July 1
Managing patients with "not so black and white antibody screen" results

Requests that an alloimmunized patient be transfused, even if 'antigen negative' RBCs are unavailable

June 12
FDA Remains Firm on Lifetime Deferral for Gay Men (ABC article)

June 11
Managing neonatal transfusions with a syringe based delivery system

May 23, 2009
Is darker-colored FFP safe to transfuse? ADDENDA May 26 & July 1

Transfer of blood products in coolers from the emergency room to the operating room ADDENDA June 12 & July 1

May 14
Direct antiglobulin testing and the evaluation of transfusion reactions

May 5
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

April 30
Should surgical intensive care units be exempt from prospective review of transfusion practices? ADDENDA June 12

April 28
Tracking the use of commercial fibrin sealants

April 10
Deferral for biologics such as TNF-alpha receptor blockers? ADDENDA July 1 & 2

April 5
Prewarmed testing can cause a laboratory to miss detecting a clinically significant red cell alloantibody ADDENDA April 24 & 28, May 5 & 26

Selective Chagas Testing ADDENDA May 14 & June 12

March 24
Management of dispensing Rh Immune Globulin (RhIg) through Pharmacy ADDENDA May 15

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July 2
FDA Enforcement Report: July 1, 2009

June 30
Immucor Working Diligently to Improve Quality System and Processes: See Immucor's Letter and Q&A to Customers, Immucor Press Release, and FDA Notice

June 18
Ahead of Print Article: Miller MA, et al. WU polyomavirus in patients infected with HIV or hepatitis C virus, Connecticut, USA, 2007. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Jul; [Epub ahead of print].

First Edition Paper: Desmarets M, et al. Minor histocompatibility antigens on transfused leukoreduced units of red blood cells induce bone marrow transplant rejection in a mouse model. Blood. prepublished online June 12, 2009.

Global News: TraQ June Newsletter (Transfusion Quality Management Program Canada) and latest BLOG (On Traq).

See the H1N1 (Swine) Flu Section of the Emerging Infectious Diseases page for latest updates

June 11
Global News: Cocaine users 'risk getting Hep C': People who snort drugs like cocaine are putting themselves at risk of contracting Hepatitis C, health charities are warning (BBC News)

Original Article: Gaines AR, et al. Investigation of whether the acute hemolysis associated with Rho(D) immune globulin intravenous (human) administration for treatment of immune thrombocytopenic purpura is consistent with the acute hemolytic transfusion reaction model (Transfusion reprint posted on FDA website)

Marrow donors elusive for multiracial patients: Just a tiny fraction of donors on the national registry are of mixed race (MSNBC)

May 30
NOTICE from the CBBS Website Team: FDA Website reorganized May 30

Practice Guidelines for Blood Transfusion: American Red Cross physicians offer the 2nd edition of this compilation from peer-reviewed literature. Download the Practice Guidelines.
Featured Research: Despite universal bacterial testing of apheresis platelets, a Red Cross study finds that bacterial contamination remains a significant residual risk in transfusion, especially for older platelets collected without a sample first diversion strategy. Read the full article.
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