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FDA changes blood donation policy

December 22, 2015

On Dec. 21, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changed its recommendation that men who have sex with men be indefinitely deferred from donating blood; the new time…

Less transfused blood doesn’t affect surgical mortality

December 11, 2014

Patients receiving liberal blood transfusions and those receiving smaller amounts have similar rates of postsurgical mortality, according to a study in The Lancet. The study supports the trend…

Massive blood transfusion protocols

July 31, 2019

RACHEL BROWN*, a 74-year-old woman, is admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) after a non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. She’s on a heparin infusion. A cardiac catheterization…

The rules of transfusion: Best practices for blood product administration

April 11, 2010

Blood transfusions can sustain and save lives. But sometimes they sicken and even kill. Learn how to prevent, detect, and manage blood transfusion reactions.

The rules of transfusion: Best practices for blood product administration

February 11, 2009

Blood transfusions can sustain and save lives. But sometimes they sicken and even kill. Learn how to prevent, detect, and manage blood transfusion reactions.