717 'Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2003' New York Blood Center's Perspective PDF file (NYBC Position Paper) |
| Apr. 19, 2004 |
Pourbabak S, Rund CR, Crookston KP. Three cases of massive fetomaternal hemorrhage presenting without clinical suspicion. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2004 Apr;128(4):463-5. |
| Apr. 15, 2004 |
Quality improvement report: Effect of a flow chart on use of blood transfusions in primary total hip and knee replacement: prospective before and after study. Brit Med J. April 17, 2004 |
| Apr. 14, 2004 |
Rituximab for primary chronic cold agglutinin disease: a prospective study of 37 courses of therapy in 27 patients (Blood, Apr. 15) |
| Apr. 2, 2004 |
‘Dear Abby’ Letter Encourages Blood Donation (AABB Weekly Report) |
| Mar. 31, 2004 |
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| Mar. 30, 2004 |
CMS Advisory Panel Recommends Use of Blood Industry Data in Establishing Outpatient Payment Rates (AABB Regulatory Update) |
| Mar. 29, 2004 |
Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: Recommendation Statement of USPSTF (Ann Int Med.) |
| Mar. 26, 2004 |
Castellino et al. The epidemiology of chronic hepatitis C infection in survivors of childhood cancer: an update of the St Jude Children's Research Hospital hepatitis C seropositive cohort Blood, 1 April 2004, Vol. 103, No. 7, pp. 2460-2466. Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on December 18, 2003. |
| Mar. 19, 2004 |
Notice to Readers: Protocols for Confirmation of Reactive Rapid HIV Tests (MMWR) |
| Mar. 19, 2004 |
Tranexamic Acid May Reduce Transfusion Requirement Associated with Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery as Effectively as Aprotinin (Doctor's Guide) |
| Mar. 19, 2004 |
Primate virus spreads to humans: Hunting for and eating primate 'bushmeat' is exposing humans to a form of virus carried by apes and monkeys, experts say (BBC News) |
| Mar. 15, 2004 |
Cellular Therapy: Potential Treatment for Heart Disease (FDA/CBER) |
| Mar. 15, 2004 |
Blood technology gets a transfusion - CHIRON & MASS. FIRMS WORKING ON WAY TO CONVERT BLOOD TYPES (silicon valley.com) |
| Mar. 13, 2004 |
Update: Abbott Consent Decree still in effect; Progress letter from FDA (Dec 18, 2003) |
| Mar. 12, 2004 |
Bacterial contamination of platelet units: a case report and literature survey with review of upcoming AABB requirements. Arch Pathol Lab Med. March, 2004 |
| Mar. 11, 2004 |
Precision Dynamics Corporation and Georgetown University Hospital's Blood Bank to Conduct Radio Frequency Identification Pilot Study (Business Wire) |
| Mar. 11, 2004 |
Hepatitis B Virus Infection - Natural History and Clinical Consequences (requires registration) (NEJM, Mar. 11) |
| Mar. 4, 2004 |
Long-term outcome of hepatitis C infection after bone marrow transplantation Blood Mar 1, 2004; Editorial |
| Mar. 3, 2004 |
Patient Safety: Frequently Asked Questions about the Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery (JCAHO) |
| Mar. 2, 2004 |
Recall of Reagent Red Blood Cells, 0.8%, Selectogen, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. (recall initiated Dec. 23, 2003; updated Mar. 1, 2004) |
| Feb. 27, 2004 |
Establishments Granted Approval for Variances for Collection of Blood and Blood Products from Patients with Hemochromatosis (FDA/CBER - current) |
| Feb. 27, 2004 |
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and vCJD-Questions and Answers (FDA/CBER)
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| Feb. 23, 2004 |
Postoperative And Total Blood Loss Effectively Reduced By Tranexamic Acid In Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty (Doctor's Guide) |
| Feb. 19, 2004 |
Heterosexual Transmission of HIV - 29 States, 1999-2002 (MMWR Feb. 20)) |
| Feb. 17, 2004 |
Database on blood and marrow stem cell transplants now available online (NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) |
| Feb. 17, 2004 |
Firm to automate typing of blood (Philadelphia Business Journal) |
| Feb. 16, 2004 |
Scientists discover new form of mad cow disease (CNN) |
| Feb. 15, 2004 |
Panel urges more tests for mad cow - Data needed to determine risk in U.S. from cattle products (San Francisco Chronicle) |
| Feb. 13, 2004 |
Case Commentary in Lab Medicine: Transfusion "Slip" (webM&M) |
| Feb. 10, 2004 |
New HIV Test Identifies Cases in College Students -registration may be required (NY Times) |
| Feb. 10, 2004 |
Procedures for the Preparation, Routing and Issuance of Guidance Documents, SOPP 8002, Version #4. Date: January 15, 2004 (FDA/CBER) |
| Feb. 9, 2004 |
Family may sue after blood blunder (BBC) |
| Feb. 6, 2004 |
Study reveals increased morbidity and blood transfusion rate in women who choose vaginal delivery after previous c-section (Ohio State U.) |
| Feb. 5, 2004 |
Samuel Pepys and blood transfusion - 150 years before the historical experiments by Leacock (BMJ) |
| Feb. 5, 2004 |
Blood Transfusion Poses vCJD Risk (Lancet/Newswise); Related articles (The Guardian, Reuters; Feb. 6) |
| Feb. 5, 2004 |
FDA Moves Ahead with Reproductive Tissue Bank Registration (CAP STATLINE) |
| Feb. 4, 2004 |
Alphabetical List of Licensed Establishments (FDA/CBER)
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| Feb. 4, 2004 |
Draft Guidance for Industry - Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic Format - Content of Labeling (FDA/CBER)
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| Feb. 2, 2004 |
Freeze is first step in setting blood payments (CAP Today) |
| Feb. 2, 2004 |
Exceptions and Alternative Procedures Approved Under 21 CFR 640.120 (FDA/CBER) |
| Jan. 28, 2004 |
Red Blood Transfusion in the Critically Ill Patient: When is it Appropriate? (Doctor's Guide Webcast, 38 minutes; ACP) |
| Jan. 28, 2004 |
Haematological Issues in Critically Ill Patients (Doctor's Guide Review) |
| Jan. 24, 2004 |
National Women's Health Report: Women's Health, Blood Donations and Blood Safety/December 2003 PDF file (National Women's Health Resource Center) |
| Jan. 19, 2004 |
Prevention of Rh Alloimmunization - SOGC Clinical Practice Guidelines (PDF) (JOGC, Sept. 2003) |
| Jan. 16, 2004 |
Recipients of blood or blood products "at vCJD risk" (Editorial, BMJ); data collection form |
| Jan. 9, 2004 |
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in a Dairy Cow - Washington State, 2003 (CDC/MMWR) |
