What's New - March 2012 (By topic)
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Index: TraQ & BC PBCO | Global News | Diseases | Industry News | Resource Library | Journals
Collaborating Sites: CSTM | Canada's TSOs | California Blood Bank Society
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Global News
General
- Africa's road to blood ruin (CMAJ 15 Mar. 2012)
- XIVth International Haemovigilance Seminar (April 25-27, 2012, Montreal, Canada) First time outside Europe
- AABB releases Clinical Practice Guideline on Red Cell Transfusion | Full free text articles:
- Carson JL, Grossman BJ, Kleinman S, Tinmouth AT, Marques MB, Fung MK, et al. Red blood cell transfusion: a clinical practice guideline from the AABB. Ann Intern Med. 2012.
- Vincent J-L. Indications for blood transfusions: too complex to base on a single number? (ed) Ann Int Med 2012 Mar 26.
- CBBS Today; 2012, Vol. XXX, No. 2 - 1st of 3 Special Issues (free to all) to commemorate anniversary of disastrous earthquake & tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011
- 'It has always been my dream to nurse in a developing country...' Experiences in Siem Reap Provincial Hospital, Cambodia (8 Mar. 2012, NursingTimes.net)
Canada
- BC PBCO: "Transfusion Reaction Education" (Begins April 2012)
- 6 module online educational program now open to all physicians, nurses, and medical laboratory technologists
- Health Canada Notice to Stakeholders – Publication of Proposed Blood Regulations and amendments to the Food and Drugs Act and Regulations in Canada Gazette, Part I (Comments accepted to 17 May 2012)
- CBS to close Thunder Bay Plasma Centre (29 Mar. 2012) (2 weeks notice to staff?)
- CE: Current State of Knowledge for IVIG Use and Mechanism (CBS-sponsored symposium, 8 Sept. 2012)
- Héma-Québec's Public Cord Blood Bank 1st Canadian cord blood bank to be awarded FACT Accreditation (6 Mar. 2012) (Héma-Québec's public cord blood bank)
- CSTM launches redesigned website
- Bloodtechnet learning competition returns Feb. 24, 2012 | New timeline
Australia
- National Blood Authority:
- Module 4 – Critical Care (Available for comment 26 March – 18 May 2012)
- Patient Blood Management Guidelines: Module 2 Perioperative & its Quick Reference Guide now available in hard copy (23 Mar. 2012)
- Order copies free of charge from NBA website
- Module 2 Perioperative (9 Mar. 2012)
- 2nd of 6 modules focusing on evidence-based patient blood management
- Includes Quick Reference Guide & Preoperative Haemoglobin Assessment and Optimisation template
Ireland
- Controversy hits HCV support groups:
Saudi Arabia
- Serious call to deal with medical errors in Saudi hospitals (3 Jan. 2012) Quote: “Commissions usually consist of legal experts and doctors...."
Tanzania
- Donor blood sold corruptly (11 Mar. 2012)
UK
- New WNV test for blood donors after international travel (NBSBT press release, 28 Mar. 2012)
- Laboratories play crucial role in getting life-saving blood to patients (27 Mar. 2012) (nice blood bank promo)
- Plans to introduce opt-out organ donation supported by almost two-thirds of Welsh people (2 Mar. 2012)
- London's Air Ambulance first in UK to carry blood (5 Mar. 2012)
USA
- HHS: Request for Information (RFI) on Design of a Pilot Operational Study To Assess Alternative Blood Donor Deferral Criteria for Men Who Have Had Sex With Other Men (MSM) (13 Mar. 2012)
- ARC and Dell launch first-of-its-kind social media Digital Operations Center for emergencies | Related video (7 Mar. 2012)
- Halpern v. Wake Forest Univ. Health (28 Feb. 2012) (Fascinating case: Med student diagnosed with 'Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder' dismissed from medical school for unprofessional conduct. He sued, lost, & appealed, again losing.)
Industry news
- Alba Bioscience: New £7m investment to fund expansion in Scottish subsiduary (7 Mar. 2012)
- CSL: Quarantining of human albumin (4% and 20%) | Recall notice (9 Mar. 2012)
- Immucor executives in the news:
* Also see TraQ's Industry News
Diseases in the news
HCV
- Ireland: Health agency to restrict funding to 2 support groups for those with transfusion-associated HCV from contaminated (3 Mar. 2012)
- Also see Ireland above
* Also see TraQ's 'Disease clearinghouses' in top menu
Resource Library / Links
Transfusion Ontario: Heading home after a transfusion (new patient resource)
UK Blood Transfusion & Tissue Transplantation Services: Transfusion Evidence Library Survey 2012
TM blogs:
- Blood donor questions about heterosexual sex (Musings on cultural differences in predonation screening)
- The sound of silence (Musings on blood safety regulations)
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Journals, etc.
Free full text papers | * 1 or more Canadian authors
- AABB releases Clinical Practice Guideline on Red Cell Transfusion
- * Carson JL, Grossman BJ, Kleinman S, Tinmouth AT, Marques MB, Fung MK, et al. Red blood cell transfusion: a clinical practice guideline from the AABB. Ann Intern Med. 2012.
- Vincent J-L. Indications for blood transfusions: too complex to base on a single number? (ed) Ann Int Med 2012 Mar 26.
- January 2012 issue of Transfusion: All papers are free full text.
- * Hannon JL. Management of blood donors and blood donations from individuals found to have a positive direct antiglobulin test. Transfus Med Reviews 2012 Apr;26(2):142-52. (Pub. online 17 Oct. 2011)
