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General

• Female Celebrity Cruises passenger sues after 'receiving HIV-infected blood from another traveler' during onboard emergency transfusion when she suffered hemorrhage (26 May 2022)
• Abstracts of ISBT, June 4-8, 2022: ISBT 2022 - Abstract Book (24 May 2022) | Related: Author index
• USA: CDC issues monkeypox warning advising travelers to 'practice enhanced precautions' (24 May 2022)
• USA: US in process of releasing monkeypox vaccine from national stockpile for ‘high-risk’ people, CDC says (24 May 2022)
• Repeat infections with COVID-19 may become the norm (23 May 2022)
• The evolution of blood group genotyping (20 May 2022) | Complementary to all via AABB Newsletter.
• Jamie Nash receives 28th Scott Murphy Memorial Award Lectureship (20 May 2022)
• Here’s how wars have changed modern medicine (19 May 2022)
• Epidemiological update issued 19 May 2022: hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control)
• USA: CDC, FDA consider expanding COVID-19 booster eligibility (19 May 2022)
• See Ryan & Rosengart in Journals below.
• Columbia University researchers say new high-speed 3D microscope could replace traditional biopsy, with implications for surgical pathology (18 May 2022) | Related:
  • Patel KB, Liang W, Casper MJ, et al. High-speed light-sheet microscopy for the in-situ acquisition of volumetric histological images of living tissue. Nat Biomed Eng. 2022 Mar 28. Epub ahead of print.
• Smart pacifier developed to monitor infant health in hospitals (16 May 2022) | Related:
  • Lim HR, Lee SM, Park S, et al. Smart bioelectronic pacifier for real-time continuous monitoring of salivary electrolytes. Biosens Bioelectron. 2022 Aug 15;210:114329. Epub 2022 Apr 26.
• Addressing gaps in care for patients with thalassemia (13 May 2022)
• 'Human Cell Atlas' maps 1 million cell types in 33 organs (12 May 2022)
• UK: Hundreds of patient data breaches are left unpunished (12 May 2022)
• USA: Global license program to receive Covid-19 support from U.S. NIH (12 May 2002)
• USA: Rehospitalization and emergency department visits after CAR T-cell therapy in commercially insured patients with cancer (12 May 2022)
• Growing share of Covid-19 deaths are among vaccinated people, but booster shots substantially lower the risk (11 May 2022)
• Target trial emulation using real world data suggest older RBCs may increase mortality (11 May 2022) | Related:
  • Bruun-Rasmussen P, Andersen PK, Banasik K, et al. Intervening on the storage time of RBC units and its effects on adverse recipient outcomes using real-world data. Blood. 2022 Apr 28:blood.2022015892. Epub ahead of print. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
• USA: Moderna completes FDA submission for use of COVID shot in adolescents, kids (11 May 2022)
• Industry news: BD, Babson set sights on bringing simple blood collection into the home (11 May 2022)
• In Memoriam: Morris “Moe” Blajchman. MD, FRCPC (10 May 2022)
• Canada: Saskatchewan 'close to a breaking point' with lab tech shortage (10 May 2022)
• Biomarkers in the blood can indicate the seriousness of head trauma (10 May 2022) | Related:
  • Thomas I, Dickens AM, Posti JP, et al.;CENTER-TBI Participants and Investigators. Serum metabolome associated with severity of acute traumatic brain injury. Nat Commun. 2022 May 10;13(1):2545. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
• USA: Study finds ‘substantial’ underrepresentation of black patients in CAR-T clinical trials (10 May 2022) | Related:
  • Al Hadidi S, Schinke C, Thanendrarajan S, et al. Enrollment of black participants in pivotal clinical trials supporting US Food and Drug Administration approval of chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy for hematological malignant neoplasms. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e228161. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
• Pre-transfusion testing only necessary for select degenerative cervical spine surgery patients (10 May 2022) | Related:
  • Núñez JH, Bosch-García D, Escudero B, et al. Is routine blood typing and screening necessary for degenerative cervical spine surgery patients in specialty surgical hospitals? Transfusion. 2022 Apr 23. Epub ahead of print.
• Medication side effects tied to higher blood transfusion rates in those with Parkinson's disease (6 May 2022)
• USA: FDA limits use of J&J COVID vaccine due to blood clot risk (5 May 2022)
• Discovery provides critical clues to why many immunotherapies trigger dangerous side effects (5 May 2022) | Related:
  • Eschweiler S, Ramírez-Suástegui C, Li Y, et al. Intermittent PI3K inhibition sustains anti-tumour immunity and curbs irAEs. Nature. 2022 May 4. Epub ahead of print. (Open access) | PubMed abstract
• Stress in healthcare workers: a model to help us rethink challenges (3 May 2022)
• Canada: Blood test vial supplies stabilize, but concerns remain (3 May 2022)
• Researchers develop smartphone-powered microchip for at-home medical diagnostic testing (2 May 2022) | Related:
  • Ertsgaard CT, Yoo D, Christenson PR, et al. Open-channel microfluidics via resonant wireless power transfer. Nat Commun. 2022 Apr 6;13(1):1869. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
• Hospitals can reduce antibiotic overuse by avoiding unnecessary blood draws in critically ill children, study shows (2 May 2022) | Related:
  • Woods-Hill CZ, Colantuoni EA, Koontz DW, et al. Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically ill children with culture rates, antibiotic use, and patient outcomes: Results of the Bright STAR Collaborative. JAMA Pediatr. 2022 May 2. Epub ahead of print.
• USA: CDC: Adenovirus should be considered in diagnosis of acute hepatitis in children (2 May 2022)
• Proven mRNA technologies embolden vaccine and drug makers (2 May 2022)
• Pfizer's oral COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid falls short as preventive therapy, new data shows (2 May 2022)
• Global prevalence of long COVID ‘substantial,’ researchers say (1 May 2022) | Related:
  • Chen C, Haupert SR, Zimmermann L, et al. Global Prevalence of Post COVID-19 Condition or Long COVID: A meta-analysis and systematic review. J Infect Dis. 2022 Apr 16:jiac136. Epub ahead of print. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
• Artificial intelligence in digital pathology developments lean toward practical tools (29 Apr. 2022)
• We’re facing a critical shortage of medical laboratory professionals (28 Apr. 2022)
• Taking data visualization for blood management to the next level and beyond (April 2022)
• AABB: Proposed draft Standards for Perioperative Autologous Blood Collection and Administration, 10th edition, is available for public comment until May 18
• A mighty kind movement brought to you by the Orgamites (22 Apr. 2022)
• USA: FDA could authorize Covid shots for children under 5 in June (21 Apr. 2022)
• Blood money: Europe wrestles with moral dilemma over paying donors for plasma (21 Apr. 2022)
• UTD engineers’ new rapid virus test raises bar for detection (20 Apr. 2022) | Related:
  • Liu Y, Ye H, Huynh H, et al. Digital plasmonic nanobubble detection for rapid and ultrasensitive virus diagnostics. Nat Commun. 2022 Mar 30;13(1):1687. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract

Canada

• 'We're asking people to help': Canadian Blood Services issues urgent call for donors after drop in inventory (19 May 2022)
• CBS: Investigating envelope viruses: Tissue factor clotting research earns a first-ranked CIHR Project Grant (14 Apr. 2022)
• ORBCoN resources:
  • April newsletter
• CBS: Professional education events (4 in May 2022)

Australia

• 'Transfusion confusion': Migrants turned away from donating blood in Australia (25 May 2022)

Austria

• Austria to introduce individual donor risk assessment (23 May 2022)

Belarus

• Kochanova visits National Research Center for Transfusion Medicine and Medical Biotechnology (17 May 2022)

Belgium

• Belgium becomes first country to introduce mandatory monkeypox quarantine as global cases rise (23 May 2022)

Cambodia

• Banking sector, UYFC team up for blood drive (14 May 2022)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Fresh Ebola outbreak in DRC likely to spread to neighboring countries: WHO (30 Apr. 2022)

Honduras

• U.S. military, Honduran Red Cross save lives through local blood drives (16 May 2022)

India

• Uttar Pradesh health worker took bribe for blood transfusion, then gave patient glucose mixed with red medicine (30 May 2022)
• 4 children become HIV positive after blood transfusion In Nagpur, 1 dies (26 May 2022) | Related:
  • Nagpur: Food and Drugs Administration begins probe into HIV through blood transfusion (27 May 2022)
• MS Education Academy offers free education to thalassemia students in Telangana (25 May 2022)
• Team effort helps patient with rare Bombay blood type (11 May 2022)
• Telangana governor lauds Red Cross Society (9 May 2022)
• Experts see blood stem cell transplant as a curative treatment for thalassemia (9 May 2022)
• 9-yr-old Rohtak child gets new lease of life (7 May 2022)
• Hospital ordered to compensate for patient’s death (7 May 2022)
• Blood stem cell transplantation shows 90% success rate in thalassemia patients who have HLA matched stem cell donors (5 May 2022)
• Impact of pandemic and way forward for thalassemia patients in India (4 May 2022)
• NGOs call on govt to adopt new WHO guidelines for management of cryptococcal meningitis (4 May 2022) | related:
  • New guidelines from WHO recommend a simpler, safer treatment for cryptococcal disease in people living with HIV (20 Apr. 2022)
• Thalassemia: Harish Rao assures GO on antenatal test-HbA2 (30 Apr. 2022)

Israel

• New shielded MDA Blood Services Center 1st of its kind worldwide (2 May 2022) | The facility was built at a cost of $135 million, funded primarily by American Friends of Magen David Adom (AFMDA).

Japan

• Japan pharma cranks up output of COVID vaccine materials (5 May 2022)

Nigeria

• Automation of blood transfusion process to start soon (18 May 2022)
• Lagos govt partners civil society to advocate increase in blood donation (15 May 2022)
• Lack of blood donors, funds make transfusion difficult ­- Expert (15 May 2022)
• Embrace voluntary blood donation, Lagos govt urges citizens (12 May 2022)
• Workshop of National Voluntary Blood Donors Association (30 Apr. 2022)

Pakistan

• Fatimid Center being established in DI Khan in collaboration with OGDCL (7 May 2022) | The Fatimid Foundation manages the largest blood bank & transfusion services in Pakistan and provides free of charge transfusion to its 14000+ registered underprivileged patients of thalassemia, hemophilia and other genetic blood disorder patients across the country.

Singapore

• Singapore approves clinical trial of TCR-T cell therapy for liver cancer (9 May 2022) | SCG101 is being developed to treat HBV-related liver cancer, the most common liver cancer.

South Africa

• South Africa seeing another Covid surge, this time from new omicron subvariant, BA.4 (29 Apr. 2022) | Daily cases are over 6,000 per day, up from a few hundred just a few weeks ago.

South Korea

• BMS Korea gets regulatory nods for 2 myelofibrosis treatments (11 May 2022) | As Korea's blood stocks have plummeted due to the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic, the company expects that Reblozyl's effect on reducing blood transfusion requirements will help the country’s blood supply.
• 18,478 Shincheonji Church members donated blood to solve the blood shortage across South Korea (11 May 2022)

Spain

• First out-of-hospital blood transfusion in Andalucía is carried out by an air ambulance crew in Ronda (5 May 2022)

Sri Lanka

• National Blood Transfusion Service calls for critical donations of quality-assured consumables (4 May 2022)
• Blood Bank receives much-needed blood bags (29 Apr. 2022)

Tanzania

• Why voluntary blood donations should be encouraged (23 May 2022)
• Blood transfusion centres receive continental quality accreditation (14 May 2022)
• Tanzania targets 70 accredited blood transfusion centres (9 May 2022)

Uganda

• UBTS seeks law to punish persons selling blood (20 May 2022)

UK

• SHOT celebrates its Silver Jubilee in 2022
• Scotland: Lanarkshire man helps hundreds of people by donating 150 pints of blood over the years (24 May 2022)
• Leona Harris: Fairfield nurse vows to fight on after 'whitewash' appeal decision (18 May 2022) | Related:
  • Employment Tribunal of Leona Harris (18 Oct. 2019) | The complaint of unfair dismissal is not well-founded and is dismissed.
• NHSBT: £20 million for new blood and transplant research units - with Oxford University partnership (16 May 2022)
• Scotland: Readers' Letters: New donor questions too bleeding political (16 May 2022)
• Scotland: Scots cancer teen thanks ‘lifesaver’ blood donors as brave fighter leaves hospital (10 May 2022)
• Infected Blood Inquiry - News:
  • UK patients affected by infected blood scandal to receive payouts (29 May 2022)
  • Government was wrong on risk of Aids to blood scandal victims, inquiry told (20 May 2022)
  • 'I'm sorry people had to wait 30 years,' former minister tells Infected Blood Inquiry (20 May 2022)
  • Government accused of ‘Hillsborough cover-up’ after court hears doctors were asked to ‘tone down’ reports of contaminated blood scandal which infected up to 30,000 patients with HIV and hepatitis (11 May 2022)
  • A doctor appointed chief medical officer at the Ministry of Health had no training for the position (10 May 2022)
• Norfolk leukaemia patient in diverse heritage donor call (7 May 2022)
• NHSBT: ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ stars inspire public to ‘become real-life heroes’ by donating blood as NHS teams up with Marvel Studios (5 May 2022)
• Northumberland rescue dog who nearly died from random wound is saved by blood transfusions (3 May 2022)

Ukraine

• Ukraine creates a single information space for all parties involved in the blood- and blood products-related healthcare (1 May 2022)

USA

• CDC identifies 9 monkeypox cases in 7 states (27 May 2022)
• Seattle blood banks step in to help after Texas school shooting (26 May 2022)
• Blood Emergency Readiness Corps activated to respond to the school shooting in south Texas (25 May 2022)
• One organization has already sent 25 units of blood to Uvalde. Here's how you can help (24 May 2022) | The death count is now 19 children & 2 adults & it may rise.
• FDA: Recommendations to reduce the possible risk of transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by blood and blood components (Final Guidance for Industry, May 2022: As of 24 May 2022)
• Regulatory update: AABB's Regulatory update: AABB's TTD committee monitoring monkeypox outbreak (23 May 2022)
• CDC recommends Pfizer booster shot for kids ages 5 to 11 as Covid cases rise across the U.S. (19 May 2022)
• A third of people in US should consider masking based on their Covid-19 risk, CDC director says (18 May 2022)
• The Ray brothers: Kelly Ring talks with Florida family years after children's deaths from AIDS (18 May 2022)
• National Academies report cites ‘urgent’ need to recruit more diverse participants for clinical trials (17 May 2022) | Related:
  • Lack of equitable representation in clinical trials compounds disparities in health and will cost U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars; urgent actions needed by NIH, FDA, others to boost representation (17 May 2022)

• As Red Cross moves to pricey blood treatment method, hospitals call for more choice (17 May 2022)
• The AP Interview: US 'vulnerable' to COVID without new shots (12 May 2022)
• Tampa Bay cancer patient in critical need of transfusion during historic shortage (12 May 2022)
• CSL, plasma companies win reversal on Border Patrol blockade of visas for paid collections (10 May 2022)
• FDA outlines benefit-risk approach to drug or biologic product quality assessment (10 May 2022) | Related:
  • FDA Guidance Document: Benefit-Risk Considerations for Product Quality Assessments (May 2022)
• Connecticut and Rhode Island Blood Centers announce blood emergency (9 May 2022)
• First patient receives whole blood from PA ground-based EMS unit (9 May 2022)
• Coronavirus wave this fall and winter could potentially infect 100 million Americans, White House warns (7 May 2022)
• Wife, 75, died in 2020 while sitting in 110F car outside Nevada VA hospital waiting for her husband to finish blood transfusion alone due to COVID rules, says coroner (7 May 2022)
• CDC still unsure on cause of hepatitis cases in children, issues new guidance for adenovirus testing (6 May 2022)
• FDA limits use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine (6 May 2022)
• Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths (4 May 2022)
• COVID-19 admissions jumped 18% last week: 9 CDC findings (2 May 2022)
• Pleasanton man donates blood one year after farming accident nearly took his life (30 Apr. 2022)
• Wilkes County paramedics administer blood transfusion less than 24 hours after getting equipment (29 Apr. 2022)

Vietnam

• 2nd facility of HCMC Blood Transfusion Hematology Hospital inaugurated (20 May 2022)

Industry news

• AstraZeneca/RQ Bio: AstraZeneca boosts COVID portfolio with RQ Bio deal (17 May 2022)
• CSL: CSL staff shortages bite despite plasma bounce-back (3 May 2022) | Also see USA above
• Emcure Pharmaceuticals/HDT Bio: Indian drugmaker seeks to toss 'bloated' billion-dollar lawsuit over Covid vaccine candidate (16 May 2022)
• Gilead/Dragonfly: Gilead snaps up rights to promising Dragonfly NK engager program (2 May 2022)
• Hologic: Hologic secures US FDA approval for Aptima CMV Quant assay (11 May 2022)
• Northway Biotech: Lithuanian Northway Biotech (CDMO) to open facility in Boston (25 May 2022)
• Pfizer: Pfizer to offer low-cost medicines, vaccines to poor nations (25 May 2022)

Diseases in the news

• A(H5) virus: CDC issues treatment recs for suspected bird flu cases (2 May 2022) Related:
  • CDC: U.S. case of human avian influenza A(H5) virus reported (28 Apr. 2022)
• COVID-19: See General news, India, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, and USA above
• Ebola: See Democratic Republic of the Congo above
• HIV, hepatitis: See Austria and UK above
• HIV: See General news and India above
• Hepatitis A: See Journals below (Lefeuvre, et al.)
• Monkey pox: See General news, Belgium and USA above

Resource Library

• NOTE: Starting January 2021 items in the Resource Library will consist of new or recently added ones. The remaining resources will be in Resource Library Archives. You can also access each country's archived resources individually:
  • Australia | Canada | UK | USA
• CANADA:
  • NEW CBS:Blais-Normandin I, Tordon B, Anani W. Pathogen-reduced buffy coat platelets [Internet]. Ottawa: Canadian Blood Services; 2022 [cited 2022 04 05].
  • CBS: Sepsis: The end is just the beginning (3 Feb. 2022) | Related:
    • van der Slikke EC, An AY, Hancock REW, Bouma HR. Exploring the pathophysiology of post-sepsis syndrome to identify therapeutic opportunities. EBioMedicine. 2020 Nov;61:103044. Epub 2020 Oct 8. (Free access) | PubMed abstract
  • CBS: Learning about organ and tissue donation portal (K-12) | Portal created by CBS collaborating with Canada's organ/tissue donation and transplant organizations.
  • CBS: Funded research projects
  • CBS: FAQ: Information for health professionals on safety of transfused blood collected from COVID-19-vaccinated donors
  • CBS: COVID-19: Update on organ donation and transplantation services (Links to many resources)
  • CBS Clinical Guide to Transfusion:
    • Chapter 11: Trudeau JD, Dawe P, Shih AW. Massive hemorrhage and emergency transfusion. In: Clarke G, Chargé S, editors. Clinical Guide to Transfusion. Canadian Blood Services, 2021 Sept.7 [cited 2021/10/05].
  • Héma-Québec: Multiple videos on [blood donation, plasma donation, stem cell donation, mother's milk donation, sickle cell anemia & more]
  • NEW ORBCoN: May newsletter                            
  • ORBCoN: Massive Hemorrhage Protocol
  • ORBCoN: Massive Hemorrhage Protocol: 3 simulation videos
  • PBCO:
    • Stay tuned...
• NEW Australia/NZ:
  • Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion:ANZSBT (Multiple guidelines)
  • Australian Blood Matters Program (Multiple resources)
  • Blood Safe e-Learning Australia
• NEW Ireland (HSE): Blood transfusion leaflets (In 7 languages)
• NEW ISBT:
  • ISBT Code of Ethics (Available in 8 languages)
  • Identify critical elements of a scientific manuscript review ( Dr. Ziggy Szczepiorkowski webinar: 47:58 min.)
  • ISBT Transfusion Reactions E-learning Module
  • ISBT Patient Blood Management Resources
  • ISBT Blood transport container validation guidelines (6 pp. pdf)
• NEW EBA: European Blood Alliance (Position papers and fact sheets)
• UK:
  • NEW British Society for Haematology (Multiple guidelines)
  • SHOT Bite No. 21 (Dec. 2021)
  • NHSBT: Blood Assist | Covers 8 core stages of blood administration, including positive patient identification, consent, compatibility, transfusion reactions and more.
  • Live illustrations from the Annual SHOT Symposium 2021 (by Jenny Leonard):
    • Expertise in Practice
    • Ideas & Developments
    • Learning from the Outside
    • Looking at Transfusion as a Whole
  • SHOT:
    • Part 1 (5:11 min. video): Anti-D immunoglobulin errors and immunisation in pregnancy: Insights from SHOT (24 Feb. 2022)
    • Part 2 (5:19 min. video): Anti-D immunoglobulin errors and immunisation in pregnancy: Insights from SHOT (24 Feb. 2022)
    • Transfusion Aide Memoire (2021) | Transfusion essentials for health care professionals
    • Safe transfusions in haemopoietic stem cell transplant recipients (2021)
    • SHOT definitions (Rev. Feb. 2021)
    • TACO pretransfusion checklist (2021)
  • NHS: The role of the haematology /transfusion consultant scientist in the delivery of clinical and laboratory haematology services: An education and training solution and a workforce solution. National School of Healthcare Science Haematology Workforce Working Group (September 2020)
  • UK SHOT: Animated videos (31 Mar. 2021)
    • Understanding Human Factors in Transfusion Pt 1 (5:55 mins)
    • Understanding Human Factors in Transfusion Pt 2 (7:24 mins)
  • SHOT webinar on Haemolytic Transfusion Reactions (12 Mar. 2021) | 55 Min. video
  • NHSBT: Patient Blood Management launches Blood Assist app to support and promote safe blood component administration(1 Feb. 2021) | App can be downloaded onto personal devices or centrally in clinical areas.
• USA (AABB):
  • Monthly podcasts from the Journal Transfusion
  • NEW Complimentary copy of the AABB User Guide for the December 2021 Circular of Information for the Use of Human Blood and Blood Components
  • Pocket Reference Cards:
    • The latest Covid variant is 1.5 times more contagious than omicron and already circulating in almost half of U.S. states (28 Jan. 2022)
    • Millions of routine vaccinations have been missed amid the Covid-19 pandemic (28 Jan. 2022)
    • Taken from NHSN Biovigilance Component: Hemovigilance Module Surveillance Protocol v2.6 (March 2021)
    • Standard for Surveillance of Complications Related to Blood Donation (Dec. 2014)
    • Severity Grading Tool for Blood Donor Adverse Events (Dec. 2014)
• NEW WHO resources
  • Educational modules on clinical use of blood (198 pp. pdf)
  • The Clinical Use of Blood Handbook (221 pp. pdf)
  • The clinical use of blood in medicine, obstetrics, paediatrics, surgery and anaesthesia, trauma and burns (344 pp. pdf)

Journals, etc.

Free full text papers | * 1 or more Canadian authors

• Free sample journal issues:
  • Transfus Med Rev 2020 Jan;34(1):1-72. (14 free text articles)
  • Brit J Haematol 2017 June;177(6):827-1007. | Special Issue:Low to middle income countries
  • Immunohematology (J of American Red Cross): 1988-2017. (Articles in these years are free)
• Open access journal: The Lancet Digital Health 2019 May;1(1):e1-e44.
• Open access journal: Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy, Journal of the Brasilian Association of Hematology, Hemotherapy and Cell Therapy (ABHH)
• Transfus Med Hemother 2019 Oct; 46(5): Many open access articles
• Open access journal (May 2020): The Lancet Microbe
• Aftab M, Reece TB. Commentary: Like politics, transfusion practice is local. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Mar;163(3):1026-7. Epub 2020 May 14.
• Al Hadidi S, Schinke C, Thanendrarajan S, et al. Enrollment of black participants in pivotal clinical trials supporting US Food and Drug Administration approval of chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy for hematological malignant neoplasms. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e228161. | PubMed abstract
• * Allan DS, Green M, Morris G, et al. Demand and usage of unrelated donor products for allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Canadian Blood Services Stem Cell Registry analysis. Vox Sang. 2022 May 18. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Bannerji R, Arnason JE, Advani RH, et al. Odronextamab, a human CD20×CD3 bispecific antibody in patients with CD20-positive B-cell malignancies (ELM-1): results from the relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma cohort in a single-arm, multicentre, phase 1 trial. Lancet Haematol. 2022 May;9(5):e327-e339. Epub 2022 Apr 1. | PubMed abstract
• Benavides A, Bell EF, Conrad AL, et al. Sex differences in the association of pretransfusion hemoglobin levels with brain structure and function in the preterm infant. J Pediatr. 2022 Apr;243:78-84.e5. Epub 2021 Dec 27.
• Booth S; HaemSTAR Network, Desborough M, Curry N, Stanworth S. Platelet transfusion and anticoagulation in haematological cancer-associated thrombosis and thrombocytopenia: the CAVEaT multi-centre prospective cohort. J Thromb Haemost. 2022 May 3. Epub ahead of print.
• Bosboom JJ, Klanderman RB, Terwindt LE, et al. Autologous red blood cell transfusion does not result in a more profound increase in pulmonary capillary wedge pressure compared to saline in critically ill patients: A randomized crossover trial. Vox Sang. 2022 May 13. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Bruun-Rasmussen P, Andersen PK, Banasik K, et al. Intervening on the storage time of RBC units and its effects on adverse recipient outcomes using real-world data. Blood. 2022 Apr 28:blood.2022015892. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• * Candeliere J, Am K, Shorr R, et al. Systematic scoping review of studies reporting unexpected donor-derived abnormalities from recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation: a proposed framework for donor disclosure: donor-derived abnormalities in allogeneic HCT. Transplant Cell Ther. 2022 Apr 7:S2666-6367(22)01191-5. Epub ahead of print.
• Cardigan R, Latham T, Weaver A, Yazer M, Green L. Estimating the risks of prehospital transfusion of D-positive whole blood to trauma patients who are bleeding in England. Vox Sang. 2022 May;117(5):701-7. Epub 2022 Jan 12. | PubMed abstract
• Chang CC; Transfusion Committee, Sun JT. Reply to Jacobs et al.: Massive transfusion protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vox Sang. 2022 Mar 29. Epub ahead of print.
• Chen C, Haupert SR, Zimmermann L, et al. Global Prevalence of Post COVID-19 Condition or Long COVID: A meta-analysis and systematic review. J Infect Dis. 2022 Apr 16:jiac136. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Cheung CKM, Wong SH, Law AWH, Law MF. Transfusion-transmitted hepatitis E: What we know so far? Gastroenterol. 2022 Jan 7;28(1):47-75. | PubMed abstract
• Csete M. Prehospital blood transfusion for severe trauma: Translating experience from the military to the civilian setting is not always straightforward. Anesth Analg. 2022 Apr 1;134(4):675-7.
• da Silva Mendes AM, Cilião-Alves DC, Pimentel BMS, et al. Chikungunya virus seroprevalence in asymptomatic blood donors during an outbreak in the Federal District of Brazil. Transfus Med. 2022 Apr 27. Epub ahead of print.
• de Bruin S, Eggermont D, van Bruggen R, et al; Cardiovascular Dynamics Section and Transfusion Task Force of the ESICM. Transfusion practice in the bleeding critically ill: An international online survey-The TRACE-2 survey.Transfusion. 2022 Feb;62(2):324-35. Epub 2021 Dec 31. (Open access) | PubMed abstract
• de Korte D, Bontekoe IJ, Fitzpatrick Á, et al.; Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative. Evaluation of platelet concentrates prepared from whole blood donations with collection times between 12 and 15 min: The BEST Collaborative study. Vox Sang. 2022 May;117(5):671-7. Epub 2022 Jan 12.
• Doughty H, Green L. Transfusion support during mass casualty events. (Editorial) Br J Anaesth. 2022 Feb;128(2):e75-e79. Epub 2021 Sep 6.
• Durand-Zaleski I, Ducrocq G, Mimouni M, et al.; REALITY investigators. Economic evaluation of restrictive vs. liberal transfusion strategy following acute myocardial infarction (REALITY): trial-based cost effectiveness and cost utility analyses. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2022 May 24:qcac029. Epub ahead of print.
• Ertsgaard CT, Yoo D, Christenson PR, et al. Open-channel microfluidics via resonant wireless power transfer. Nat Commun. 2022 Apr 6;13(1):1869. | PubMed abstract
• Eschweiler S, Ramírez-Suástegui C, Li Y, et al. Intermittent PI3K inhibition sustains anti-tumour immunity and curbs irAEs. Nature. 2022 May 4. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Farley AM, Dayton M, Biben C, et al. Cerebral vasculature exhibits dose-dependent sensitivity to thrombocytopenia that is limited to fetal/neonatal life. Blood. 2022 Apr 14;139(15):2355-60.
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